Books for Middle Grades and Young Adult Readers
by
Kathy Lynn Emerson

Here you will find information on books for young readers written by Kathy Lynn Emerson.
These titles are either out-of-print or available only as e-books.
Two of the titles are original e-books and do not exist in print format.
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SHALLA

This historical novel for young readers is an e-book original offered for the first time at AWritersWork.com. Set in Colonial Rhode Island in the mid-seventeenth century, Shalla is the fictionalized story of a real person, one of the children of Rhode Island founder Samuel Gorton, known as "the New England firebrand." Because of his religious and political beliefs, Samuel Gorton was kicked out of Plimoth Plantations, Providence, and Pawtuxet before founding his own colony in what is now Rhode Island. He called it Shawomet, although it is now known as Warwick. In 1643, soldiers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony attacked Shawomet and captured Samuel Gorton, taking him to Boston for trial. No one knows exactly where his wife and children were during the time he was in prison there. This is the story of what might have happened to them, told through the eyes of one of his daughters, a girl with the remarkable name of Mahershallahashbaz Gorton. I call her Shalla.

SOMEDAY

a young adult romantic suspense novel
by
Kathy Lynn Emerson
available through www.BelgraveHouse.com in a variety of formats.

"Someday, Kristy, if you stay
just as sweet and innocent as you are now,
you'll make some lucky guy a great wife."

That's what the boy Kristy Russell is crazy about tells her.

Insulted, sixteen-year-old Kristy embarks on a journey of
self-discovery, trying to figure out why he rejected her.
In the attempt, she comes to realize that her own self-esteem
is more important than what anyone else thinks of her.
But will that knowledge enable her to make the right choice
when a potentially life-altering decision is required of her?
It isn't just her own future she holds in her hands.

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Someday was once scheduled for publication by Silhouette Books' Keepsake line.
The line was discontinued before Someday reached stores, but there was a cover done.
Frankly, I was glad this one was not used on my book.
There is no scene like this in the story.
(P.S. Kaitlyn Gorton is the name I use on books published by Silhouette.)

Backlist Titles

Books for Young Readers (Ages 8-12)

These titles are all out of print.

The Mystery of the Missing Bagpipes - 1991, Avon Camelot

This story involves the theft of a set of antique bagpipes.
Kim Hanlon's father, a police officer,
plays the bagpipes, and takes the whole family
to Maine to "bagpipe camp."

Making Headlines: A Biography of Nellie Bly - 1989, Dillon Press

This biography of the nineteenth-century newspaper reporter
inspired my adult mystery series featuring journalist Diana Spaulding.

Julia's Mending - 1987, Orchard Books

1990, Avon Camelot paperback edition

Much of the inspiration for this book,
and for the Diana Spaulding Mysteries
came from the stories my grandfather told me about
growing up in the late nineteenth century.
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The Mystery of Hilliard's Castle - 1985, Down East Books

This was my first published novel.
The "castle" is based on a house in Liberty, New York,
where I grew up.

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