Books with author Marie Hall

Sometimes heroes can be found in the most unlikely places. Fourteen-year-old Clarence Feather knows no world beyond desolate Mayfair Heights. Three years ago, his mother was killed before his eyes by a stray bullet. When his father becomes unable to keep the family afloat, Clarence is manipulated into running drugs. But he longs to be a good person, in spite of the seemingly impossible odds. Wandering through his neighborhood, Clarence meets Mona, a huge albino Great Dane. The two develop a deep bond. When he is forced to attend a dog fight as a rite of passage, Clarence realizes that Mona isn’t safe, and neither is he. Can he find a way to protect Mona? Can he survive life in Mayfair Heights and still become the person his mother wanted him to be? A novel about self-reliance, difficult choices, and imagination in the face of danger and isolation, Wirewalker is a masterfully written debut that blends gritty realism with moments of fantastical escape.

When your mother can only say, “meow,” and you’re not a cat but she is, you know there’s something wrong. And Princess Zamoria was as mixed up about her mom as middle-schooler Zoe Jansen was about hers. Which makes sense since Zoe was writing and drawing the princess’ story.What would you do if your mother was a cat? How do you communicate? It’s a painful thing but you wouldn’t want to give up. And neither did Zoe or the princess. The two of them must both search for answers about their mothers, and though Zoe's mom is most definitely not a cat, the truth she uncovers is almost as startling to her. How can one find happiness and peace when everything seems so mixed up? And how do you go forward when the past keeps coming back to haunt you? Both Zoe and Zamoria will face numerous twists and turns discovering the first faint hints of an answer to those questions.From jumping horses to flying horses, to fights on the basketball court and epic conquests for a queendom, the worlds of Zoe and Zamoria will keep you guessing…all the way to the end.