Young adult realistic fiction: A teen struggles with anorexia after the death of a close friend. She begins to lose her sense of reality as she loses strength.

Grades 8 and up

Young adult realistic fiction: A teen's memories of a hurtful event cause her to stop talking with family and friends. Her internal voice poignantly leads us through her troubles.

National Book Award, Silver medal

Young adult realistic fiction: A teen struggles to live with her father who has returned from Iraq and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.

New York Times Bestseller

The cemeteries near Mattie's home in Philadelphia are filling up with her family and friends as they succumb to a horrible plague. Mattie is left to keep her family's business going and try to help those around her...without getting sick herself.

New York Public Library's "Best 2001 Books for the Teenager"

13 year old Isobel and her sister are sold as slaves in New York during the time of the Revolutionary War. Their owners treat them terribly and Isobel begins to make a plan to escape. But when her cruel owners begin to threaten to send her sister away, escape is the least of her problems.

National Book Award Finalist

The sequel to Chains is told from the point of view of Isobel's friend, Curazon. He, too, is trying to make his way to a better life. Instead, he is enlisted as a soldier at Valley Forge during the harshest winter on record. Escape would be nice, but it's a matter of surviving first!

Seeds of America #3 to be published soon!