Becca’s Message to You

I grew up in the Tidewater region of Virginia and now live with my family in Durham, North Carolina. I work in school-based mental health and as a college adjunct psychology instructor, in addition to teaching yoga. I believe the most valuable use of my time is teaching youth how to love and care for each other and the natural world. My stories share this focus on positive relationships. I have published two picture books through Brandylane Publishers, When Daddy Shows Me the Sky and When Mama Grows with Me, and a YA novel with Monarch Educational Services, Whispering Through Water, which was included in the American Library Association January 2023 Booklist and won the 2024 Hindi’s Libraries Best Overall YA book. Visit www.rebeccawwheeler.com for more information about me and my books. Instagram: @rebeccawwheeler_author BlueSky: @rwwauthor.bsky.social Facebook: RWW_author

Award Winning Contemporary YA, Whispering Through Water

Whispering Through Water navigates family dynamics, young love, and female autonomy with a little 1990s nostalgia.

The coming-of-age story follows Gwyn Madison, the summer after her high school graduation, as she grapples with her fast-approaching future. She’ll have to face more than she bargained for with her Aunt Delia, the family matriarch, who holds the purse strings and the final word. In the meantime, Gwyn stumbles upon a tightly held family secret. Could a mysterious letter provide Gwyn the leverage she desires? Will it only bring more family division? Or, maybe, the past was never meant to stay buried after all.

Illustrated by Terri Moore