“Readers will be swept up by the drama and fast pace of this powerful debut novel. Reading Today Online, International Reading Association”

“Lush, detailed, total-immersion storytelling.Kirkus Review”

“Rarely do page-turners written for middle-school kids also ignite excitement in adults. (A notable exception is the series of Harry Potter books.) Fewer still explore the secret sorrows of children...”

“An Underground Railroad story with a distinctive flavor. Booklist”

“Agrippinghistorical novel . . .heart-stopping, heart-racing and eventually heart-easing.Library Voice”

“This book would be a great addition to a classroom library, especially considering its emphases on timeless and critical topics like discrimination and prejudice. examiner.com, National Book Examiner”

“Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.”

“My request today is simple. Today. Tomorrow. Next week. Find somebody, anybody, thats different than you. Somebody that has made you feel ill-will or even hateful. Somebody whose life decisions hav...”

“Dont we get it? To put our arm around someone who is gay, someone who has an addiction, somebody who lives a different lifestyle, someone who is not what we think they should be doing that has noth...”

“A statue stands in a shaded placeAn angel girl with an upturned faceA name is written on a polished rockA broken heart that the world forgot”

“If you are really doing all this for your kids, then why are you so mean to them?”

“A terrible sadness threatened to overwhelm me as I wondered how two people capable of such love for each other had eventually felt so little for the child they had produced between them.”

“She turned her painted blue eyes toward the assistant and said something in French before she left.”

“If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent out Texas and live in Hell”

“War means fighting, and fighting means killing.”