Tracy Sabin Books

Did you hear that?Martin Tuck struggles with self-esteem when his mother, consumed with personal troubles, abandons his family. One night, a tiny, green scallywag blusters into his life. It’s a Nicknocker, elfin maker of house noises. Is he real or imagined? Martin can’t decide, but the strange creature opens his eyes to new ways of coping.When a developer threatens to destroy the last, much-loved patch of forest in the neighborhood, also the Nicknocker’s home, Martin joins the battle to save it. Even though he’s just a kid, he musters the help of friends and family to argue against the project at the city council meeting.Despite the wild success of their presentation, the city moves forward with the project. Martin must dig deeper if he hopes to save the forest and uncover his true strengths.

Danny loves his life in Pomona, California. With lots of friends and summer adventures to look forward to, he can't wait for school to end. But his plans are crushed when his family abruptly moves to a middle-of-nowhere town in Washington state. The change is too much for Danny. Not only has he lost his friends, he feels like the primitive place he's moved to and even the weather are enemies. As he tries to adjust to his new life, he meets Kip Yotter, a strange kid who shows him around their surprising neighborhood. They have a troubling encounter with Mr. Wolf, who tells them about "Four Notch," a secret place that plays tricks with time. Stubbornly resistant to change, Danny runs away and gets trapped in a long-ago time where each new experience shows him, bit by bit, how to cope when things change too fast.