Julie Hadler: 4 books

Mill hugs Rich, John, and Melissa as confetti drifts down in his small, bustling campaign headquarters office. "Thank you for all your hard work," he bellows. The forty-some "Champaign Crusaders" clap and whistle. He is now a city councilman. The Goal—becoming mayor of...

David kicked at rocks and empty soda bottles as he walked home from school. Since his parents' divorce, his mother has enlisted Miss Lee, their elderly Chinese-American neighbor, to keep tabs on him. It's embarrassing, to say the least. Yet when he and Miss Lee discover a common interest in word games,...

Headstrong Ida wants equality for women, but Emma is trying to convince Ida that even an Amazon like her could slow down a little bit. Ida, with customary passion, refuses to abort the suffrage campaign she began ten years ago at Vassar. Emma again watches her sister mount the podium. In spite...

Jonah knelt before the gravestone to pray. He placed his palm on the cold smooth surface, as if bestowing a blessing on his father's head. Rev. Edward Tyson, 1929-1983. Dear Lord, please forgive me. The edges of the stone began to blur. He blinked and squinted at the writing. The engraving...