"At bedtime, Stephen brushes his teeth and puts on his pajamas. Then he sits on top of the bed. He hugs his knees to himself and watches the bedroom doorway. He is too scared to sleep. What will he do if a shark appears? 'Impossible!' says his mother. But still Stephen watches. Maybe a shark will get tired of living in the ocean. Maybe that shark will come to his house tonight. With this hilarious story, Winifred Morris shows youngsters they can face their fears and send them away. The imaginative Stephen and his unusual visitor spring from the pages with narrator Jeff Woodman's fun-filled performance. Beginning readers will be captivated by the humorous illustrations while they follow along with the print book."
"Now at 14 Alex has a chance—maybe his last chance—to make a fresh start at his grandparents’ farm.
“There are no easy answers in Winifred Morris’s highly readable novel Liar, which tells the truth about young Alex Shafer, troubled and in trouble—with the law, his school, his family. Hemmed in by the lies he is told and the lies he tells himself,
Alex often does the wrong, heart-wrenching thing. But you’ll find yourself cheering him on as the author captures all the desperations and desires of being young and hurting.”—Robert Cormier
An ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant YA Readers"
