The reviews have begun to come in for the book!

“I could really relate to the girls because they both are smart African American girls and I think that is something girls my age can’t always say they relate to when it comes to some African American girls on television and in magazines. I thought it was really interesting including the events from 1968, especially since it was coming from the point of view of Katrin. I really enjoyed the book!”- Olivia, age 14 (Philadelphia, PA)

“The magical realism of Katrin’s Chronicles read like Isabel Allende for the young adult …

“If you don’t write your own history, somebody else will make it up for you.”

After enduring three years of mystery-solving adventures, 13-year-old Katrin DuBois decides it’s time to write her autobiography. Who else will set the record straight about the outrageous rumors about her family?

It all began when Katrin was in 6th grade. Her elder sister, 8th grader Jacqueléne Dyanne, began exhibiting extraordinary, even paranormal, detecting abilities.

Katrin’s Chronicles take place long before laptops, the Internet, cell phones and text messaging – Chicago, 1968. Although the time was technologically simple, the tangle of human relationships was as complex …

So what’s this new book about?

At age 13, Katrin DuBois decides it’s time to write her autobiography. So much has happened since 1968 when she was in middle school. She was a star reporter and then editor for the school’s Gazette, and definitely has the skills. So it is only natural that she document the adventures she shared with her elder sister, J. Dyanne, during the past three years before she becomes distracted by freshman year.

From Katrin’s Chronicles:

“To begin, let me clear up a few things.

J. Dyanne does not communicate with little moon aliens or Martians. …