About
Melissa Wiley is the author of The Nerviest Girl in the World, The Prairie Thief, Fox and Crow Are Not Friends, the Inch and Roly series, the Martha and Charlotte Little House books, and other books for kids. She is cohost of the Brave Writer Podcast with Julie Bogart. Melissa has been blogging about her family’s reading life and tidal homeschooling adventures at Here in the Bonny Glen since 2005. She is @melissawiley on Twitter and @melissawileybooks on Instagram.
Featured Work
The Nerviest Girl in the World
A feisty girl from a family of ranchers lands a job as a daredevil stunt girl in the early days of silent film in this adventurous and funny cross between Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken and Ramona.
Pearl lives on a ranch where her chores include collecting eggs and feeding ornery ostriches. She has three older brothers, who don't coddle her at all. And she knows a thing or two about horses, too.
One day, Pearl's brothers get cushy jobs doing stunts for this new form of entertainment called "moving pictures." They're the Daredevil Donnelly Brothers, a Death-Defying Cowboy Trio. Before she knows it, Pearl has stumbled into being a stunt girl herself--and dreams of becoming a star. The only problem is, her mother has no idea what she's up to. And let's just say she wouldn't be too happy to find out that Pearl's been jumping out of burning buildings in her spare time.
Other Works
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Inch and Roly and the Sunny Day Scare
2013
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The Prairie Thief
2012
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Fox and Crow Are Not Friends
2012
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Inch and Roly Make a Wish
2012
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Inch and Roly and the Very Small Hiding Place
2012
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Across the Puddingstone Dam
2004
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Beyond the Heather Hills
2003
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The Road From Roxbury
2002
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Down to the Bonny Glen
2001
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Hanna's Christmas (as Melissa Peterson)
2001
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On Tide Mill Lane
2000
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The Far Side of the Loch
1999
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Little House by Boston Bay
1998
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Little House in the Highlands
1997
