Shirley Russak Wachtel

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  • Bibliography:
    11 Books
  • First Book:
    September 1995
  • Latest Book:
    January 2023
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Book List in Order: 11 titles

  • What Would I Be?

  • Charlie Wonder--Chef-Detective: The Baffling Case of the Strawberry Surprise Cake

    Everyone in class 4-11 knows that classmate, Charlie Wonder, is the best cook in town. But when the whole class suddenly comes down with a mystery illness right after eating Charlie's "Strawberry Surprise" cake, guess who gets the blame As the kids ...

  • Brad Sureshot--Coach-Detective: The Baffling Case of the Disappearing Dribbler

    The first time Brad Sureshot met Tom Ole Tunda he looked up. And up. And up. And then he looked up some more. After Brad was done looking up, he could only say one word. The word was "Wow." That's what most kids said the first time they met Tom, the ...

  • Howie Rocket--World Traveler-Detective: The Search for the Lovely Precious

    As the son of a diplomat, Howie Rocket has already seen plenty of places in the world. But when his dad, Moses, receives a curious letter from a friend, Howie is sent on a dizzying search for a stolen treasure, the elusive Lovely Precious. Along with...

  • My Mother's Shoes

    Blima Weisstuch is an ordinary woman who works in a bakery in a small town in Poland. But when the worst happens and she is suddenly torn from her family and everything she knows, Blima is swept up in the horrors which we have come to know as the Hol...

  • The Music Makers

    THe MUSIC MAKERS by Shirley Russak Wachtel, author of the acclaimed memoir, MY MOTHER'S SHOES, is the story of five individuals living in upstate New York: Virginia, a divorcee embarking on a new career as she worries over the demands of her grown da...

  • Zoey and the Purple Elephant

    What would you do if a purple elephant suddenly appeared in your room? Zoey likes her new friend, but the problem is no one, not her Mommy or Daddy, or even the bluebird outside can see him. She feels sad until one day something special happens in th...

  • Three for a Dollar

    They are the people you see every day. The well-dressed woman standing in front of you on the early-morning coffee line. The young couple holding hands, gazing up as colors fill the night sky on the Fourth of July. The chubby girl licking an ice crea...

  • This I Know

    Ora Neumann was desperate. Since her mother’s death, she had been consumed by a dark cave of grief and depression from which there seemed to be no escape, neither by her loving family nor her faith. Shaken by her encounter with a well-known psychic...



  • Where is Emmy?

    Where is Emmy? Everyone is asking that question as Emmy goes through her day: getting ready to go outside, playing with her doll, building blocks, looking at colorful fish in the tank, napping at nursery school, and having dinner and getting read...

  • A Castle in Brooklyn

    Spanning decades, an unforgettable novel about reckoning with the past, the true nature of friendship, and the dream of finding home.1944, Poland. Jacob Stein and Zalman Mendelson meet as boys under terrifying circumstances. They survive by miraculou...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Shirley Russak Wachtel has published 11 books.

Shirley Russak Wachtel does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Castle in Brooklyn, was published in January 2023.

The first book by Shirley Russak Wachtel, What Would I Be?, was published in September 1995.

No. Shirley Russak Wachtel does not write books in series.
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