In A League of Her Own by Kaia Alderson, William Morrow – Effa Bush divorced her first husband because she didn’t want to be just someone’s wife. She wanted to BE somebody.
Diane Slocum
Diane Slocum has been a newspaper reporter and editor and authored an historical book. As a freelance writer, she contributes regularly to magazines and newspapers. She writes features on authors and a column for writers and readers in Lifestyle magazine. She is assigned to write interviews of first-time novelists and bestselling authors for Authorlink®
Teenager Makes Her Way on Texas Border Despite Family Curse
Malas, Marcela Fuentes, Viking – After a strange, old woman appears, tragedies mar Pilar’s life.
Young Nigerian Struggles to break free from his lot in life
The Liquid Eye of the Moon, Uchenna Awoke, Catapult – Dimpka lives with his poor family in a small village in rural Nigeria.
Mysterious Letter Opens Crack in Rigidly Ordered Life
Lenny Marks Gets Away with Murder, Kerry Mayne, St. Martin Press – Lenny Marks’ life runs right on schedule. She teaches school but has little interaction with other
teachers. Or anyone else.
A Body in the Faculty Lounge is Just the Beginning
The Faculty Lounge, Jennifer Mathieu, Dutton – When retired Baldwin High teacher and beloved substitute Mr. Lehrer took his last breath while reclining on the couch in the faculty lounge, the repercussions were felt throughout the school year.
Mysterious Illness Sets Young Girl on Lifelong Trek
A Short Walk Through a Wide World by Douglas Westerebeke, Avid Reader Press – After nine-year-old Aubrey Tourvel encounters a strange wooden puzzle ball and an odd well, she suddenly becomes gripped by an illness that sends her small body into spasms and gushes of blood.
Sentient Robot Designed to Please Owner Thinks for Herself
Annie Bot, Sierra Greer, Mariner Books – Annie’s body and her mind were designed to be a perfect girlfriend for Doug.
Abandoned Mother and Daughter Flee to Survive War
Daughters of Shandong, Eve J. Chung, Berkley – Eleven-year-old Hai was the oldest in a family of girls living in rural China on the wealthy Ang family farm where her grandmother, her Nai Nai, ruled over the other females.
Pivotal Summer in Turkey for Teenager and Her Mom
Holiday Country, Inci Atrek, Flatiron Books – Ada was born and raised in California with a Turkish mother and American father, but she and her mother spend their summers at her grandmother’s villa in the Turkish beach city, Ayvalik.
Missing Indigenous Girl Inspires Peters’ Novel
The Berry Pickers, Amanda Peters, Catapult – Joe and Ruthie are the youngest children in a Mi’kmaq family in Nova Scotia. While the family is on their annual trip to Maine to harvest blueberries, four-year-old Ruthie disappears.
