Books with author Melody Dean Dimick

Jacob Barnaby lives in a small town in the shadows of the Adirondack Mountains, where neighbors know each other and gossip spreads like dandelions. On the night of his birthday party, the seventeen-year-old son of a prominent attorney learns his father has a secret. To make matters worse, his father plans to represent the man Jacob and his friends think is responsible for putting the school bully in a wheelchair. Will his father’s actions ruin both Jacob’s family and his senior year? Can Jacob salvage his relationship with his girlfriend?

When Aricia Sterling and her Manga Club friends wear cosplay costumes to class, they set in motion events that escalate from a reprimand in the principal’s office to the abduction of Aricia’s best friend, Layla. The friends form a strong bond as they race to save Layla from the hands of the psychopathic human trafficker. Can Aricia, Dallas, and Tatsumi find Layla before her captor sells her? Will the club members’ first taste of romance lead to prom dates and acceptance by their classmates?

Backpack Blues is a young adult story in verse set in a fragile world, the rural Mountain Valley High School, located in the extreme northeastern section of the Adirondack Mountains. ACE JACKSON serves as a master of ceremonies, but each student shares the limelight for a moment.The narrative begins with an invitation by MARISOL GARCIA to enter the world of her senior class. We hear CORA SIMMONS' cry for acceptance. One by one, Cora's classmates speak about themselves and their lives through the poems they hand in to the English teacher MRS. DEYON, or crumple up and throw into the basket to be retrieved by the snoopy janitor SAWYAH TRUMAN. Sometimes they gossip about each other. More often, they spill their troubles, complain about their lives, or criticize the lack of justice.ROSS PARROTTE, the ballplayer frequently mentioned by others, makes most of his classmates' lives miserable. His bullying prompts TOBY THOMAS to eat his troubles.Problems escalate until the day of the senior ball. The anthology of vignettes in verse explores the pressures of home life, relationships, and school life faced by the members of Cora's class. Combined, the culturally diverse poems demonstrate a blend of humor, alienation, and determination.Backpack Blues celebrates the resourcefulness it takes to make it in the classrooms, halls, and locker rooms of contemporary schools, but also reminds readers no one ever leaves school totally behind.

Backpack Blues is a young adult story in verse set in a fragile world, the rural Mountain Valley High School, located in the extreme northeastern section of the Adirondack Mountains. ACE JACKSON serves as a master of ceremonies, but each student shares the limelight for a moment. The narrative begins with an invitation by MARISOL GARCIA to enter the world of her senior class. We hear CORA SIMMONS' cry for acceptance. One by one, Cora's classmates speak about themselves and their lives through the poems they hand in to the English teacher MRS. DEYON, or crumple up and throw into the basket to be retrieved by the snoopy janitor SAWYAH TRUMAN. Sometimes they gossip about each other. More often, they spill their troubles, complain about their lives, or criticize the lack of justice.ROSS PARROTTE, the ballplayer frequently mentioned by others, makes most of his classmates' lives miserable. His bullying prompts TOBY THOMAS to eat his troubles. Problems escalate until the day of the senior ball. The anthology of vignettes in verse explores the pressures of home life, relationships, and school life faced by the members of Cora's class. Combined, the culturally diverse poems demonstrate a blend of humor, alienation, and determination. Backpack Blues celebrates the resourcefulness it takes to make it in the classrooms, halls, and locker rooms of contemporary schools, but also reminds readers no one ever leaves school totally behind.

Aricia Sterling and the members of her Manga Club accept an invitation for tea and cookies, and land in the middle of a police cover-up. To make matters worse, a rival makes a pass at Aricia’s boyfriend, Caleb. Book Two of the Silent Series begins where Silent Screams left off and ends at the Libertyburg Cemetery. Along the way the manga-loving friends investigate rumors, expose secrets, and learn things aren’t always as they appear.

Aricia Sterling and the members of her Manga Club accept an invitation for tea and cookies, and land in the middle of a police cover-up. To make matters worse, a rival makes a pass at Aricia’s boyfriend, Caleb. Book Two of the Silent Series begins where Silent Screams left off and ends at the Libertyburg Cemetery. Along the way the manga-loving friends investigate rumors, expose secrets, and learn things aren’t always as they appear.

When Aricia Sterling and her Manga Club friends wear cosplay costumes to class, they set in motion events that escalate from a reprimand in the principal’s office to the abduction of Aricia’s best friend, Layla. The friends form a strong bond as they race to save Layla from the hands of the psychopathic human trafficker. Can Aricia, Dallas, and Tatsumi find Layla before her captor sells her? Will the club members’ first taste of romance lead to prom dates and the longed-for acceptance by their classmates?

Jacob Barnaby lives in a small town in the shadows of the Adiron- dack Mountains, where neighbors know each other and gossip spreads like dandelions. On the night of his birthday party, the sev- enteen-year-old son of a prominent attorney learns his father has a secret. To make matters worse, his father plans to represent the man Jacob and his friends think is responsible for putting the school bully in a wheelchair. Will his father's actions ruin both Jacob's fam- ily and his senior year? Can Jacob salvage his relationship with his girlfrie