Cyclone

Planet Tad

Would You

What's Not to Love

Lost It

Uses for Boys

Home for Shimmer

The Secret Box

Set in Depression-era Virginia, this is the story of orphaned Amelia and her struggle to keep her siblings together.

With her mama recently dead and her pa sight unseen since birth, fourteen-year-old Amelia is suddenly in charge of her younger brother and sister, and of the family gas station. Harley Blevins, local king and emperor of Standard Oil, is in hot pursuit to clinch his fuel monopoly. To keep him at bay and her family out of foster care, Melia must come up with a father, and fast. And so when a hobo rolls out of a passing truck, Melia grabs opportunity by its beard. Can she hold off the hounds till she comes of age?

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Cyclone

Doreen Cronin, 2017

Planet Tad

Tim Carvell, 2012

Would You

Marthe Jocelyn, 2008

What's Not to Love

Emily Wibberley, Siegemund-Broka Austin, 2021

Lost It

Kristen Tracy, 2007

Uses for Boys

Erica Lorraine Scheidt, 2013

Home for Shimmer

Cathy Hopkins, 2015

The Secret Box

Whitaker Ringwald, 2014