A young girl craving love. A stepfather who refuses to open his heart. Will their differences knit them together or rip them further apart? Piper Lee is a honeybee without a flower. Life was just peachy when it was her and Mama, but now she's saddled with an obnoxious stepsister and a chilly stepdad who rebuffs her best efforts to win his affection. When she learns her mom is expecting a new baby on top of everything else, she's infuriated. Fighting the prospect of yet another girl in the family, Piper Lee forms an uneasy truce with her stepsister to try and influence the gender of the baby. But their hilarious hi-jinks result in unintended consequences, and she's devastated to discover she's driven a watermelon sized wedge between herself and her stepdad. Will Piper Lee ever fulfill her yearning to belong, or is she destined to be an outsider forever? A Sliver of Sun is a charming, contemporary middle grade novel. If you love warm-hearted humor and spunky characters, then you'll love Dianna Dorisi Winget's endearing tale. Buy A Sliver of Sun to brighten your mood today! "Piper Lee is an instantly likable, flawed character with a good heart. Hand this one to kids who want realistic fiction with ... a dash of excitement. -School Library Journal (of A Smidgen of Sky) "Thanks, Dianna, for writing such a powerful middle grade novel. Folks,watch out for this one!" -Michael Gilmartin, Middle Grade Mafioso (of ASmidgen of Sky) This was an amazing book! It had a lot of detail and was very entertaining. I am an 11 year old and I think that everyone would like this book. Thank you Mrs. Winget for writing it!--Paige B. Many people have asked if A Smidgen of Sky and A Sliver of Sun are based on my own experience, and I usually say yes and no. Yes because I have been a step mom since 1992 when I stepped into a ready made family and learned first hand the unique and challenging dynamics of blended families. And no, in that Piper Lee and my other characters are purely fictional. But I hope the many young readers in Piper Lee's situation will be able to relate to her conflicting emotions, and realize that sometimes, if you can push aside your fears and be open to new possibilities, wonderful things can happen. "I couldn't put my finger on exactly when I'd started caring what Ben thought. After all, I'd spent a whole year pushing him away, ignoring any efforts he made to include me, doing my very best to talk Mama out of marrying him. But nothing had worked. Mama had married him anyway. And sometime around there a funny thing had taken place. Bit by bit, so slow I didn't know it was happening, my own heart turned traitor on me." Dianna Dorisi Winget is the author of the 2016-17 William Allen White and Mark Twain award winner A Million Ways Home (Scholastic Press). She is also the author of the ABC Indie-Bound New Voices pick A Smidgen of Sky , and its sequel A Sliver of Sun. She lives in the mountains of north Idaho with her husband and two canine buddies. For more about her, visit diannawinget.com.