September 29th: Book signing at
The Book Beat Anniversary Party!
Sunday from 2:00pm to 3:00pm

 

HOORAY! for Fireman Small
30 years in print!

 

Now available in hardcover,
paperback and ebook!

 Coming August 19, 2024 . . .

Wilson Wong lies in a hospital bed with no memory of what put him there. What he does remember is working his butt off at two jobs, one as a delivery boy at his Ba’s carryout. Willie needs to make enough money to buy the ten speed bicycle hanging in Caprelli’s window. Like most eleven year olds Willie is competitive. He loves baseball and riding bikes. The 6th grader is small for his age (his sister Penny calls him shrimp), but that doesn’t keep him from going toe-to-toe with best bud Mo Willoughby. Whether it’s a bike race or game of Strikeout, Willie is up for the challenge. What’s different about Willie is being the only Chinese kid at Bagley Elementary, the least of his worries now. In order for Wilson Wong to wake up from his coma, he needs to figure out what happened. From the dreamories he has at night, along with what he can recall of past and recent events, the last being the 12th Street Riots, Willie tries to piece it all together. Looking back, we see what his life has been like growing up in 1960s Detroit.

Fifth Annual Gesu Library Fundraiser
Sunday, December 2, Noon to 5pm
Signing from 12:00pm to 2:00pm

First signed copies of 
Hammy and Gerbee 
at The Book Beat!