Joseph Monninger is the author of eight novels and numerous stories andarticles. He lives and teaches in New Hampshire. His most recent adult novel, "Two Ton, "is about "Two Ton" Tony Galento, who knocked boxing heavyweight champion Joe Louis to the ground during a match."
* "Monniger takes a fairly standard foster-kid plot and revivifies
it through his spare and finely-honed style. . . . [Readers] will
find the trip warming beneath its crisp exterior." --"Bulletin of
the Center for Children's Books", starred review
"The prose style is spare, evoking the harsh winter landscape. A
new setting for a somewhat familiar theme." --"Kirkus Reviews"
"This wonderful coming-of-age novel has at its heart the healing
power of nature. . . . Well-written." --"School Library Journal"
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