The Princess of Las Pulgas (WestSide Books, 2010) deals with a young girl and her family. I wrote Sliding on the Edge (WestSide Books, 2009) after reading a news article about 'self-abuse' among ivy league students. Sudden Secrets(Evernight Teen, 2014) is my fourth young adult novel. Double Negative (Evernight Teen, 2014) is a book that turned me into an advocate for literacy. You can connect with me on my blog and receive a free gift. Lee McKenzie, and Italia Gandolfo represents my young adult novels. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. He might stand a chance of succeeding if his one friend, Weasel, sticks with him, but even the two of them may not succeed. It's up to him work some dangerous 'magick,' restore his aunt and bring back all the other witches. He soon discovers that he just might have inherited the family talent for witchcraft, and, although he doesn't know one thing about the practice of spell casting, he's the only one left in Hadleyville to do it. When one of their ancient 'magick' spells goes wrong and all the witches vanish, including his guardian aunt, Pete's left to face the perils of the Ornofree Swamp War alone. Then the Ornofree alligators declare war to try to save their swamp from being bulldozed for a shopping mall, and Pete discovers he's living among a coven of 'sadly-out-of practice' witches. This time the trouble arrived when a legendary hundred-year-old mansion materialized next door with someone inside, someone who came to seek him out. Pete Riley may only be eleven, but he's already up to his eyeballs in big trouble, and this time the town's bad boy, Pete, didn't cause it. not unless you live at the edge of the Ornofree swamp in the backwater town of Hadleyville.

Alligators, witches and a spooky mansion aren't your average neighbors.

Alligators Overhead by C. Lee McKenzie