Living In Secret/Esoterica

In these original 'Gathering The Dreamcatchers' companion novels, Amelia runs away from a father who has custody to begin a new life and identity in San Francisco, LIVING IN SECRET with her mother and her mother's girlfriend, Janey. A new beginning with brand new identities and new friends isn't easy, but they do get to live in a funky old place Amelia nicknames The Sunshine House. However, eventually, circumstances change...and by the time Amelia is 14, it is time to take the matter of where she's going to live into her own hands. Her dad is a criminal, and criminals are supposed to be in jail, aren't they? In the thought-provoking sequel ESOTERICA, Amelia takes on the quest of finally making a legal place for herself with her chosen family in spite of what the courts originally said back when she was a child.