Hey everyone! Just finished a new novel, The Book of Michaels, which is about a young girl who has been crippled, and lost her best friend in a drunk driving accident. Jessica uses her scrapbook, The Book of Michaels, to help her remember "how I got from there to here," -- from crushes on Michaels beginning in fourth grade, to her present misery. This book is about love and loss, friendship and forgiveness.

Hopefully it will be published!

In the meantime, you may read the first two chapters at www.writing.com/authors/shelley2007

Soon as I get a mike, I will begin posting readings from The Book of Michaels at both my website, www.shelleystoehr.com, and on my Myspace page.

Peace!

-- Shelley Stoehr

Selected Works

Young Adult Fiction

Crosses
Nancy and Katie are best friends with one big thing in common -- they both cut themselves, “Not by accident, we do it purposely -- and regularly -- because physical pain is comforting, and because now it has become a habit.”

Weird on the Outside
When sixteen-year-old Tracey runs away she finds that making ends meet in New York City for a young girl with few real skills is nearly impossible. That’s when Tracey becomes Amanda, a topless dancer.

Tomorrow Wendy
“I’ve discovered that if you wear a big enough hat, no one worries much about what’s going on inside your head,” says Cary. And no one, not even her boyfriend, Danny, knows about the things inside Cary’s head. Especially the feelings she has for Wendy, a girl with bright green hair and hard-candy sadness in her eyes.

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