She has won numerous awards and citations for her work, which range from picture books to middle-grade and young-adult novels, and include both contemporary and historical fiction. She wrote it during her last semester at New York University since then, she has been a full-time writer for young people. However, it wasn't until 1970 that her first book, Just Morgan, was published. That year she wrote her first story, about the love between an Oreo cookie and a pair of scissors. When she was six her father wrote and published a book on constitutional law, and Pfeffer decided that she, too, wanted to be a writer. She grew up in the city and its nearby suburbs and spent summers in the Catskill Mountains. But their alliance is soon tested by illness, family, and a tragedy in Thea’s life-one that will make demands of her heart that she never expected.Susan Beth Pfeffer was born in New York City in 1948. Kip is devoted to his sister, and he and Thea are quickly drawn together by their fight for Gina’s health and happiness. She minds even less when she meets Gina’s big brother, Kip. So she doesn’t mind when she’s matched up with Gina, a young leukemia patient. Thea figures she’ll be fluffing pillows, playing with children, and reading books aloud, and it will help Nicky’s chances of striking a business deal with community leaders. As the sisters and their untraditional parents, Nicky and Megs, unpack yet again, Thea dreams of whispers, longing glances, and romance.īut what she gets is a volunteer job at the local hospital.
The Sebastians have a tradition of falling in love at sixteen, and Thea is ready for it to happen to her, but so far she hasn’t met anyone except the moving-van driver who deposited her and her family in their new home. but how much can she give away and still be herself? Thea would do anything to make the people she loves happy.
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