J. Albert Mann crafts humorous and quirky stories that often delve into historical settings, engaging middle-grade readers with her unique voice. Her narrative style is characterized by a playful approach to storytelling, making her work accessible and appealing to a broad audience. Mann skillfully intertwines historical contexts with the sensitive portrayal of characters and their motivations. Through her writing, she invites readers into different eras with both ease and wit.
This fiery historical novel follows four young women in the early 20th century whose lives intersect when they are locked up by a world that took the poor, the disabled, the marginalized-and institutionalized them for life.
We’ve all woken up on the wrong side of the bed. But have you ever woken up stuck to the bed? Masha Sweet has. And there’s only one possible reason: her little sister Sunny. Masha is used to Sunny’s evil genius ways, but the glue Sunny used to secure a bouquet of plastic daisies to Masha’s head is not coming out! The girls have to stay home from school and through a bizarre turn of events, they wind up at the hospital. It’s the perfect place to fix Masha’s head…but first they will (almost) contract a (not so) killer virus, steal a cast, and lead the nurses on a wild goose chase. When this is all over, Sunny Sweet is going to be so sorry!