She doesn’t hold back from telling adults what she thinks. So why won’t they tell her where she came from?Celia Canterberry had no idea she was famous. Abandoned by her parents at birth and raised by her beloved Nan, the spirited seven-year-old much prefers the company of Huckleberry Finn, Victor Frankenstein, and Captain Ahab to the people of her snooty small town. But when she’s babysat by her next-door neighbor, the precocious child is shocked to learn what her grandmother won’t...

A Town Called Forget is Anne of Green Gables turned on its head. But in this tale it is not an over-imaginative redheaded orphan that takes center stage but the off-beat town itself, full of individuals that should be restrained if not medicated. And the poor heroine of this yarn, banished to live with her Aunt Lily whom her parents have never publicly recognized, has to navigate the delicate balance between her aunt's sanity and neuroses. Amid adventures and misadventures, she learns abou...

For one family, it’s always been a delicate balance between success and scandal. When a long-overdue obligation is called in … scandal it is.Mrs. O’Brien never imagined it would come to this. Sure, she promised one of her offspring to God as an innocent newlywed, but that was before all of her children died but one, the one she was sure she’d have loved best. So when her iron-fisted grumpy nun of a sister demands she make good on her vow, the put-upon woman is dete...

A pitch-perfect blend of childlike innocence and Mark Twain–style fabulist humor—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Pull up your knee socks and buckle your pinchy shoes, Celia is back! She’s a precocious seven-year-old, hell bent on saving earthworms. And much to her Nan’s chagrin, she’s still causing havoc wherever she goes. To top it all off, her comic strip in the local paper is going like gangbusters.But with all this, what keeps Celia up at night is how to get her ...

Reminiscent of Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, although it’s aimed at an adult readership—Kirkus ReviewsAbandoned at birth, raised by her nan, and shunned by polite society, Celia Canterberry is a force to be reckoned with. Between being on the lookout for a new best friend and trying to force her grade two teacher into early retirement, she has her hands full. But that doesn’t stop her from, to her nan’s chagrin, stirring as many pots as possible. For a wild ride,...