Holiday House, 1978
Dell Paperback, 1980
Sam, Michael, and their alcoholic mother struggle separately and together with the crippling grief they feel after Pa’s death.
“Focuses, with genuine feeling, on the bleakly realistic scenes of life with an alcoholic parent.” -Kirkus Reviews

Harper and Row, 1975
Dell, 1977
translated into Norwegian, Finnish, German)
1960-1975, School Library Journal Best of the Best
Jenny and her brother Charley discover each other one crazy summer.
“…involving novel perceptibly probes often ignored nuances in family relationships.” – School Library Journal
“…an extremely valuable book.” -New York Times Book Review