Kay Garber's happy home is made up of four generations of women: Great Gran Eula; Grandma Margie; Kay's mother, Karine; and Kay. But on the evening Grandma Margie tells her family she has a lump in her breast, Kay's world is changed forever. How can she deal with this tragedy, along with her own preteen problems with school, boys, and friends?

God Went to Beauty School celebrates the simple things in life while taking a long, hard look at what it means to be human. It reveals God's discovery of the wonders and pains in the world he has created.

Some ten-year-olds have four grandparents; some have six or even eight. But the narrator of these sassy verses has just one, Grandma Mac. And she's a handful.

A series of poems in which a young boy describes his life with his flower children parents, his friends, and neighbors.

Christened after the legendary ballplayer, young Joseph Paul learns much at his Italian grandfather's knee -- about holding your breath in front of the radio during a 3-2 count with the bases loaded and having the audacity to dream big dreams.

In a series of poems, eleven-year-old Lonnie writes about his life, after the death of his parents, separated from his younger sister, living in a foster home, and finding his poetic voice at school.