Books with author Charlotte Stock

Allen Smith is tired of being bullied. He dreams of becoming the most popular kid at Calico Middle School. When he finds a creepy puppet at a local book store, it looks like his luck is finally changing. However, when strange things begin to happen, his new friend might be behind it. Calico has always been a spooky place to live. Its about to get a lot spookier.

There was a sound of ringing. Lisa opened her eyes. She stared at her white ceiling. There was an oblong light bulb in the middle of the ceiling. The light bulb was switched off. Still, her bedroom was being illuminated by something.Lisa was lying on her soft bed. Lifting her head off her soft pillow, she sat up to reach for her little alarm clock.Her alarm clock was round and red. It had a white face, black numerals, and a silver handle. Lisa picked up the alarm clock by its cold, metal handle from her white bedside table. She sat on the edge of her bed and held the clock in her hand as she pushed the switch on its back with her thumb to stop its ringing. The absolute silence of her home was instantly restored. She admired the pink rose in the vase on her bedside table. There was a gold-colored badge and a gun next to the vase. The gun was black. The air smelled of the flower scent of her lotion and the air-conditioned house felt cool...

In 1926 with tensions rising between the two countries, the United States sent 12,739 Friendship Dolls to Japan. Ellen C. was one of those dolls who were assigned a mission of peace. Follow Ellen as she journeys from Wilmington, Ohio to Nagasaki, Japan and learns the ways friendship can overcome even war. Finding the Friendship Dolls shows how children can appreciate the people and culture of another country, especially at times when the two governments are unfriendly toward each other. Even though this story happened many years ago, kids today still have the same power to make a difference through children’s diplomacy, the act of children sharing their friendship. It is time for a children’s peace movement, and this book leads the way.