by Katy Manck | Feb 28, 2013 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Rebecca is so ready to go far away to college. When her dad moves the whole family to her new college town across the country for his new job, then immediately abandons Mom, she’s shocked. If she can’t trust rock-steady Dad, who can she trust? She’d already decided...
by Katy Manck | Feb 27, 2013 | Fiction
Inventing a new candy! What could be a sweeter contest for kids, especially the four regional finalists who live near the famous Life Is Sweet candy factory? Except that only one can win, even if the twelve-year-olds can overcome their differences and become friends…...
by Katy Manck | Feb 26, 2013 | Paranormal
Vengeful spirits in the girls’ locker room, boring school uniforms, and strange rumors running ahead of her… Violet would much rather stay in the apartment above Dad’s funeral home with Buster the ghost, but unfortunately high school is still mandatory. Ghosts always...
by Katy Manck | Feb 25, 2013 | Fantasy
Max is lost in an unfamiliar forest, being chased by swordsmen who’d rather kill than talk, meeting up with talking animals – this has never happened to the top-notch Boy Scout before! Using his woodcraft skills and powers of deduction (the young teen is a detective...
by Katy Manck | Feb 15, 2013 | Paranormal
An “active holiday” away with Dad…couch-potato Daniel can’t imagine a worse vacation. Bicycling through Leisure World’s well-manicured woods to avoid sports activities, the English teen spots a cute girl swimming in the fake lake. And she’ll even talk to him –...