Home, and Other Big, Fat Lies

Remember Whitney from What I Call Life? The girl who kicked heart disease's butt? My newest novel follows Whitney to her next house—foster home #12. The girl from the big city finds herself way at the northern tip of California, where there's only one small town and trees, trees, trees and more trees. It's a good thing Whitney likes to climb.

She also gets to know a lot of other kids that she's not too sure about yet. You'll meet another foster girl named Honeysuckle, a logger's son named Striker, two cousins who are built like Porta Potties and Josh in the Box. Why's Josh in the box? You have to read the book to find out.

I had lots of fun writing this story because I really like Whitney and I liked learning about the logging industry, redwood trees, spiders and banana slugs.

Don't say "Yuck!" Banana slugs are very amazing creatures.

Click here to read the first chapter.