Books with author Leah Harris

Did you know roosters actually are pretty good dancers? Or that chickens actually outnumber us humans by a long shot? If you think you know a lot about your feathered backyard friends, you may want to take another look. Chickens are actually a lot more interesting (and intelligent) than most people think. Find out answers to age-old questions about chickens, understand how to know whether your hen will lay brown or white eggs, and get a good look at chicken behavior in this fun, fact-filled book.

Did you know roosters actually are pretty good dancers? Or that chickens actually outnumber us humans by a long shot? If you think you know a lot about your feathered backyard friends, you may want to take another look. Chickens are actually a lot more interesting (and intelligent) than most people think. Find out answers to age-old questions about chickens, understand how to know whether your hen will lay brown or white eggs, and get a good look at chicken behavior in this fun, fact-filled book.

A sixth-grade Goth girl who thinks she’s a vampire encounters her greatest nemesis when she enrolls at Sunny Hill Middle School in this hilarious and entirely original take on the vampire genre for middle graders. Svetlana Grimm has recently discovered she’s a vampire. The clues are all there: she can eat only red foods, has to sleep under the bed because of her heightened sensitivity to light and noise, and can read others’ thoughts. But this new discovery is making her transition from home-schooling to attending sixth grade at Sunny Hill Middle School that much more difficult. After all, what can she possibly have in common with those jellybean-eaters in her class? She prefers to watch them from afar in her hidden lair atop the Oak of Doom in her backyard. But things get more interesting when Svetlana’s cruel yet beautiful science teacher, Ms. Larch, reads her thoughts. Svetlana is excited to have found another of her kind—until her new neighbor, The Bone Lady, fills her in on Ms. Larch's true identity and her own. What happens when your sixth-grade science teacher might also be your immortal enemy?

A sixth-grade Goth girl who thinks she’s a vampire encounters her greatest nemesis when she enrolls at Sunny Hill Middle School in this hilarious and entirely original take on the vampire genre for middle graders. Svetlana Grimm has recently discovered she’s a vampire. The clues are all there: she can eat only red foods, has to sleep under the bed because of her heightened sensitivity to light and noise, and can read others’ thoughts. But this new discovery is making her transition from home-schooling to attending sixth grade at Sunny Hill Middle School that much more difficult. After all, what can she possibly have in common with those jellybean-eaters in her class? She prefers to watch them from afar in her hidden lair atop the Oak of Doom in her backyard. But things get more interesting when Svetlana’s cruel yet beautiful science teacher, Ms. Larch, reads her thoughts. Svetlana is excited to have found another of her kind—until her new neighbor, The Bone Lady, fills her in on Ms. Larch's true identity and her own. What happens when your sixth-grade science teacher might also be your immortal enemy?

A sixth-grade Goth girl who thinks she’s a vampire encounters her greatest nemesis when she enrolls at Sunny Hill Middle School in this hilarious and entirely original take on the vampire genre for middle graders. Svetlana Grimm has recently discovered she’s a vampire. The clues are all there: she can eat only red foods, has to sleep under the bed because of her heightened sensitivity to light and noise, and can read others’ thoughts. But this new discovery is making her transition from home-schooling to attending sixth grade at Sunny Hill Middle School that much more difficult. After all, what can she possibly have in common with those jellybean-eaters in her class? She prefers to watch them from afar in her hidden lair atop the Oak of Doom in her backyard. But things get more interesting when Svetlana’s cruel yet beautiful science teacher, Ms. Larch, reads her thoughts. Svetlana is excited to have found another of her kind—until her new neighbor, The Bone Lady, fills her in on Ms. Larch's true identity and her own. What happens when your sixth-grade science teacher might also be your immortal enemy?

Carla Busby has never entered the famed Talent Show in her town of Crystal View, even though it means everything to her. For three years straight the reigning champion has been the rich Kelly Brown, and she made sure everyone in school knew it. Unimpressed and disgusted with Kelly's bragging, simply hearing the name, "Kelly Brown" would make Carla sick to her stomach! But what Carla's parents don't know is that she is a MAGNIFICENT flute player! Even her older brother, who always finds the time to tease her, is in total awe of his sister's amazing talent. When everyone finds out that Carla is competing in this year's Talent Show, the entire town is in an uproar and the Busby family is under attack! With the townspeople already schmoozing up to the wealthy and affluent Brown family, does Carla have a chance to take first place at the Talent Show? Author Bio: Lee Harris grew up in Moore and Hoke County in North Carolina. He and his wife, Valerie, have been married for twenty-eight years and have three children: Varsha, Varlisha, and Lee, Jr. A disabled veteran, he is also a writer and minister in Aberdeen. Father Harris has written eight books and currently has four other books in the making. His future plans include writing more books with positive messages and life lessons for children as well as adults.