Books written by Gayle Pearson

  • NCLEX-RN Q and A
    NCLEX-RN Q and A

    What statement by a staff member would indicate they understood the teaching done about clients who receive brachytherapy with radium ?

  • Fish Friday
    Fish Friday

    He remembered how he had felt when he saw the nurse in the doctor's office come at him with that vaccination needle . He had wished for a place to hide , too . Actually , he felt like that a lot , even when a nurse wasn't coming at him ...

  • The Secret Box
    The Secret Box

    Five interrelated short stories set in Oakland, California, illustrate the ups and downs of growing up and include tales about a dog's funeral, a box full of unhappy secrets, and a secret betrayal.

  • The Great Pie Giveaway

    "Landing on your feet. Everybody makes mistakes. But sometimes going down the wrong path eventually leads us in the right direction."--Back cover.

  • Don't Call it Paradise
    Don't Call it Paradise

    When thirteen-year-old Maddie goes to visit her best friend Beanie in California, she hopes that Beanie's older brother has changed, but she slowly recalls a terrible secret from the past that makes her realize just what kind of person he ...

  • The Coming Home Cafe
    The Coming Home Cafe

    In the summer of 1933, fearing that the Depression will never release its stranglehold on her family, fifteen-year-old Elizabeth Turnquist leaves to ride the rails from town to town looking for work.

  • One Potato, Tu: Seven Stories
    One Potato, Tu: Seven Stories

    Lindsey and her brothers, Eric and Tu, face the challenges of growing up in seven interrelated stories set in their Oakland, California, neighborhood.

  • One Potato Tu

    Life is always interesting in twelve-year-old Lindsey's family, like her mother going off to summer camp to escape the kids.

  • The Fog Doggies and Me

    Twelve-year-old Starr has as much trouble dealing with her younger sister's adoration as she does with her feelings of betrayal when her longtime best friend finds a boyfriend.