OUT OF FOCUS : was chosen as an OUR CHOICE (STARRED*)YA fiction novel (2007) by The Canadian Children's Book Centre. (A star (*) and a book cover in the Our Choice catalogue signify titles of exceptional calibre.)

It was chosen an an PSLA's Young Adult Top Forty Fiction List 2006/7 in the USA and was nominated: 2007 McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award. It also among the OLA BEST BETS - TOP 10 CANADIAN BOOKs FOR YOUNG ADULTS from Ontario Library Association. It was also nominated for The Snow Willow Award....

Fifteen-year-old Addy panics and runs back to her room, her heart -- pounding. She can't do it. She can't go to school. Addy is afraid afraid of taking even one step out of the house. And it's worse than that. She can't hear people when they're right in front of her, yet she hears voices that no one else can. Addy feels as if she's falling apart. Where can she turn? Her parents have just split up and her one real friend is a thousand miles away. Addy wishes she were back at her old school, but she knows there's no going back. The trouble is, she can't move forward. She can't even leave her room. Angels Turn Their Backs is a compelling, supernatural thriller about a girl whose life is suddenly turned upside down by agoraphobia....

Fifteen-year-old Emma has long suspected that something is not quite as it should be in her life. With her long, pale face and white hair, she looks nothing like her parents or frail younger sister. She acts nothing like them either. While her parents happily pursue their daily routine, Emma senses danger. She knows she must watch over the family day and night -- but from what, she doesn't know. Things spin out of control when Emma takes a summer job caring for an eccentric elderly neighbor and is drawn into playing a strange board game. She's suddenly plagued by surreal, frightening dreams that begin to invade her waking hours. Emma is soon hurtled from her quiet farm life into strange worlds of intrigue and terror. As she becomes a participant in a bizarre game of life and death, the mystery surrounding her is solved ... and her future decided. The Watcher is the first book in The Watcher's Quest trilogy. The following two books in the series are The Seeker and The Finder....

Fifteen-year-old Emma has long suspected that something is not quite as it should be in her life. With her long, pale face and white hair, she looks nothing like her parents or frail younger sister. She acts nothing like them either. While her parents happily pursue their daily routine, Emma senses danger. She knows she must watch over the family day and night ­ but from what, she doesn¹t know. Things spin out of control when Emma takes a summer job caring for an eccentric elderly neighbor and is drawn into playing a strange board game. She¹s suddenly plagued by surreal, frightening dreams that begin to invade her waking hours. Emma is soon hurtled from her quiet farm life into strange worlds of intrigue and terror. As she becomes a participant in a bizarre game of life and death, the mystery surrounding her is solved Š and her future decided. ...