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Billie of Fish House Lane
by Meredith Sue Willis
Smart, sassy, and eleven years old, Billie Lee lives with her eccentric family in a home on Fish House Lane. Her dad is an African American artist who carves tree trunks into sculptures; her mom, who's white, sews African-style robes that she sells at the Boutique Afrique. Billie loves her parents, her two younger brothers, and her know-it-all best friend, Eutreece, and she feels completely at home in her swampy neighborhood under an elevated highway in New Jersey.
Then Billie's white cousin, Celia, shows up and changes everything. A sleepover at Celia's fancy suburban home releases a flood of questions. How can Billie be Black but also White? How can she convince Eutreece that Billie hasn't betrayed their friendship? And, when these kids get thrown together at Fish House Lane's summer barbecue, how can Billie and her friends accept one another long enough to solve the mystery of a neighbor named Neighbor, who has hidden something strange—and maybe dangerous—down by the canal?
The answers to these questions challenge Billie far more than she ever thought possible.
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Ages 9-13.
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ISBN 1-932727-02-7. Paperback, $11.95
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Ice
by Edward Myers
Teenage EMTs…
High school seniors Jenna Clooney and Seth Sumner share a tragic loss: Jenna’s sister Frannie—Seth’s girlfriend—has died in a car accident. But this tragedy hasn’t brought Jenna and Seth closer. Instead, it’s made them the worst of enemies, for Seth caused the accident that took Frannie's life. These former friends now carry a huge burden of anger, regret, and grief.
Ice tracks two teenagers on a collision course.
Trying to ease his guilt, Seth joins a volunteer ambulance squad as an emergency medical technician (EMT). At the same time, Jenna undertakes her own quest to understand how a good person like Seth could have committed such a terrible deed. This quest ultimately prompts her to become an EMT just like Seth and then pursue her ex-friend into his refuge, the local first aid squad.
Played out amid the constant dangers of EMTs’ work, the events that happen next will either ruin these two teenagers’ lives—or else grant them the peace that both crave but neither has been able to attain.
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Ages 12-16. ISBN 0-9674477-9-8. Paperback, $12.95.
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Duck and Cover
by Edward Myers
Twelve-year-old Andy MacLane worries about the local bully, Jim Smith, who has teased and threatened Andy for years. It’s only a matter of time before Jim’s taunts and threats turn into something far worse. But when Andy starts building model rockets, he becomes convinced that this new hobby will show Jim who’s the smartest, most powerful kid in the neighborhood. Then Jim takes up rocketry, too—and the local “missile race” spirals out of control.
Set during the most dangerous year of the U.S.-Soviet War, Duck and Cover is a thrilling adventure story about war, peace, power, and hope.
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Ages
9-13. ISBN 0-9674477-8-X.
Paperback, $11.95
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 The Secret Super Powers of
Marco
by Meredith Sue Willis
Marco lives in an
inner-city neighborhood and worries about the rough guys that
hang out near his apartment, the homeless man he encounters,
and the bully named Tyrone. But Marco has Special Powers—powers
he knows will protect him and his sister Ritzi. When he has to
confront Tyrone, however, Marco finds his powers challenged in
ways that lead to a surprising outcome.
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Ages
7-12. ISBN 0-9674477-4-7.
Paperback, $7.95
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 Marco's Monster
by Meredith Sue Willis
In a delightful sequel to The
Secret Super Powers of Marco, the title character and his
inner-city pals struggle to make sense of friendship. Marco
has overcome the tension with Tyrone—the bully who menaced
him in the earlier book—but Marco now wonders if being
friends may be just as stressful as being enemies.
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Ages
7-12. ISBN 0-9674477-5-5.
Paperback, $7.95
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 The Adventures of Forri the Baker
by Edward Myers
Forri, the best baker in the village of
Ettai, makes oddly
shaped loaves--they look like keys, fish, roots, and
roses--and his outlandish inspirations prompt the villagers to
reject him. But Forri proves himself a crack military
tactician when barbarians invade the underequipped town. In
later adventures, Forri outwits a food-crazed king, a pack of
people made of bread, and even Death himself.
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Ages 8-12. ISBN 0-9674477-0-4. Paperback, $7.00
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Survival of the
Fittest
by Edward Myers
When Rus, Jodie, and Matt survive the crash of a small
plane in the Peruvian rain forest, they must overcome both
physical and emotional hardships following the accident. Can
the kids set aside their differences, work together, and
prevail in a lush but hostile environment?
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Ages 8-12. ISBN 0-9674477-2-0. Paperback, $11.95.
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