Gripping yet tender coming-of-age story....Powerful historical fiction.

PW, starred review

Impressive historical novel. Partridge proves her keen understanding of young people and her ability to write engrossing fiction grounded in the history she usually illuminates in nonfiction.

Kirkus

This exceptional first novel is as clear and sharp as a heady whiff of sage.

PW, starred review, for Clara and the Hoodoo Man

The entirely secular explanation of death and the fact that there is no substitution pet added to the family in the end make this a very worthwhile addition to bibliotheraputic literature for the young.

Kirkus on Big Cat Pepper