Amelia and the Scarab

Amelia and the Scarab is a contemporary middle grade novel with a touch of magic.

After her former best friend tells the whole sixth grade class that she is a ‘Bug Girl’ who has a pet cockroach, Amelia just wants to disappear. Her wish is granted when she receives a magical amulet in an Egyptian tomb enabling her to change into insect form. Hiding as an insect appears to solve all of Amelia’s problems, until one day, she can’t turn back into herself. Will she learn to overcome her fears and use her voice before she is stuck spending the rest of her life as a bug? (40k words)

Polly and Zephyr

Polly and Zephyr is a humorous middle grade novel about finding friends in unlikely places. A highly intelligent but bored and lonely parrot secretly takes off for adventure in her owner’s new robotic car. Will she realize, before it’s too late, that finding a deep connection with someone is the key to her happiness? Set in the near future, the novel explores the increasingly blurry notion of what it means to be conscious as neuroscience and artificial intelligence advance. Do talking parrots think? Can robotic cars feel? (50,000 words)

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Rock and Tree & The Arrow of Time

Rock, Tree and the Arrow of Time is a humorous middle grade informational fiction novel about nature, time, and the nature of time. Rock, a curmudgeon with a soft heart, has the superpower of wisdom, gained by communing with the universe, while Tree, a young and excitable juniper, has dual superpowers of empathy and curiosity. This odd couple survives harsh mountain winters, lightning strikes, and a bluebird invasion, all the while engaging young readers in the world of physics and nature in a unique way. (This novel is a work in progress)