Books with author Mark Freeman

upon learning her husband plans on building a new barn, a flinty new england housewife decides a lifetime of deferring her own modest desires to his whims is too long. from a review in the atlantic monthly, 1899: "if she must have a tag, the most nearly satisfactory will be that which declares miss wilkins an idealist masquerading in the soiled & ragged cloak of realism." includes 5 beautiful woodcuts by illustrator michael mccurdy. part of the "a perfect present" series designed by rita marshall for red path press.

Tween Sleuths Alex and Yasmeen have sworn off solving mysteries. But when Alex's baseball coach-dressed in his Uncle Sam getup-disappears into a Porta-Potty on Memorial Day, no one else can figure out what happened. There are clues, but they don't add up. Worse yet, the best ones seem to be hiding in bags of month-old trash! Do Alex and Yasmeen have the smarts-not to mention the stomach-to find the kidnapper?

In this psychological thriller, we meet Lily, a girl willing to be held hostage in the middle of the forest by an ex-drug addict in order to save her father’s life.Lily’s father, Don, suffers a terrible car crash, and Lily finds his car at the bottom of an embankment. After battling through a dark forest and the terrible cold, she comes upon a lone cabin in the middle of the woods. There she finds her father chained to a wall--held hostage by Seven, the cabin's owner and an ex-drug addict who now believes that he is The Chosen One. Lily is able to convince Seven to let her father go by taking her father's place.As the story develops, we witness--through Lily's journal entries--that she is becoming a victim of Stockholm Syndrome. Lily must ultimately choose between trusting Seven, who is now her only companion, or believing her fears that his madness may have driven him to murder.Will she be able to find the truth in time or will she pay the ultimate price?

Aunt Jen, the official White House hostess, is being thrown a surprise party with a Wizard of Oz theme, but when a box arrives from the Smithsonian, the slippers that Judy Garland wore in the movie aren't in it! Never fear, First Kids Cammie and Tess are on the case. White House dog Hooligan finds one slipper, but no one knows where or how. A surprising revelation reveals the thief's identity. Filled with humor and White House inside information, this third First Kids Mystery is exciting from start to finish.