Staz has published several middle-grade and young-adult novels, including Mrs. Mercutrode, Almost Normal, The Last Drop, Ginger, and The Burning Tree. She is also the author of The Weirder the Better, a children's novel published at Black Heron Press under her full name. In addition to writing, Staz works part-time for Friends of the Third World, a non-profit organization that sells fair trade products globally. She lives in Fort Wayne with her husband and a Corgi-Sheltie dog named Ginger.
Staz has published several middle-grade and young-adult novels, including Mrs. Mercutrode, Almost Normal, The Last Drop, Ginger, and The Burning Tree. She is also the author of The Weirder the Better, a children's novel published at Black Heron...
Sixteen-year-old Hannah Sawyer has never used a cell phone and only vaguely remembers watching television. She’s spent most of her life growing up in a religious community in rural Wyoming, enduring harsh work and severe punishments. As Hannah and her friends begin the rituals that will prepare them for adulthood, they begin to question the...
Betsy Kimmel’s idyllic life is shattered when her mother dies in a car accident. Without her mom’s extra income, she is forced to leave her private Catholic school and finish her freshman year in a large urban district. At her new school, Betsy becomes the target of a treacherous bully. She also develops several interesting friendships with an...
Life couldn’t be happier for Ginger, a small puppy living with eleven-year-old Olivia and her grandmother. While her family is on vacation and she’s staying at the posh Bennington Boarding House for dogs, Ginger is devastated to learn she’s not really a purebred dog but a mixed breed. She’s convinced by a snooty grand champion poodle that her...
