Michael Wenberg

• Nov-2002
• / General Fiction
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Historical-fiction based on the young life of Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten, the noted African American folksinger, who wrote the famous song "Freight Train" when she was just eleven years old.Elizabeth's Song is the true-life story of Elizabeth (Libba) C...

• Feb-2009
• / Historical
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The summer of 1970 starts off badly for 13-year-old Maya. Her mother has sent her to Seattle to stay with the grandmother she's never met; her father is reported MIA in the jungles of Vietnam; and angry Maya's determined to get back home, even if it ...

• May-2010
• / General Fiction
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Life hasn t been easy for Jace Adams, a mixed-race teen whose mom moves them from one place to another so often that sometimes he's been in four schools in a single year. To cope with all that instability, Jace has vowed to never let himself get atta...

• Apr-2011
• / General Fiction
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Melba has always wanted to play the slide trombone, but she's too small. Her grandmother wants Melba to play a musical instrument more suitable for a girl -- like a flute or violin -- but Melba loves the way a trombone looks and sounds. Tired of wait...

• Apr-2011
• / General Fiction
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Over the years, Tubby the Tugboat has gotten used to spending his days forgotten in Backwater Bay. But that's changing. One way or another, Tubby is about to become useful once again-and that's why he and his friends are worried. Is Tubby on his way ...

• May-2011
• / General Fiction
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While making preparations for the Lewis and Clark Expedition in 1803, Captain Meriwether Lewis saves a big black Newfoundland dog's life when he buys him from the dog's cruel master. Little does he know that his dog will get a chance to return the fa...

• May-2011
• / General Fiction
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The exciting adventures that began in "The Captain's Dog" continue in "Dognapped." Nothing was more fascinating to the Native Americans who encountered the Lewis and Clark Expedition than the big Newfoundland dog named Seaman. When Captain Lewis's lo...

• May-2011
• / General Fiction
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Six-year-old Olympia Octavia Penelope Smith hates her name - all three of them. Of course, finding something else would require an okay by her mom and dad, and that's not something they are likely to support. But nothing can stop her from finding a n...

• Jun-2011
• / General Fiction
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The Flaubert's have been clowns for generations. Of course, everyone assumes Henri will follow in the family tradition. No one, however, bothers to find out what Henri wants to do–-and he has something completely different in mind....

• Jun-2011
• / General Fiction
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Forced into a neutral Estonian port for repairs during the chaos of the opening days of World War II, the Polish submarine, the "Eagle" and her crew are betrayed by their captain and captured by Nazi sympathizers. The crew, however, isn'...

• Jul-2011
• / General Fiction
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When Gwennie the golden retriever rolls in something stinky at the beach, she may have ruined Peter and Beth's plans for her to win a prize at the county fair. The kids, however, aren't ready to give up. They decide to take the long way...

• Jul-2011
• / General Fiction
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When the tiger wind blows, you never know what might happen, especially if you make the mistake and open a window. That's what happens to the boy in this story, and it leads to an unforgettable nighttime romp with a tiger wind on the prowl....

• Mar-2012
• / General Fiction
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The Fiddling for Freedom series was inspired by the life of African-American slave and pioneer, Louis Southworth, who traveled the Oregon Trail with his mother and master in the early 1850s and then went on to earn enough money to buy his freedom...

• Sep-2017
• / General Fiction
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The death of a parent touches children in profound ways. In this tender story, a young boy begins to come to terms with the death of his mother with the help of his grandmother and some very "wild" flowers....

• Mar-2022
• / General Fiction
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Fiddling for Freedom is inspired by the life of African-American slave and pioneer, Louis Southworth, who traveled the Oregon Trail in the early 1850s and then went on to earn enough money to buy his freedom by playing fiddle in the gold camps in Cal...

• / Thriller
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Fisherman Nick Savitch pops in to see his friends the nuns at a monastery on an island in remote Alaska, only to find them all dead ... except for a mysterious ageless woman with striking green eyes and a young girl willing to go to any lengths to pr...