Middle Grade
3 books, newest first
The Burning Season2025 · Adventure
NCTE Notable Verse Novel 2026
Twelve-year-old Opal is training as a fire lookout on Wolf Mountain in the New Mexico wilderness. When a wildfire breaks out while she is on watch, she has to find her courage.
Blue Birds2015 · Historical
NCTE Notable Verse Novel 2016
On Roanoke Island in 1587, twelve-year-old Alis forms a forbidden friendship with Kimi, a Roanoke girl, as settlers and Native people move toward conflict.
May B.2012 · Historical
ALSC Notable Children's Book 2013
Left alone on a Kansas homestead with winter closing in, May must find food and fuel and summon all her grit to survive the prairie by herself.