The Thirteenth Transit
Kate O’Leary, thirteen, desperately tries to piece together the mystery of her mom’s disappearance from a NYC subway station, scouring every platform as her clumsy, too-tall body shakes her confidence. When Kate discovers a woman sleeping on a station floor in her mom’s running shoes, she’s sucked into an underground world where corporate villains exploit the unhoused to grow their fortunes. To bring her mom home, Kate must earn her place in a group of subway misfits and trust in her strength to expose the corruption.
The Domain of Wishes
Seeking an agent!
When twelve-year-old Toby Finkel finds a crumbling fort in the woods near his Detroit duplex, he thinks he’s found a way to help his fourteen-year-old brother, Eli. Bullies have pushed Eli to the brink of suicide, causing Toby to fear for the life of the person he loves most. Toby sneaks back to the woods against his parents’ rules and uses his construction club skills to fix up the fort as a hidden refuge where Eli can go to recover. But when the bullies’ threats turn toward Toby and he learns Eli’s dark secret, he’s forced to question whether hiding the truth will save his brother . . . and whether wishes ever come true.
Resources on youth depression and suicide are here.
When the Money’s Gone
Your best friend offers you a bribe, Do you take it?
Rozanne O’Malley and the Plunder of Kingsquarter Academy
A piratical time traveling middle grade adventure!
Rozanne O’Malley, a small but mighty sixth-grade misfit, battles school bullies and seafaring villains in a race to unearth a pirate treasure that holds the key to her family’s secret history.