Yasmin in Charge

Home for Shimmer

Hero Mom

Moonpenny Island

Kindred Souls

Pick a Pet

Finding Home

All of the Above

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?

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Yasmin in Charge

Saadia Faruqi, 2019

Home for Shimmer

Cathy Hopkins, 2015

Hero Mom

Melinda Hardin, Bryan Langdo, 2013

Moonpenny Island

Gilbert Ford, Tricia Springstubb, 2015

Kindred Souls

Patricia Maclachlan, 2012

Pick a Pet

Anna Chernyshova, Lucy Beech, 2023

Finding Home

Jessica Fritz, 2021

All of the Above

Shelley Pearsall, 2006