Maureen Crane Wartski
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Description
Sharon Francis is a pseudonym of Maureen Crane Wartski. She was the author of several novels under many pseudonyms and also has written juvenile fiction. She was born in Japan and was a naturalized American. Her Eurasian heritage led to some of her novels dealing with racism and multiculturalism.
Books
The lake is on fire
A recently blinded teenage boy and a man-hating German shepherd dog are thrown together in a lonely struggle for survival against a New Hampshire forest fire.
A boat to nowhere
Fleeing from agents of the new communist government in Vietnam, an old man and three children begin an endless and seemingly hopeless struggle for survival as boat people.
My brother is special
Eighth grader Noni Harlow hopes to solve several problems by entering her younger, mentally retarded brother in the Special Olympics, but on the morning of the competition Kip must be so heavily sedated that it appears he won't be able to run the relay.
My name is nobody
A desperate teenager on the brink of suicide is rescued by a retired policeman who gives the boy a home and an appreciation for life.