I’m delighted to announce that my third middle-grade novel, THE CURSE OF THE DEAD MAN’S DIAMOND, will be published by Delacorte Press in Fall 2024!
Since I can’t seem to stick to a single genre, this time I’m bringing you a ghost story that takes place in my home state of Florida. Because even in paradise, things can get chilling…
Here’s a longer description of THE CURSE OF THE DEAD MAN’S DIAMOND:
When twelve-year-old Charlotte is uprooted from New York City and forced to move to sweaty, sticky, roach-infested Florida, she’ll do anything to get back home – even conspiring with ghosts. Everyone in the kooky seaside town of Casaluna is obsessed with the supernatural, and Charlie finds herself living in the town’s most infamous haunted house, inhabited by a trio of rambunctious ghosts who were cursed for stealing a dead man’s diamond.
When she learns that the missing jewel is still in the house, she gets a brilliant idea: find the diamond and sell it so her family can afford to move back to New York. But she quickly learns that undoing a centuries’ old curse isn’t that simple, especially when she’s pitted against the school bully and three unruly spirits. In the end, she’ll discover that the only way to rid herself of ghosts and curses may be the one thing she fears the most: confronting the painful past that haunts her.
Cover reveal and pre-order links coming soon!