A zany and heartfelt exploration of what it means to be a mother, adopted child, divorced, and accepted.

From the crow of the next-door rooster in the (way too) early morning to the mystery surrounding one of Jane’s young students, you’ll find yourself rooting for this heroine, page after page.

~Elrena Evans

Even a South Dakota blizzard can’t stop Jane Newell or bury the clues she determines to uncover as she tries to solve Little Missouri’s latest mystery. String the Christmas lights, pour a mug of Merle’s hot cocoa, and cozy up for Jane’s latest adventure.

~Rebecca Janni

With wry humor, Jolene Stratton Philo offers readers the small South Dakota town of Little Missouri, populated by oddballs and lovables, who, when murder comes calling, find themselves dealing with a lot more than just their usual winter doldrums.

~William Kent Krueger

Jane’s peaceful day at a dinosaur dig gets dangerous when she finds her injured friend. Snowed in with the attacker, Jane races to solve the mystery.

Doing chores for Aunt Polly is bad enough. But why does she have so many rules? And why is that one room always locked?

Thoughtful, heartwarming, relatable to life, and just a downright good story, Cosmic Background Radiation weaves a tale of learning to cope with immense grief into an even greater tapestry of the stories that make us human.

~Adam Presler

Read the real-life letters of midwestern housewife and mother, Harriet Walker, as she braves a year on the Alaska frontier in the 1950s.