Tom has a little brother who follows him everywhere and hurts his toys and books, and an older brother who can do almost everything and won't let Tom play with his things.
Born and raised in New Orleans, Berthe Amoss has never stopped writing about her home city. She is the author and illustrator of twenty-eight children's and young adult books. Her picture book The Cajun Gingerbread Boy won a Children's Choice Award and The Chalk Cross was a finalist for the Edgar Allen Poe Award.