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Available December 10 from Kinkajou Press
Sacred ground, secret visions, and the quiet bravery of a girl claiming her story.
Twelve-year-old Pip calls her birthmark a curse and plans to hide all summer. But when her eccentric neighbor sends her to an Ancestral Puebloan site, Pip pockets a turquoise bead that sparks strange visions and unexpected friendship. As she uncovers the site’s painful past, Pip must face what she’s feared most: her own reflection. In New Mexico’s high desert, she discovers that courage isn’t about changing who you are but seeing yourself more clearly.
A tale of sparkly treasures, mangled words, peculiar meetings, and a packrat who discovers the meaning of family and home.
Flora’s perfect packrat life is disrupted only by the dreaded cliff. “Beware!” packrats warn, and Flora’s stomach twists into knots. But when she learns about the ancestral packrat home stuffed in the cliff’s crack and the intruder who has taken over, everything changes. Including Flora’s perfect life.
“This is a delightful story for young readers interested in animals and nature. . . .a feast for developing vocabularies, as Flora—who talked early—loves words and puns. The resulting text is linguistically rich and frequently humorous. Spot art at the beginnings of chapters helps readers visualize the animals and setting, enhancing the mood of the story. An entertaining animal adventure.” Kirkus Reviews
From My Blog
Nuts to This
I continued prying nuts as my fingers grew stickier. No worries–the pitch had to be good for my skin.
Bearded Ladies, Angels, and Sweat
“I caught myself staring at a man/woman with a suspicious looking beard. It was painted on his/her face–a face that looked decidedly feminine.”
Terry Nichols 