I'd be interested, if you are still available. My book:
One Most Important Thing, is a contemporary YA story of 62,000 words, a mystery as both whodoneit and whydoneit.
Fourteen-year-old Joey Davidson, a boy with autism, has a secret he's kept since learning to lie. He's tucked it into a long list of guilts that define his life. Making friends and dealing with people is nearly impossible for Joey. He wants to be normal, but his fairy-godmother says it’s a long-term project. On the day he's placed on the autism spectrum at age four, his father rejects him. Joey’s mother is dying of cancer. Even the fairy-godmother deserts him. Abandonment is his greatest fear.
In junior high, the Desert Rats, a diverse gang of latch-key Arizona desert trailer-park boys, each broken in their own way, befriend him. When Bud moves into the neighborhood, relationships change. One night, Bud’s trailer bursts into flames. Detectives investigate the arson and murder. Joey's afraid his friends will abandon him if they knew his secret.
