Seeking Cassandra

When work takes Cassie's mom abroad, Cassie is stuck living with her dad in his Winnebago in Palo Duro Canyon State Park for the summer. She loves her dad, but he's different since the divorce, and for that matter, so is she. She's gotten used to a different lifestyle that's not exactly compatible with the rougher living in the Canyon, where her dad is a handyman. She misses the conveniences of city living, and she's not too sure about the kids here. They seem awkward. Uncool. And, in the case of mysterious X, possibly dangerous. When several arrowheads go missing from an archeological dig site on park property, Cassie immediately has a suspect in mind. But when she starts jotting down clues in a detective journal and putting the pieces together, Cassie feels uneasy. Have her assumptions about other people led her down the wrong path?

Seeking Cassandra evolved naturally for Lutricia Clifton, as she spent much of her childhood growing up in the Texas Panhandle. Palo Duro Canyon was a favorite recreational retreat for her family. Clifton now lives in northern Illinois and focuses on spending quality time with family and writing fiction. Her first novel for young readers, Freaky Fast Frankie Joe, received glowing reviews and was named an IRA Children's Choice Book and a Texas Bluebonnet Master List title.