Lorisa D. Wiedenheft

Author Bio:

With a background in Special Education, Lorisa D. Wiedenheft
is now pursuing her dream career of being a children’s author.
She has two poetry collections, Love Complications and
Reflections, and her poetry has been featured in Creative
Wisconsin, Bramble, and Remington Review. Lorisa enjoys
matcha lattes, Bible study, supporting the Milwaukee Bucks, and going
to the beach. When not writing, she’s either curled up with
a book, working on an embroidery project, or rewatching
Gilmore Girls. Hailing from the Appalachian Mountains, she
now lives in Wauwatosa, WI with her husband, two boys,
and sweet dog Olaf.

Charly's Volcano

It’s the fall of 1993 in small-town North Carolina. Twelve-year-old Charly is in seventh grade and excited to be in junior high. But then her best friends start trying new things. Wya joins the basketball team, and June decides to be a cheerleader. Charly feels left out and can’t shake the anger…

The Oasis

IT IS THE SUMMER OF 1992 IN SMALL-TOWN NORTH CAROLINA. Ten-year-old Charly Harding has had a rough life. Her parents died in a car accident when she was five. She and her younger brother Matty moved three hours away to live with Granny, who is always strapped for cash. Charly shops for clothes at the…