There are Things I Know

He never came home from the school trip . . . Eight-year-old Pepper sees the world a little differently from most people. One day, during a school field trip, Pepper is kidnapped by a stranger and driven to rural Arkansas. The man, who calls himself "Uncle Dan," claims that Pepper’s mother has died and they are to live together from now on—but the boy isn’t convinced. Pepper always found it hard to figure out when people are lying, but he’s absolutely certain his mother is alive, and he’s going to find her.

"8-year old Pepper proves a tenacious, resourceful hero in his own drama. Immensely readable and sweetly told." —Marti Leimbach, author, Daniel Isn't Talking

Karen B. Golightly is an associate professor of English and holds a PhD from Southern Illinois University. She is extensively published for short fiction and non-fiction, as well as for poetry and photography in many international literary arts journals. She lives in Memphis.