Are you looking to keep a middle grader well-supplied with reading for the coming summer? My first published novel, Shelter from the Wind, is a coming-of-age story about Stacy, who runs away from home one hot June morning. Here’s a brief excerpt to give you a taste of the language:

“The sun was relentless. Stacy no longer knew what time it was, but the heat shimmered off the ground in waves. She had left the wheat land behind and the plains rolled in front of her like a ragged brown sea.”