Elizabeth Raum has written more than 160 books for young readers and two books for adults. Her latest middle-grade novel is A Kidnapping in Kentucky, 1776. Several of her books have been Junior Library Guild choices, including Storm Warning, a novel about the Red River flood of 1997. The Big, Bold, Adventurous Life of Lavinia Warren was selected as a Best Social Studies Book of 2018 by the Children’s Book Council. Raum lives in Greeneville, Tennessee, with her husband Rick and three chickens, who remain nameless in case they eventually become dinner. Visit her website at: www.elizabethraumbooks.com