Day In Life ~ Alisha Davis by Reed Farrel Coleman

For all sorts of reasons, I’m easy to spot in Paradise, Mass. For one thing, I’m the youngest patrol officer on the job. Oh, and I’m only one of two women on the force. It’s me and Molly Crane, Jesse’s right hand. I suppose two women on a force of thirteen isn’t so...

Day In Life ~ Smoky Joe by Allison Brook

I think I’m the luckiest cat in the world. These days I don’t know any other cats, but since I’m the library cat of the Clover Ridge Library I sure know a lot of people. I was born on a farm in Connecticut. Many other cats lived in the barn along...

Day In Life ~ Mercy Carr by Paula Munier

“Take care of my dog.” That was the last thing Martinez said to me on that terrible day in Afghanistan, the day he died and I got shot and Elvis got depressed. Now here we are, me and the bomb-sniffing Belgian shepherd, home in Vermont. There are no...

Day In Life ~ Zoe Zola by Elizabeth Kane Buzzelli

I don’t’ like mornings. Not early morning. Not middle morning. Maybe because my Schnauzer, Feda (who is a Feminist dog and doesn’t like the mailman) starts barking as soon as she hears him pushing letters through the mailbox. So that puts me on US Post Office time to...

Day In Life ~ Felicity O’Brien by Susan Oleksiw

My name is Felicity O’Brien, and I should warn you my life is anything but exciting. For example, this morning I’m touching up the sign at the end of my driveway. With my dad in a home, as we call it out here in West Woodbury, I’m now the sole owner of Tall Tree Farm,...