THE BOOKS:

 

 

The McCloud Home for Wayward Girls

ISBN-13: 978-0425241318

Publisher: Penguin/Berkley

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The McCloud Home for Wayward Girls, once a haven for unwed mothers, is now a bed-and-breakfast that houses three generations of women and their many secrets.

 

The funeral of a small Iowa town's matriarch reunites people, recalls heartbreak, resparks a romance, and brings to light the biggest secret of all.

 

 

Stork

ISBN-13: 978-07636-48442

Publisher: Candlewick Press

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When sixteen-year-old California girl Katla Leblanc moves to Minnesota, the last thing she expects is to be inducted into a secret society of benevolent witches, charged with guiding hovering souls.

 

Nor did she anticipate the aloof Jack Snjosson, who has a few surprises of his own.

 

Fairy tales and Nose mythology collide with reality in this humor-packed story.

Frost

ISBN-13: 978-07636-62493

Publisher: Candlewick Press

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In book two of the Stork trilogy, Katla is finally adjusting to Minnesota and her newly discovered soul-delivery duties when a snowstorm of the century brings to town a mysterious environmental scientiest, who has an unusual interest in Katla's boyfriend, Jack.

 

A retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's SNOW QUEEN which will take the reader to Greenland, Iceland, and beyond.

Flock

ISBN-13: 978-07636-60109

Publisher: Candlewick Press

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The final installment of the Stork trilogy has Katla hoping for an ordinary senior year. But when an Icelandic exchange student (a merman in disguise) arrives, Katla must find a way to break a celestial pact involving the Water Queen and the Snow Queen.

 

Once again, Katla and Jack discover the realms of Norse lore and more than mythology.