The Case of the Fixed Election
(Harper & Row, 1989)
Dave is the victim of a crime when someone fixes the election for Student Council president.
Illustrations by Richard Williams.
Bibliography
Minnie’s Yom Kippur Birthday
(Harper & Row, 1989)
A little girl’s birthday falls on Yom Kippur, and it turns out to be a very different one indeed.
Illustrated by Ruth Rosner.
Turtle in July
(Macmillan, 1989)
Animal poems, one for each month of the year.
Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.
Several Kinds of Silence
(Harper & Row, 1988)
Sixteen-year-old Franny Yeager, the “good girl” of the family, tries to hide her burgeoning love for a Japanese-American boy since her father is rabidly anti-Japanese. Complicating matters is the illness of her beloved grandmother with whom she shares a room. Published in Great Britain by Pan Macmillan.
The Lightey Club
(Four Winds Press, 1987)
Three sisters, forced to spend the summer with their grandparents whom they don’t like, decide to form the Lightey Club. At each meeting, Henny, the oldest sister, recounts a new tale about Lightey the Lightning Bug and his insect pals. Henny’s stories help change a bad vacation into a magical one.
Illustrations by Kathryn Brown.
Ghost Host
(Harper & Row, 1987)
Sixteen-year-old Bart Hawkins, star quarterback, learns that his house is haunted when Millicent, a sixteen-year-old “spokespook” for nine other ghosts, asks his help in ridding the place of a new and obnoxious poltergeist. With her help, Bart, who has been hiding his brains and love of reading, learns to be truthful about himself to his friends and his girlfriend.
Venom
(Darby Creek/Lerner, 2007)
A non-fiction book about venomous and poisonous animals.
Let’s Build A Clubhouse
(Clarion, 2006)
An introduction to tools for young children.
Illustrated by Timothy Bush.
Cats to the Rescue
(Holt, 2006)
True stories and legends about heroic cats around the world.
Illustrated by Jean Cassels.
What Stinks?
(Darby Creek/Lerner, 2006)
A non-fiction book about smelly plants and animals.
Make Me Over: 11 Original Stories About Transforming Ourselves
(Dutton/Penguin, 2005)
Eleven stories about makeovers, physical, psychological, spiritual, etc. edited by Marilyn and including her story “Bedhead Red, Peekaboo Pink,” as well as stories by Joyce Sweeney, Rene Saldana, Jr., Peni Griffin, Joseph Bruchac, Terry Trueman, Jess Mowry, Norma Howe, Marina Budhos, Evelyn Coleman, and Margaret Peterson Haddix.
Monday on the Mississippi
(Holt, 2005)
A lyrical trip down the Mississippi River.
Illustrated by Frane Lessac.
