Books with author Melissa M. Williams

Over fifty young authors and illustrators, grades 3 through 12, come together in this short story and poetry compilation made possible by the READ3Zero Literacy Organization. Explore the world of imagination through the eyes of our talented artists as their works represent the creativity of life, inspired by their love for literacy. To find out how you can be involved in the next short story project, please visit READ3Zero.org for details.

New School New Rules is the first book in the Iggy the Iguana Chapter Book Series, which focuses on themes of diversity, friendship and overcoming difficult situations in elementary school. Iggy, the main character, is a role model to kids as he navigates through moving to a new school, making friends and dealing with the school bully. The story allows young readers to relate to different types of characters, while being entertained by the story's fun loving animal humor. The story addresses many useful teaching moments in the 2nd-5th grade classroom.

The spirit of Christmas is in serious danger.A towering Christmas tree that once stood tall in the city has been missing for the past eight years. Without the tree, the city has slowly forgotten the magic that is Christmas.Everyone except for one little girl.Nicki Noel loves two things: trucks and Christmas. She’s always felt drawn to them, despite being told that girls can’t drive trucks.But when her mother needs to leave town for work, and Nicki goes to stay with old friends of her father’s, the mysteries of her past begin to unfold in front of her.Can a little girl drive a truck? Can the magic of Christmas return to the city? Or will it finally be lost, forever?Nicki Noel and the Curious Christmas Truck is the debut children’s novel of a Big Five-published hybrid author who wanted to write a book he could share with his son. It’s written for ages 8 – 12 as the intended audience, but can be enjoyed by readers of all ages.

Africa, 1888. Trying to forget the past that took her best friend and her mother away, Sonnet Gray busies herself with helping to build a hospital, while at the same time taking care of a precocious child. Together with Israel Rhode, the one man she can trust, their safe haven is discovered by an old enemy who needs Sonnet to get back to where he came from.London, 1931. Bedlam Asylum has never been a safe place, and Rose Gray isn’t getting any better. Consumed with rage and insanity, Rose isn’t the only Gray who has learned to control her ability to travel through time.From the dark alleys of Jack the Ripper to the Spice Islands of Zanzibar, Sonnet and Rose make their way through the eras. One is controlled by love, the other by revenge, but only one of them will be strong enough to end their story. The other will simply remain lost.

Rose Gray is a troubled young woman who’s always been alone. When she’s finally reunited with her long lost sister Sonnet, her mental fragility pushes her to the point of murder.Sonnet has all but given up on her now. Unlike others of the Lost, Rose has the ability to manipulate her powers and can travel through time at will, deciding which eras she wants to travel to. Unfortunately, the traveling has taken a toll on her mind and body. For a perfectly sane girl, power of this nature could be a gift. For Rose however, it’s not only a danger to her, but also to anyone who’s had the misfortune of meeting her.Lizzie is an orphaned nurse resigned to a life of changing bedpans and fluffing pillows at Bedlam, the world’s most notorious insane asylum. Finding an old diary proves a welcome distraction from a medical world that doesn’t take nurses all that seriously. As Lizzie falls into the world of the diary’s author, Rose Gray, she finds herself swept into an ever deepening mystery.Although the diary in Bedlam Hospital may be old, Rose is not, and it appears as though she never really left. Will Lizzie’s curiosity lead to her becoming yet another of Rose’s victims?

Over fifty young authors and illustrators, grades 3 through 12, come together in this short story and poetry compilation made possible by the READ3Zero Literacy Organization. Explore the world of imagination through the eyes of our talented artists as their works represent the creativity of life, inspired by their love for literacy. To find out how you can be involved in the next short story project, please visit READ3Zero.org for details.

iWRITE inspires kids to WRITE their own stories and provides publishing and leadership opportunities to our youth. Since reading and writing go hand in hand, iWRITE encourages readers to use their imagination and communicate through the written word. Join "i" The Guy, the kids' writing representative, and encourage kids to write for fun, thereby strengthening our youths' desire to learn and create. Learn more at iWRITE.org.

Iggy the Iguana, inspired by the author's love of a childhood pet, will touch the hearts of all readers. Kids relate well to the animal characters in this book, as Iggy and his new friends go through their school year together and experience many of the same things kids experience in fourth grade, today. Iggy learns how to adapt to the changes in his life and opens his eyes to realize that change can be pretty good. Each character in this story has a unique and even humorous personality of their own, making, Melissa M. Williams', Iggy the Iguana, a fun book for all types of kids to read.

It's shaping up to be the most dangerous of all Christmas Eves, and fifteen year old Ree Stahlbaum is in the midst of it. Apprentice to a mysterious inventor named Drosselmeier, Ree is swept up in his dark dealings as the clock strikes midnight. As she leaves her comfortable, safe hearth and home to uncover the secrets behind living toys and enchanted creatures, Ree finds friendship and enemies in unexpected places. Putting aside her knitting and embroidery, and the constant nagging of her sister are all tasks she can relish easily enough, but the choices and demands only get harder from there. Is Ree up to the task of righting Drosselmeier's wrongs, with only a nutcracker man, a clockwork doll, an irritating older brother, a handful of urchins, and her wits to help her? With an army of mechanical rats close on her heels and an air ship of sky pirates above her, time is running out, and Ree can't be sure who to trust.Drosselmeier's dark world is unlike anything Ree has ever known. A lifetime of needlepoint, piano forte, and etiquette lessons had hardly prepared her for this.