by Katy Manck | Jun 8, 2011 | Science Fiction
War between Ohio and Virginia? In Beckie’s world, it could happen any day. Justin’s seen enough alternate timelines to know that, as a Time Trader traveling through the many realities of how Earth’s history could have turned out. Justin and his mom travel to Beckie’s...
by Katy Manck | Jun 7, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Who buried the heart-shaped stone under the orange tree? Ruff dug it up during the girls’ club meeting, beneath the shade of the huge tree, just before the boys came over. Is it magic, like Robert’s tricks? Can it help them save the fallen baby bird? Who put that...
by Katy Manck | Jun 5, 2011 | Non-Fiction
Ingredients of human tears? Ten million shades of color? Birth order and cattle egrets? Dive into the world of senses, emotions, communication, and human interaction. Human behavior can be accurately predicted in some areas – body language of liars, organization of...
by Katy Manck | Jun 4, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
As she and her mother weave, Tomasa hears the helicopters carrying soldiers. As they wash clothes at the river, she worries aloud about the planes spraying poisons, trying to force people from their small farms. Stones are thrown at their house, wrapped with notes...
by Katy Manck | Jun 2, 2011 | Suspense / Thriller / Horror
Jacob stopped believing in Grandpa’s monster stories years ago, but what else could kill someone so thoroughly? Fatally attacked, Grandpa gasps that Jacob “must go to the island” where he will be safe, as he sees the blackened creature of his nightmares disappear into...
