Jenni's next historical novel will release in November 2023.įor the kiddos, Jenni's debut middle grade books, She Dared, features true stories from women who, at a young age, accomplished daring feats of perseverance and bravery. In The Call of the Wrens, Jenni introduces readers to the Women's Royal Naval Service (the Wrens), who carried wartime secrets on their shoulders as motorcycle dispatch riders during both world wars.
Jenni's third historical women's fiction book A Betting Woman takes us to the California gold rush, featuring a little known woman from history, Eleanor Dumont, but who is largely remembered by the moniker Madame Moustache. In Becoming Bonnie, a prequel set in the Roaring Twenties, a picture of Bonnie's earlier life, before and while she meets Clyde, is brought to life. Now Jenni has moved on to stories with a bit more depth and, for the mamas, Side by Side is a historical women's fiction story of America’s most infamous crime spree of Bonnie and Clyde told in the raw and honest voice of the woman who lived it, Bonnie Parker. Never fail, the storyline followed the same progression: girl meets boy, girl marries boy, girl and boy have baby. Her writing chops first began to develop through one-page stories. Beyond words, Jenni is a mama (of a soulful eight-year-old, a dinosaur-loving six-year-old, and three needy furbabies), a wife, a Philly and 'Nova sports fan.īut where did it all begin? Jenni spent her early years dabbling in various forms of writing and with her nose in a book. Walsh spends her days knee deep in words in Philadelphia’s suburbia. This could be what she needs to attempt an escape with her mother to freedom - if she can invent her way out. Sophie is backed into a corner, until she learns secrets about her family on the other side of the Wall.
Sophie doesn't want to agree, but in reality has no choice: The Stasi threaten that her mother, who has a disability from post-polio syndrome, could be taken to an institution if Sophie does not comply.
There, a young Stasi officer asks Sophie if she'll spy on her neighbor as an informant once she is released. Though she tries to avoid their notice, when her beloved neighbor is arrested, Sophie is called to her principal's office. even though that's not likely on her side of the Wall, where the Stasi, the secret police, are always watching. A science lover, Sophie dreams of becoming an inventor. Twelve-year-old Sophie has spent her entire life behind the Berlin Wall, guarded by land mines, towers, and attack dogs. but who is determined to escape to freedom. The story of a young girl from Cold War East Berlin forced to spy for the secret police.
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