Books with author Laurel Neme

After her mother's accidental death in 1953, Frankie Cooper escapes an abusive undertaker with the help of hobo Minnesota Blackie, who passes her off as his nephew, and makes her way by riding the rails from North Dakota to her father's parents in Washington, who do not know she exists

Henrietta, who is unhappy about having to give away her dog when the family moves to London, follows a stray and lands in the middle of trouble with a gang of homeless teenagers