Readers, thank you for the great reviews on Goodreads and Amazon of
RISKY PURSUIT has been nominated for the Agatha Award!
#1 Best YA Books That Anyone Would Enjoy
#1 YA Summer Thrillers
#1 Best Teen /Young Adult Books
High school senior Decker Savage, convinced the man with his mother is key to the disintegration of his family, follows him through dark streets, to the wrong side of the law, into unexpected relationships, and into danger that tests his courage and threatens everyone he loves. With themes of loss, grief, love, courage, forgiveness, reconciliation, and redemption, this YA crossover thriller has characters you won’t soon forget.
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Multi-award-winning mystery author James W. Ziskin named Risky Pursuit as one of five great books of fiction he read recently (December 11, 2025). He lists them here: fiction and non-fiction.
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GOODREADS REVIEW
“As a retired high school coach and athlete at the high school and college levels, I found Risky Pursuit to be a spot-on representation of high school athletics . . . and very engaging as Decker reacts to what is happening in his life. His interactions with teachers, administrators and fellow student athletes were incredibly believable. The descriptions of the baseball practices were a time machine back to when I played high school ball. As a coach, I have had student athletes who have surprisingly exhibited strength of character, as did Decker. . . . This book is a must-read for student athletes, their parents, friends, coaches and teachers.”_Jose Martinez, Goodreads
GEORGIA REVIEW
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A few chuckles: Lessons from History
Remember when you were ten or eleven and your teacher or Sunday school teacher first exposed you to history? And later gave you a quiz?
Two teachers in Ohio, over three years, compiled some answers from their 5th and 6th graders:
Socrates was a famous old Greek teacher who went around giving people advice. They killed him. He later died from an overdose of wedlock. Which is apparently poisonous. After his death, his career suffered a dramatic decline.
Julius Caesar extinguished himself on the battlefields of Gaul. The Ides of March murdered him because they thought he was going to be made king. Dying, he gasped out, “Same to you, Brutus.”
Queen Elizabeth was the “Virgin Queen.” As a queen she was a success. When she exposed herself before her troops, they all shouted “hurrah” and that was the end of the fighting for a long time.
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Happy New Year and Happy Reading,
Nancy