Illustration by David Reddick © 2003

Everyone in Laura’s grandparents’ backyard is dead. If that wasn’t enough to deal with, the house she is visiting for two weeks is in the process of being renovated from a old church; her cousin, Al, is haunted by a six-year-old poltergeist; and the boy she’s falling for is her best friend’s boyfriend. As Laura and Al’s grandmother forces them to spend time together, the poltergeist’s frenzy heightens. The girls are then swept away into a terrifying mystery that is more than 100 years old and will not only mend their differences but will change their lives forever. Buy "The Truth About Caroline" - a new Young Adult Novel - From Amazon Press Release Read about the Author,  Stacey M. Lane Grosh

CHAPTER ONE ~ from The Truth About Caroline

My grandparent’s backyard is filled with dead bodies. I am in their spare bedroom, sitting by the window, and all my eyes will focus on is the sunken rows of ground before me. The headstones are decaying. Thick chunks of stone and grass spot the gravesites. For the next two weeks, I will be sleeping twenty feet away from the dead.

My dad’s parents bought an old dilapidated church about six months ago and are attempting to reconstruct it as a home. The sanctuary is now the living room, the nursery is the kitchen, the pastor’s study is grandma and grandpa’s room, and the Sunday school room is the extra bedroom. There’s even an old storage shed in the back. They removed the steeple but kept the stained glass windows and the graveyard. Mom says, "They can’t just up and move the bodies. It’s against the law." So they’re just going to keep these strangers in their backyard!

Illustration by David Reddick © 2003

It’s only 9:30 p.m., and my grandparents are already in bed. Old people are strange. It’s summer. You’re supposed to stay up late. They told me to be in bed by 10, but I won’t be. How can they expect me to sleep with those people outside my window? Anyway, I don’t need a bedtime. I’m not a kid. I’ll be 14 in two and a half months.  Read more . . .

Stacey M. Lane Grosh © 2003

The illustrator of Stacey M. Lane Grosh's young adult novel "The Truth About Caroline" has taken a job working for the fattest and laziest lasagna-eating cat in the world. David Reddick - who designed the cover for "The Truth About Caroline" and the inside illustrations - is now a contributing writer and artist for Jim Davis' cartoon strip Garfield at Paws Inc., Muncie, IN.

ALL ILLUSTRATIONS ON THIS WEBSITE © 2003 DAVID REDDICK  

Page last updated August 25, 2004

Design by www.SimpleWebsiteDesign.com