Ann Haywood Leal

Book Title: ALSO KNOWN AS HARPER

Publication Date: May 2009

Publisher: Henry Holt Books for Young Readers

ISBN-13: 978-0-8050-8881-6  ISBN-10: 0-8050-8881-4

Author's Website: www.annhaywoodleal.com

Description of Book:

“It won’t do you no good to take it off of there, Harper.” Winnie Rae stepped around and hollered at me from beside the shed. “My mama will just come on back and put up another one.”
I scrunched up a corner of the sign and threw it in her direction. “You get your tired old sneakers off my property, Winnie Rae, and worry about your own sorry self.”
She pointed one chewed-up fingernail in my direction. “It ain’t your property anymore, Harper Lee Morgan, according to that sign there.”
Winnie Rae was right and I knew it. That sign meant the landlord, who happened to be her mama, was getting ready to kick us out and rent to someone new. Someone who could pay.

After her daddy leaves the family completely overwhelmed by debt, Harper, her little brother, Hemingway, and their mama are evicted from their home and life as Harper knows it is completely ripped out from under her. Harper’s story is one of hope and perseverance with her special touch of humor weaving through it all.

About the Author:

Ann Haywood Leal tries to find the humor and hope in all situations. She teaches first grade and in her spare time, she does karate, teaches kickboxing, and volunteers at her local soup kitchen. A Seattle area native, she now lives and writes in Connecticut with her husband, Andy, daughters, Jessica and Holly, and cat, Pepper.

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