Autumn Blue by Karen Harter - Sidney Weaver has three kids to raise, and they are more than she can handle by herself. Her retired neighbor, Millard Bradbury, simply wants to be left alone instead of having his life meddled in by his overbearing daughter. When their lives intersect, Sidney and Millard learn that maybe the things they need the most are the ones they least expect. Tall Grass by Sandra Dallas -When the Japanese arrive at the internment camp at the old Tallgrass Ranch in Colorado in 1942, thirteen-year-old Rennie Stroud and her family are not the only local folks suspicious of the newcomers. Soon Rennie's life is turned upside down as she discovers the darkest and best parts of the human heart right in her own home.