Death Coming Up the HillIts 1968, and war is not foreign to seventeen year old Ashe. His dogmatic, racist father married his passionate peace activist mother when she became pregnant with him, and ever since, the couple, like the situation in Vietnam, has been engaged in a senseless war that could have been prevented. When his high school history teacher dares to teach the political realities of the war, Ashe grows to better understand the situation in Vietnam, his family,

\" commented Charnaie Gordon in her Brightly review

Book Two: The Newcomer

attended the ballet

these girls have more to deal with than just a mysterious blackmailer

where both schools reside

they might just find a future—if their town doesn’t tear them apart first

and how to rely upon it when your performance matters most

Teamwork for Kids: Because what’s better than one ninja

and Chinua Achebe (all patrons of the Caine Prize)

And with the discovery of a cookbook her grandmother wrote in the distant past

but it's only just beginning

in his first cookbook