"This manuscript is nothing short of incredible . . . an amazing story of abuse and survival. While heart-wrenching, we were left inspired." Elizabeth Collins, CEO Gardenia Press, Milwaukee Wisconsin, whose editor ́s read a total of "5" times. The novel is about a couple that can't come to terms with their own childhood problems when she becomes a volunteer child advocate. The manuscript explores life in the Los Angeles area during the 1980s and 1990s with its population growth, religious dynamics, brutal homicides, and publicized pre-school child perversion as a struggling, upward mobile, middle income couple try to cope with a world they never realized existed. She dives headfirst into volunteer child advocacy. He remains distant bent upon developing his executive career. And then the criminals come into focus and change everything for both dramatic, up-scale literary fiction based upon real events. James Fairchild ́s -"Where's Skeeter, Mommy?(The Child Advocate)" is a fast-paced, nitty gritty must-read for anyone interested in the welfare of children.

Original publication and copyright date: 2009.

From award-winning author Barbara O'Connor comes a middle-grade novel about a girl who, with the help of the dog of her dreams, discovers the true meaning of family.

For single mother Nicki Prevot, Trumpeter Lake is deliverance from poverty--all because a benefactor anonymously gave her a house and a trust fund to begin a new life. Within days, fainting spells overcome her. Nicki begins to suspect deception--fatal deception. Because this is where her painful past is buried. And with it a man who is watching from the shadows.

When someone you love goes to jail, you might feel lost, scared, and even mad. What do you do? No matter who your loved one is, this story can help you through the tough times.