Books with author Sheila Turnage

Bike riding in City Park with her dad is one of ten-year-old Keona Browne's favorite pastimes, and she's planning a BIG surprise for her father when he returns home from his second deployment to Afghanistan. With money she's hoping to earn from tutoring jobs, and the jewelry she'll make during summer camp and sell at her uncle's store, Keona plans to buy her dad a new bike and helmet.The countdown to summer break begins when Keona and the students at Douglass return to school after spring break. Keona's first day back starts out great. She lands a tutoring job. Unfortunately, for Keona, the day doesn't end great. She learns some dreadful news. The mayor and city council may not provide funds for summer camp.Hoping to convince the town officials to fund camp like always, Keona comes up with a plan. A plan that she hopes others will support in her efforts to save summer camp.

A hilarious Southern debut with the kind of characters you meet once in a lifetime Rising sixth grader Miss Moses LoBeau lives in the small town of Tupelo Landing, NC, where everyone's business is fair game and no secret is sacred. She washed ashore in a hurricane eleven years ago, and she's been making waves ever since. Although Mo hopes someday to find her "upstream mother," she's found a home with the Colonel--a cafe owner with a forgotten past of his own--and Miss Lana, the fabulous cafe hostess. She will protect those she loves with every bit of her strong will and tough attitude. So when a lawman comes to town asking about a murder, Mo and her best friend, Dale Earnhardt Johnson III, set out to uncover the truth in hopes of saving the only family Mo has ever known. Full of wisdom, humor, and grit, this timeless yarn will melt the heart of even the sternest Yankee."

Bike riding in City Park with her dad is one of ten-year-old Keona Browne's favorite pastimes, and she's planning a BIG surprise for her father when he returns home from his second deployment to Afghanistan. With money she's hoping to earn from tutoring jobs, and the jewelry she'll make during summer camp and sell at her uncle's store, Keona plans to buy her dad a new bike and helmet.The countdown to summer break begins when Keona and the students at Douglass return to school after spring break. Keona's first day back starts out great. She lands a tutoring job. Unfortunately, for Keona, the day doesn't end great. She learns some dreadful news. The mayor and city council may not provide funds for summer camp.Hoping to convince the town officials to fund camp like always, Keona comes up with a plan. A plan that she hopes others will support in her efforts to save summer camp.

Bike riding in City Park with her dad is one of ten-year-old Keona Browne’s favorite pastimes, and she’s planning a BIG surprise for her father when he returns home from his second deployment to Afghanistan. With money she’s hoping to earn from tutoring jobs, and the jewelry she’ll make during summer camp and sell at her uncle’s store, Keona plans to buy her dad a new bike and helmet. The countdown to summer break begins when Keona and the students at Douglass return to school after spring break. Keona’s first day back starts out great. She lands a tutoring job. Unfortunately, for Keona, the day doesn’t end great. She learns some dreadful news. The mayor and city council may not provide funds for summer camp. Hoping to convince the town officials to fund camp like always, Keona comes up with a plan. A plan that she hopes others will support in her efforts to save summer camp.