Bøker av Emerson Kathy Lynn Emerson

In this unique compilation of 115 essays written between 2011 and 2021, Kathy Lynn Emerson, author of over sixty traditionally-published books in a variety of genres and under several names, writes about everything from how to conquer the sagging middle of a work-in-progress to the adoption of her current cat-in-residence. Other topics highlight eccentricities-her own, a few from her family tree, and those to be found in the rural Western Maine mountains where she lives. Best known for her cozy mysteries, written as Kaitlyn Dunnett, and for historical mysteries written under her own name, Kathy Lynn Emerson has also been published in non-fiction, including the award-winning How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries.

"Someday, Kristy, if you stay as sweet and innocent as you are now, you're going to make some lucky guy a great wife."That's what the boy Kristy Russell is crazy about tells her. Insulted, sixteen-year-old Kristy embarks on a journey of self-discovery, trying to figure out why he rejected her. In the attempt, she comes to realize that her own self-esteem is more important than what anyone else thinks of her. But will that knowledge enable her to make the right choice when a potentially life-altering decision is required of her? It isn't just her own future she holds in her hands.Set in Maine in 1992,

Spending three weeks in rural Maine listening to the sound of bagpipes isn't 12-year-old Kim Hanlon's idea of fun, but her father has signed up to attend classes in playing that instrument at the estate of an eccentric millionaire and he's brought his family with him to the adjacent campground. When a valuable set of antique bagpipes disappears, Kim's new friend Woody is suspected of the theft. Refusing to believe he's guilty, she's determined to discover who really committed the crime. Set in 1986. Reading level 5.2. Originally published by Avon Camelot in 1991. from the reviewers: Bangor Daily News: "an excellent summer choice for that niece or nephew."Booklist: "Emerson weaves much food for thought into the narrative through Kim's willingness to trust in Woody and her search to understand her own goals and talents."

Set in Colonial Rhode Island in the mid-seventeenth century, Shalla is the fictionalized story of a real person, one of the children of Rhode Island founder Samuel Gorton, who was known as "the New England firebrand." Because of his religious and political beliefs, Gorton was kicked out of Plimoth Plantations, Providence, and Pawtuxet before founding his own colony. He called it Shawomet, although it is now Warwick, Rhode Island. In 1643, soldiers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony attacked Shawomet and captured Samuel Gorton and some of his followers, taking them to Boston to stand trial for heresy. No one knows exactly where his wife and children were during the time he was in prison. This is the story of what might have happened to them, told through the eyes of one of his daughters, a girl with the remarkable given name of Mahershallahashbaz.

Publishers Weekly: "Julia's recovery . . . parallels a deeper change--adaptation to a new kind of family life and eventual friendship with Grace, her "beastly" cousin. Julia's realization that she has behaved in a snobbish, self-centered, unlikeable fashion--and her subsequent maturity--is fully delineated and the 19th century setting is effectively evoked. . . . well sustained . . . a light, seamless style." The year is 1887 and twelve-year-old Julia Applebee has been shipped off to her cousin's home in the small rural New York town of Liberty Falls while her parents go to China as missionaries. Used to living in New York City, Julia wants nothing to do with her "country cousins." To make matters worse, on her second day on the farm she falls through the hay hole in the barn and breaks her leg. At first, Julia has only one wish--to be rescued. But as her broken leg mends, so does her attitude. Her anger and frustration slowly subside and she begins to understand the importance of family. Reading level 4.9

Twelve-year-old Katie Brant is used to getting everything her own way. She lives with her grandparents, two uncles, and her Aunt Mattie in a farm/boardinghouse in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains of New York State in the early 1920s. With the exception of her formidable grandmother, everyone spoils her because her mother died when she was born and her father is away for long stretches of time, working for the O&W Railroad. But this year, as the tourist season starts and the family, including Katie's cousins Nellie and Muriel, beds down in the attic to make room to take in summer boarders, Katie's world changes in ways that force her to take a hard look at herself and the way she treats both friends and family. She soon learns that choices have consequences.