Karen Petit: 7 books

Go into the vault and get the big bills, John commanded. Lisa hesitated. Her eyes moved anxiously to the open vault door; its heavy hinges cast shadows that blended into the darkness of the interior. She said in a soft voice, I dont like the vault. It gives me nightmares. John laughed...

Youre banished! Its the twenty-first century. You cant banish me like Roger Williams was. Its our elevator. We can do what we want to! Fred reached into his pocket and took out a gun. When he pointed it upward toward Kate, she jumped away from the top of the shaking elevator and moved...

Expensive items are disappearing mysteriously from homes in Ivy's neighborhood. The police are stumped. But Ivy puts her best paw forward to lead her gang -- a cat, other pooch pals, and even a canary named Marigold -- in tracking down the thief.

Deep inside the common house, William Bradford coughed and wheezed. His face was as gray as the smoke from the fire. His right hand tried to roll a large barrel of gunpowder toward the door while his left hand pressed against the wall for support. Pieces of smoldering straw fell down from the roof,...

The left shoe angrily kicked the right shoe’s heel; it wanted to step into its space ideal instead of being forced to move sideways and switch its preplanned straight path into a maze. In the narrative poem “The Joys of Learning on Graduation Day,” two shoes have stage rage. Like these...

Dixie was living happily with her Mommy. One day, her Mommy became sick and could not get well. She went away and did not come home again. When her sisters came to tell her that her Mommy died, Dixie was sad and confused about what had happened to her Mommy and why she couldnt see her. Her sisters...

Now its my turn, Moe said. His index finger had the angry strength of steel even before he moved it onto the machine guns trigger. Heidis anxious hands became stronger as she clasped them together in prayer. When she opened her eyes, she stared briefly at the blood residue on Joes forearm....