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As I make my way through Shelley Pearsall’s new novel, Jump Into the Sky —I’m almost halfway through the WWII story about a young boy in...

Thirteen-year-old Josh Greenwood, the main character in Shelley Pearsall’s new novel, All Shook Up , has a problem. His grandmother is ill, ...

You would never guess that Shelley Pearsall, the award-winning author of Trouble Don't Last , Crooked River , and All of the Above , dr...

Some authors are blessed with a gift for characterization. They dive so deeply into the lives (and hearts) of their characters that you feel...

Have you ever found yourself shaken to the core by the crash of thunder? I don't mean short claps of thunder that sound like toy guns go...

Detecting the emotional content of a voice requires a different kind of listening. No longer can we rely solely on our ears. We need to feel...