"Capture at Penn Cove," a short historical fiction story about the 1970 orcas captures in Washington State, is currently appearing in ColumbiaKids, a publication of the Washington State Historical Society. Here's an excerpt:

August 8, 1970
Boom! The bed shuddered. Boom! Toby bolted out of a deep sleep, arms flailing, alarm clock crashing to the floor.

Boom! There it went again-he hadn't been dreaming. Heart pounding, Toby swung his legs over the side of his bed. The clock's fluorescent hands glowed in the dark. Not yet six o'clock. Too early for Mom to be back from her shift at the Coupeville Motel. Read more.

"Breathe To Both Sides," a middle grade novel about a young girl in Mississippi who discovers the hidden secret of how her small town struggled with integration in the 1970s was awarded a Letter of Merit from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators for a Contemporary Work-in-Progress Award.