WHERE ONLY STORMS GROW
In Stores August 19, 2025!
For Fans of the I Survived series and The War That Saved My Life, this gripping middle grade novel is set during one of the most dangerous storms in American history.
It’s been four years since rain fell on the Oklahoma panhandle and the closeness between the Stanton twins has dried up as much as the land. Howe Stanton has been practicing running away and longs for the family to quit this land of dust where only troubles grow. Despite the scoliosis that causes Joanna Stanton near-constant pain, she isn’t ready to give up like her brother. But when Daddy leaves the family behind to find work in California, saving the farm from ruin falls on Howe’s unwilling and Joanna’s uneven shoulders.
To pay the mortgage, Joanna takes a job at the local hospital and discovers purpose in helping others. Howe finds unexpected joy in caring for his father’s horse and escapes in a borrowed book.
But then a tragedy in town reveals the dust’s deadly dangers. With the worst storm of the Dust Bowl bearing down on their home, Howe and Joanna must put aside their differences and work together, or everyone and everything they love will be lost to the dust.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 9780374392789
Cover art by Nik Henderson
A note from Alyssa about the story:
The scene portrayed on the cover is from a real storm on April 14, 1935, a day known as Black Sunday. The storm was 800 miles long, 500 miles wide, and carried 300,000 tons of topsoil across. That’s twice the amount of dirt that was dug out to create the Panama Canal. That project took seven years to excavate. The storm lasted one afternoon.
Alone on the farm when the storm rises on the horizon, it’s up to Howe and Joanna to save the animals on their family’s farm—especially Daddy’s beloved horse, Pie, who is somewhere out in the back field. Will they make it? Or will the blinding, choking dust win? To find out, you’ll have to read the story when it comes out on August 19, 2025. A long wait, but I hope it will be worth it. I’ve poured so much of my heart into this story, including my struggles growing up with scoliosis, an affliction that Joanna shares.
I can’t wait to tell you more about the characters and their adventures as the release date nears!
Advanced Reader Copies (known as ARCs) for industry professionals and educators are available on Netgalley and Edelweiss.
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While you wait, here's a teaser image of me visiting the Dorothea Lange photograph that sparked this story of the Dust Bowl...
It’s been four years since rain fell on the Oklahoma panhandle and the closeness between the Stanton twins has dried up as much as the land. Howe Stanton has been practicing running away and longs for the family to quit this land of dust where only troubles grow. Despite the scoliosis that causes Joanna Stanton near-constant pain, she isn’t ready to give up like her brother. But when Daddy leaves the family behind to find work in California, saving the farm from ruin falls on Howe’s unwilling and Joanna’s uneven shoulders.
To pay the mortgage, Joanna takes a job at the local hospital and discovers purpose in helping others. Howe finds unexpected joy in caring for his father’s horse and escapes in a borrowed book.
But then a tragedy in town reveals the dust’s deadly dangers. With the worst storm of the Dust Bowl bearing down on their home, Howe and Joanna must put aside their differences and work together, or everyone and everything they love will be lost to the dust.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 9780374392789
Cover art by Nik Henderson
A note from Alyssa about the story:
The scene portrayed on the cover is from a real storm on April 14, 1935, a day known as Black Sunday. The storm was 800 miles long, 500 miles wide, and carried 300,000 tons of topsoil across. That’s twice the amount of dirt that was dug out to create the Panama Canal. That project took seven years to excavate. The storm lasted one afternoon.
Alone on the farm when the storm rises on the horizon, it’s up to Howe and Joanna to save the animals on their family’s farm—especially Daddy’s beloved horse, Pie, who is somewhere out in the back field. Will they make it? Or will the blinding, choking dust win? To find out, you’ll have to read the story when it comes out on August 19, 2025. A long wait, but I hope it will be worth it. I’ve poured so much of my heart into this story, including my struggles growing up with scoliosis, an affliction that Joanna shares.
I can’t wait to tell you more about the characters and their adventures as the release date nears!
Advanced Reader Copies (known as ARCs) for industry professionals and educators are available on Netgalley and Edelweiss.
Sign up for my newsletter to stay in the know about the cover and important details.
While you wait, here's a teaser image of me visiting the Dorothea Lange photograph that sparked this story of the Dust Bowl...
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