Ann Howard Creel Books
A ceiling of stars
In a series of letters and journal entries, twelve-year-old Vivien describes being abandoned by her mother and struggling to survive on the streets of a big city while searching for her family.
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Samson the hot tub bear
By Wendy Tokuda
When a large cinnamon bear was found eating and swimming in residential backyards in Monrovia, California, he was captured in order to be put to death, but through the efforts of some of the people...
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Water at the blue earth
In 1854, twelve-year-old Wren and her parents move from Boston to the New Mexico territory, where she befriends a blind Ute boy and ultimately must decide whether or not to disobey her father and w...
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Nowhere, now here
When her family moves from Florida to the Colorado prairie to raise alpacas, twelve-year-old Laney must leave behind the ocean she loves and accept the new landscape and life ahead of her.
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Nowhere, now here
When her family moves from Florida to the Colorado prairie to raise alpacas, twelve-year-old Laney must leave behind the ocean she loves and accept the new landscape and life ahead of her.
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Thanks to Nicki
Nicki's school year gets off to a rough start as she works on reconciling her two best friends, accepts that Sprocket, the service dog she has been raising, will soon leave for placement, and await...
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