The Drafting of Josephine Saito

Josie Saito has just graduated valedictorian of her Seattle high school class. She should be partying with her friends, Evie and Rain, and getting ready to attend Brown University, but the US is at war with China, the draft has just reopened…and Josie’s card is up.

From her grueling basic training, Josie is launched on a deployment to China where she learns that there is more to survival than escaping death. Stripped bare by the atrocities of war, Josie is at last able to discover the true worth of a life–her own.

Genre: contemporary YA 
Status: Complete. 82,000 words.
Currently seeking representation.

Becoming Melchizedek

15-year-old Patrick Ryan’s family has always been CATHOLIC. With a capital C. And a capital ATHOLIC. So, when he announces his plans to become a priest, he expects them to be thrilled. He was wrong.

When the girl of his dreams and a Vietnamese restaurant owner both experience an apparition of the Virgin Mary–and Patrick doesn’t, he begins to question his calling, his faith, and his own self-worth. With the help of a fatherly South African priest, his party-boy best friend, and his well-meaning but often irritating family, Patrick goes on a humorous and heart-warming journey that helps him realize you don’t have to have life figured out at 15. Sometimes, you just need to live it in order to find out who you are.

Genre: contemporary YA with elements of magical realism
Status: Complete. 50,000 words
Currently seeking representation.