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BP Number 1

Named on of the top five titles of 2009 by Library Journal

Carol Award Finalist


“The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow by Joyce Magnin is a masterful novel about the power of unconfessed sin. Magnin has created in Bright's Pond a vibrant and fascinating small town. She never reverts to stereotypes, although there is plenty of quirkiness. Griselda's character is really the heart of the novel, and the character feels frustration, betrayal, outrage, and hope right along with her due to Magnin's wonderful portrayal. Magnin is definitely a writer I have put on my must read list.”


Amazon Reviewer

BP Number 2


“One of my favorite elements in both books is Magnin's uncanny ability to use flawed but believable characters to display painful truths. Charlotte Figg forces its namesake to confront not only the abusive marriage in which one of her players is trapped but her own past wounds as well.”


~Marti Pieper

BP Number 3


Now that her morbidly obese sister, Agnes Sparrow is comfortably dieting at the Greenbriar Nursing home, Griselda has time to fly--literally. A pilot makes an emergency landing on Hector's Hill and creates quite a ruckus in the otherwise sleepy town of Bright's Pond. Griselda becomes enamored with Cliff Cardwell and his airplane, a 1952 Cessna Beachpiper and takes him up on his offer of flying lessons. This after Zeb Sewickey has proposed marriage. Griselda has not given him her answer.


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BP Number 4

Blame It On The Mistletoe will release September 1 but is available for pre-sale at Barnes and Noble, Amazon, CBD

Is There Really a Fountain of Youth in Paradise?

Welcome back to Bright’s Pond, where strange happenings are afoot at the Greenbrier Nursing Home. Strange even for Bright’s Pond.  The residents suddenly act like kids again—riding trikes, climbing trees, and—of all things—falling in love. Some of the townsfolk blame it on the crooked new gazebo, or its builder, a quirky little man who quotes Don Quixote, collects water from the fountain at the Paradise trailer park, and disappears on a regular basis.
While Chief of Police Mildred Blessing investigates the mystery, Griselda and her friends deal with a luau Thanksgiving, preparations for the Christmas pageant, and maybe even an upcoming wedding. Only, in Bright’s Pond, nothing ever really goes as planned . . .

Luna has learned an awful lot in her thirteen years—how to skin a rabbit, where to pick the perfect wildflowers, how to gut a fish. Now, she'll have to learn how to say goodbye.


Description: 

When Luna's best friend Mason dies, she's determined to hold onto his memory. Moving in with Mason's mentally disabled mother, Ruby Day, Luna takes over the cooking and cleaning. But trouble arrives in the form of Ruby Day's aunt, who wants her niece put away in a mental institution. It will take all Luna's willpower to defeat the aunt, and along the way she'll learn what it means to lay down one's life for a friend.


This title will be release August 18.


Middle Grade Fiction (Ages 9 to 12 and up)