Janae Marks schreibt fesselnde Erzählungen für junge erwachsene Leser, die von ihren eigenen Lebenserfahrungen und ihrer formalen Ausbildung im kreativen Schreiben geprägt sind. Ihre Fiktion befasst sich mit den Herausforderungen und Triumphen der Jugend und bietet ihrem Publikum nachvollziehbare und aufschlussreiche Erkundungen. Sie widmet sich der Erfassung der authentischen Stimme und Perspektive junger Menschen.
Zoe has never met her father, who was sent to prison right before she was born - so when she receives a letter from him on her twelfth birthday, it's a huge surprise. But when Zoe investigates the crime, she starts to doubt the conviction. Is her father innocent? Or is he a liar? Either way, she's determined to find out.
Follows fourteen-year-old Zoe and her recently exonerated father as they build their new relationship and work to open a restaurant together.
Twelve-year old Joy dreams of writing music for the movies, but first she has to survive her family's move into a small apartment when her father loses his job