Deze auteur duikt in thema's van geschiedenis en familie wortels, met een focus op literaire stijl en diepgaande verkenningen van het verleden. Hun schrijven wordt gekenmerkt door een vermogen om historische gebeurtenissen en personages op een boeiende en toegankelijke manier tot leven te wekken. Ervaring met diverse literaire vormen, van romans tot toneelstukken en non-fictie, toont de veelzijdigheid en diepte van hun artistieke expressie. De nadruk van de auteur op historische en persoonlijke verhalen biedt lezers een uniek perspectief op de blijvende verbinding tussen verleden en heden.
"In 1963, thirteen-year-old Arthur is sentenced to community service helping the neighborhood Junk Man after he throws a brick at the old man's head in a moment of rage, but the junk he collects might be more important than he suspects. Inspired by the work of American folk artist James Hampton"-- Provided by publisher
A shift in perspective can change everything. This brilliant new novel from the author of The Seventh Most Important Thing celebrates kids who see the world a little differently. April is looking for an escape from the sixth-grade lunch hour, which has become a social-scene nightmare, so she signs up to be a "buddy bench monitor" for the fourth graders' recess. Joey Byrd is a boy on the fringes, who wanders the playground alone, dragging his foot through the dirt. But over time, April realizes that Joey isn't just making random circles. When you look at his designs from above, a story emerges... Joey's "bird's eye" drawings reveal what he observes and thinks about every day. Told in alternating viewpoints--April's in text and Joey's mostly in art--the story gives the "whole picture" of what happens as these two outsiders find their rightful places.