Ann Haywood Leal
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Ann Haywood Leal refuses to talk down to her young readers, instead tackling subjects—poverty, homelessness, parental abandonment and mental illness—that even adults find disturbing. In her debut novel, Also Known as Harper, a fifth-grader’s family is evicted. Leal’s second novel, A Finders-Keepers Place, features an 11-year-old protagonist with an absent father and manic-depressive mother. Leal, who grew up near Seattle, now teaches elementary school in Connecticut.
Ann Haywood Leal's books
A Finders-Keepers Place (hardcover)
A gripping novel for young readers about a resilient 11-year-old girl who searches for her father as her mentally ill mother becomes increasingly unstable.
My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read and Shop (hardcover)
In My Bookstore: Writers Celebrate Their Favorite Places to Browse, Read and Shop, a diverse group of authors pen love letters not just to the places but to the people who have nurtured their lifelong passion for books, championed their work and made the writing life feel a little less solitary.