Sinister Summer: Cars, Cruisers, and Close Calls

Make the summer scene in author C.A.Hartnell's funny, fast-paced, exciting, historical-fiction chapter book, Sinister Summer: Cars, Cruisers, and Close Calls, for readers eight and up. This second volume in the four book series, The 1950s Adventures of Pete and Carol Ann, is inspired by cool places to visit and actual events from Hartnell's childhood in Southern California. The author spent her grammar school years during the 1950s in El Monte, California, home of American Legion Stadium where rock 'n' roll, summer dances, and cherry cars thrived and multiplied. She's the owner of Hawk's Ride, a 1937 Ford Slantback hot rod with a chopped-top and painted flames. Hartnell is a board member of Big Hearts for Little Hearts Loma Linda Guild at Loma Linda University Children's Hospital in Loma Linda, California, and has authored six activity books for them. She's written articles for the Guild's newsletter and the hospital's in-house newspaper, TODAY. Author Hartnell belongs to four writer's organizations: SCBWI-Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, IBPA-Independent Book Publishers Association, ACWA-American Christian Writers Association, and Writer's Institute, Inc. She lives with her husband in the Southwest United States and has four grown children who have blessed her with twelve grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Like Wow! Surf's up. Hartnell desires to entertain plus encourage readers of all ages who love the excitement and fun of a sensational summer. Visit her website at www.cahartnell.com