Life Riddles

At twelve, Janelle wants nothing more than to be a writer. "Write what you know," advises her aunt Barbara.

That seems like a riddle to Janelle: all she knows is her mama and her two little sisters, playing Pioneers when the electricity gets cut off, waiting and hoping for Daddy to find a job and come back home.

Who'd want to read about a life like that?But as Janelle starts putting it all on paper, she finds she does have something to say-about friendship, about getting through, and most of all, about what makes a family rich.Melrose Cooper writes from the heart about a young girl who, step by step, makes her dream come true.