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ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL?
If you love green and gold, this is the book for you.
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New Book 2024
Judy’s tenth book, Who Will Rescue Us? A Love Story, released June 18, 2024. This timely novella deals with concerns ripped from today’s headlines. It is a fictional story, based on a few true stories and the realities of the ugly underbelly of child trafficking so prevalent in our news. A young couple, falling in…
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3 Aspects of Faith for Daily Life
I was so upset one day after a phone call from someone I dearly loved. I was not happy with the situation I thought they were allowing…I wanted them to do something different, but I knew I couldn’t tell them that . . . I’d already done that a few times. . . and it…
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I Want a Water Buffalo for Christmas wins awards
Judy’s children’s book about giving, I Want a Water Buffalo for Christmas, has won several awards since it’s release in November 2021. The most recent are the Ames Award for Courageous Faith in Children’s Middle-Grade Books and the Christian Indie Award, Third Place, in Children’s 8-12. This book is small but has a big message…
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Addy of the Door Islands
Addy arrived on the Orphan Train steamer in Ephraim, a small town in Door County, in the late 1800s. The steamer came from Milwaukee, and families waited to take in a child for work or to complete a family. But no one waited for Addy and her sister Molly. What would become of them? Addy…
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Interview with Headline Books at the ALA National Conference
I was delighted to be able to do a two hour book signing with Headline Books at the American Library Association National Conference in Washington DC. While there I was blessed to do an interview for the Headline Books Zoom Into Books podcast. Here it is.
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Addy of the Door Islands, released May 2, 2022, sequel to Lainey of the Door Islands
Addy of the Door Islands has arrived. Addy arrives on the Orphan Train but no one waits for her. Now she must figure out how to care for her little sister Molly. Her impetuous ways endear her to the islanders but get her into so much trouble. Will she truly find a family and what…
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Newest book out November 2, 2021
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