Hailey is back (Hat's for Hailey) and enjoying school expecially since there is a new kid coming to her class. The new girl's name is Emily and Hailey hopes she will have a friend finally on her school bus. The excitement fades a bit when the new classmate and her older brother Fred are not what anyone was expecting.Fred is a bully and Hailey's older brother Gavin ends up being the one bullied. There is a story to this bullying however and once it is discovered, things change for e...

The Soup Kitchen Kids series is about three children living in the downtown area of Jamestown.Twins Markus and Ashley (Pippa) Wallace move to an apartment on top of the Sunshine Laundromat after a series of unfortunate events involving their mother Jackie. Jackie is now in rehab. Dad Brian takes the kids to live where the rent is a lot cheaper and everything they need is in walking distance. The new place is very different from where they use to live. The twins meet a neighbour named Tawny...

The Bully Next Door is the fourth book in the 'From the Heart Collection' Each book is a stand alone story.Hailey (from Hats for Hailey) returns in this book excited about a new girl that's going to be in her class. Emily and her older Fred come to the school but so do a few problems with them.Hailey's older brother Gavin becomes one of those been bullied by Fred. Older sister Lainey tries to help, but it is when Hailey and her best friend Quinn, discover some surprising th...

Blue Isn't Just a Colour (From the Heart Collection, Book #7) by Marytė Running is a deeply moving story about belonging, second chances, and the quiet strength it takes to heal.Connor Morrison is eleven years old and used to starting over. In and out of foster care because of his mother's struggles with addiction, he has learned to travel light — carrying everything he owns in a single grocery bag and guarding his heart just as tightly. New schools mean n...

Twins Markus and Ashley (Pippa) Wallace along with their dad Brian have moved from a regular house to the downtown of their city Jamestown. A series of unfortunate events has placed the mother Jackie in rehab and the rest of the family in an apartment on top of the Sunshine Laundromat.The twins meet Tawny, a long time resident of the downtown area and the trio navigate through the food bank, the Helping Hands thrift store and the soup kitchen. Auntie Marie runs the soup kitchen and...

This is book #2 in the Soup Kitchen Kids series and book # 6 in the 'From the Heart Collection'.Markus and Ashley (Pippa) who are twins, along with their parents, Jackie and Brian live on top of the Sunshine Laundromat in a place called Jamestown in Northern Ontario. Tawny, Pippa's best friend and neighbour lives with them. Where they live is not considered the nicest part of Jamestown but it is the cheapest place for the family to live. One of the central places of Jamestown is th...

Connor Morrison is always getting bounced around through many foster homes and then back again. His mother Mindy Morrison has had problems with drugs and can't really look after him properly.Then the Children's Aid Society asks Connor's mother to make a decision. Either enter a drug rehab center or give Connor up for good. Bouncing around, back and forth to all these foster homes is not good for Connor, he is failing at school and needs stability. Mindy decides to permanently give ...

There is a new outdoor pool opening up soon near Pippa. She, along with the other Soup Kitchen Kids are super excited.At the same time, a strange thing happened. A stranger appeared and is now eating with Crazy Mary at the Soup Kitchen. The stranger claims that they are Samuel, Mary's great grandson. The problem is Mary was never married and had no family. Oddly, Samuel looks like a girl complete with makeup.The mystery is solved when Pippa's family discover that Mary did i...

Winner of the Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2024 (First Place)Hats for Hailey is about a young girl with extraordinarily beautiful hair. Because of an illness (leukemia), or rather the treatment for her illness which is chemo, she loses her hair. Once she starts feeling better, Hailey must gather the courage to return to school and see her friends once again, but without any hair. See how Hailey faces these challenges.This story tells the reader how her class comes toge...

Welcome back to the world of the Soup Kitchen Kids — a place where compassion, friendship, and community come together in the heart of a small Northern Ontario city.In I Am Sam, Pippa, Tawny, and Markus spend their days around the local soup kitchen, a safe haven for families, neighbours, and people who need a helping hand. Life in their downtown neighbourhood is full of colourful personalities, laughter, challenges, and unforgettable adventures. But everything ch...

The Bully Next Door is Book Four in From the Heart Collection. Each book/story stands alone.In this book, Hailey finds out there is a new girl coming to her class. The excitement fades however when the new girl arrives with an older brother Fred. Fred is in Hailey's older siblings class and it turns out he's quite the bully.Hailey's older brother Gavin has to deal with the bullying but all is not what it seems. Something is going on. Why is Fred such a bully and what can be...

Twins Markus and Ashley (Pippa) move to the downtown area of their city, Jamestown. There they meet a fellow friend named Tawny. The circumstances that brought the twins to the downtown core also has their mother in a rehab center. The three children quickly learn their new surroundings from the food bank, the Helping Hands thrift store to the soup kitchen. Auntie Marie who runs the soup kitchen calls the kids there her Soup Kitchen Kids.When mom Jackie returns to the children, she quickly...