Leslie Connor Books in Order

When Miss Bridie emigrates to America in 1856, she chooses a shovel to take with her. This picture book follows the practical tool through gardening, work, and family life as she builds a home in a new country.

After her murder, sixteen-year-old Cassie Devlin remains between the living and the dead, watching those who search for her. Told in verse, her story follows an encounter with another ghost and the unfinished business tying her to life.

Twelve-year-old Addie longs for the stable home her younger half-sisters share with her former stepfather. Living in a trailer with her unpredictable mother, she relies on friendships, music, and resilience while trying to make sense of family.

When a gasoline shortage strands his parents away from home, Dewey Marriss must run the family's busy bicycle-repair shop. He and his sister also care for younger siblings, while missing bike parts introduce another problem.

Bettina Vasilis's romance with basketball star Brady Cullen initially offers freedom from her strict father, then becomes abusive. Meeting a gentle older man called Cowboy complicates her understanding of love and the choices available to her.

Eleven-year-old Perry has grown up alongside his mother in a Nebraska correctional facility. When a district attorney forces him into foster care, he investigates his mother's past crime while searching for a way to return home.

Mason Buttle struggles with learning disabilities, bullying, and grief after his best friend's death in the family orchard. As police question his account, a friendship with Calvin offers refuge until another disappearance places Mason under renewed suspicion.

After her mother's death, thirteen-year-old Lydia moves to her aunt's Connecticut farm and struggles to feel at home. The family's adoption of a troublesome yellow dog draws her toward his unknown past while she keeps secrets of her own.

Talkative eleven-year-old Aurora shares a love of nature with her nonvocal autistic friend Frenchie in coastal Maine. When he fails to reach his classroom one morning, she blames herself and joins a town-wide effort to find him.