Perch, Mrs. Sackets, and Crow's Nest

Andy does not look forward to spending a summer in West Carthage, New York, but as he does chores for his grandmother and her eccentric neighbor and connects with his mother's childhood friend, John, he begins to accept that faith will help him deal with the changes that life brings, starting with his father's recent death.Andy does not look forward to spending a summer in West Carthage, New York, but as he connects with his mother's childhood friend, John, he begins to accept that faith will help him deal with the changes that life brings, starting with his father's recent death.

Karen Pavlicin grew up in upstate New York and now lives in Minnesota with her son, Alexander. They have an apple tree in their backyard and a cow dung clock in their kitchen. Perch, Mrs. Sackets, and Crow’s Nest is her first children’s novel. Karen says, “One day I was thinking about my childhood and remembered our summertime ritual of cutting up those tiny, hard apples on Grandma’s porch. For the first time I realized that it wasn’t about the apples. Grandma was a smart woman—she kept her family all coming back to her porch every summer. At the same time, my son and I were beginning a new phase of our lives and I thought he could use a story about those apples. That’s when I created Andy and his summer of courage.”