Tallgrass: A Novel Children's Biographies

Tallgrass: A Novel Children's BiographiesDuring Word War II, a family fnds life turned upside down when the government opens a Japanese internment camp in their small Colorado town. After a young girl is murdered, all eyes (and suspicions) turn to the newcomers, the interlopers, the strangers. This is her town as Rennie Stroud has never seen it before. She has just turned thirteen and, until this time, life has pretty much been what her father told her it should be: predictable and fair. But

Kate sets off to find her father—and uncover the secrets someone will kill to keep buried

including a reporter looking for a scoop

intelligent

she moves her entire life across the country to embark on what she sees as a great

wacky ties for Dad

Born to poverty in eighteenth-century London

His father

at least until she’s assigned to a gruesome new case—a serial killer who is targeting the remaining members of the Rosati family one by one

a story that might jump-start his flagging career

Johanna Lindsey weaves together endearing characters

and while his brain is large

Sandor must convince Lena of his innocence yet keep her from digging further