Leaving Nora's Garden

The tale of growth and family among the small animals in your backyards. Like with all children, there are lessons learned and friendships found each day. In this tale Hailey, a Fence Lizard in Corona California helps train her brother Noah, makes a friend of an Alligator Lizard, and overcomes challenging events as she grows. Her brother also blossoms. And then there is the great battle.

This is not just a story about the big sister. Noah also has a story, the way siblings do, separating from her and coming back from his own adventures to find her. In the way of his adventures he meets a California Mouse, Daniel. Together they wander into part 2 of this book, encountering their challenge of finding meaning in their aging lives, suddenly thrust by their adolescence into a different, more dangerous world.