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8 Notes to a nobody

Bird Face Book One: Anonymous sticky-notes, a scheming bully, and a ruined summer send fourteen-year-old Wendy down a trail of secrets and self-discovery.

Published by Write Integrity Press.

This story uses humor and hope to address issues of bullying, eating disorders, imperfect families, and teen suicide.

Available through Amazon, Barnes&Noble, Books-a-Million, IndieBound or ask your local bookseller or library.

Recipient of the Catholic Writers Guild Seal of Approval.

10 steps to girlfriend status

Bird Face Book Two: A Cajun family secret, two very different boys, and a fight to keep a grandmother's love—who would've guessed that looking through old photo albums could get Wendy into so much trouble?

Published by Write Integrity Press.

This story uses humor and hope to address issues concerning a first innocent romance, a blended famiy, a loved one with Alzheimer's, and an ancestral interracial relationship.

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Recipient of the Catholic Writers Guild Seal of Approval.

6 Dates to Disaster

Bird Face Book Three: When her family faces financial hardship, how will Wendy reach her goal of flying to Alaska to see Mrs. V and Sam again—and will she lose her boyfriend David forever in the process?

Published by Write Integrity Press.

This story uses humor and hope to address honesty in school and with parents and shows how dishonesty can damage relationships and risk a teen's reputation and future.

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Recipient of the Catholic Writers Guild Seal of Approval.

3 things to forget

Bird Face Book Four: In Alaska, Wendy thinks she’s left behind her problems resulting from mistakes in Louisiana, at least for a while. But strange surroundings bring strangers into her life, and those strangers have a secret that threatens her friendship with Sam. Will Wendy be able forget what she hopes to, or will new challenges teach her the importance of remembering the past?

Published by Write Integrity Press.

This story uses humor and hope to address issues concerning adoption and trust, and it encourages forgiveness, gratitude, adapting to change in relationships, kindness toward people and animals, and understanding between the Christian and Jewish faiths.

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Recipient of the Catholic Writers Guild Seal of Approval.

The Other Side of Freedom

A Coming-of-Age Historical

In a southern U.S. farming community in 1925, thirteen-year-old Salvatore and his Italian immigrant father become involved against their will in a crime that results in the murder of an innocent man and family friend. Will Sal keep the secrets about that night as his father asks, or risk everything he and his family cherish in their new homeland, including their lives?  Amidst bigotry, bootlegging, police corruption, and gangland threats, Sal must discover whom he can trust in order to protect himself and his family and win back his father’s freedom. Sal’s family, their African-American farmhand, and the girl who is Sal’s best friend find their lives forever changed as dreams are shattered and attitudes challenged in a small community called Freedom.

Published by Write Integrity Press.

Available through Amazon, Barnes&Noble, Books-a-Million, and IndieBound, or ask your local bookseller or library.

Recipient of Children's Literary Classics Seal of Approval, Catholic Writers Guild Seal of Approval, Catholic Press Association 2018 CPA Book Awards (3rd Place Children's Books), 2018 Next Generation Indie Book Awards (1st Place Children's/Juvenile Fiction, 1st Place Grand Prize Fiction), 2018 Readers' Favorite Book Awards (Gold Medal Children: Coming-of-age), 2018 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards (Outstanding Fiction: Children's/Juvenile Fiction, 2nd Place Fiction Book of the Year), 2018 Literary Classics Book Awards (Gold: Upper Middle Grade General, Gold: Upper Middle Grade Historical).