Books

Eleven-year-old Elizabeth Morgan is SICK to DEATH of eating oatmeal for breakfast, wearing closed-toed shoes, and always doing the practical thing. She’s so fed up that one morning on her way to the bus stop, she vows to never be practical again.

Elizabeth turns her shirt inside out, tosses her shoes into the shrubs, and demands that her best friend Melissa call her “Twigs” from now on. Melissa is a bit shocked, and then shocks herself and Elizabeth further by suggesting that the MOST impractical thing would be to not go to school at all.

Then the bus honks its horn right around the corner and things get a little squirrely.

Elizabeth and Melissa learn things they never knew about their mothers, make decisions they never thought they’d make, and end up in the woods armed only with their backpacks, their wits, and dreams of adventure.

Bears, tin cans, ruffians, and the wild beauty of nature await.

In a foreign city where stone guards stand sentinel and inanimate objects spring to life, Taj Agera must stop his father’s assassin from killing again.

He is an Agera, and Ageras don’t give up even if the only way to stave off impending assassination is to team up with a bunch of roof-dwelling orphans and unlock the secrets of a binding magic lost to his people for generations.

A collection of poems about life, loss, and our continual struggle to reach for wonder and hope in the midst of our own flaws and the brokenness of the world around us.