A boy caught between Rome and Dacia

Ten-year-old Castor is a Dacian boy caught between the world he was born into and the Roman world reshaping his future. From war and captivity to journeys across the Roman Empire, he must navigate questions of family, loyalty, identity, and belonging while refusing to lose the part of himself that is Dacian. Rich in ancient history and adventure, the Dacian Wildcat series follows one boy’s struggle to survive, grow, and choose who he will become.

Prince Robert is far more like his formidable father than he realizes. Impulsive, outspoken, and after a childhood accident, Robert struggles against court prejudice, family expectations, and the fear that he will never measure up to his brothers. Across three novels, questions of loyalty, inheritance, justice, and power reshape both his family and kingdom. Prince Robert’s Reign is a sweeping story of one young man discovering his worth and the kind of prince he chooses to become.

Set against the changing landscape of 1880s Montana, the Little Bear Series follows a young Cheyenne boy torn from his people and thrust into a world vastly different from the one he has known. As Gabriel, once called Little Bear, learns to navigate life with his new family, he struggles to preserve his Cheyenne heritage while discovering love, acceptance, and belonging in unexpected places. Through historical novels and companion storybooks, the series explores family, cultural identity, prejudice, resilience, and the courage to remain true to oneself. At its heart is the story of a boy learning that belonging to two worlds does not mean surrendering either one.

One child has learned to survive without love.

The other has never had to survive without it.

Two children. One journey west. A family none of them expected.

Set during the Orphan Train era of the 1890s, the Aaron and Anna series follows twelve-year-old Aaron and eight-year-old Anna from New York City to Cyrus and Carolyn Lansing’s farm on the North Dakota prairie.

Aaron has learned that survival depends on trusting no one. Anna is grieving the loss of the only life she has known. Cyrus and Carolyn have opened their home to two children whose experiences they do not yet understand. As the four struggle with fear, grief, forgiveness, and responsibility, they gradually discover that becoming a family takes more than simply sharing a home.

Adults Not Wanted tells the central story of Aaron and Anna’s life on the Lansing farm. The illustrated companion books, Aaron and Anna: The Train West and Aaron and Anna: What Cyrus Found, provide distinct perspectives on the children’s histories, their journey west, and Cyrus’s determination to understand what happened to them.

Together, the three books offer readers, families, and classrooms an honest and compassionate exploration of belonging, resilience, empathy, and the complicated history of the Orphan Train movement.