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Neta Jackson

Born: 1944 in Winchester, Kentucky
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Jackson currently resides in Evanston, Illinois.

Biography: Neta Jackson co-authors books with her husband Dave Jackson. Together they are the authors or coauthors of over 100 books.


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Email: dave@daveneta.com
Website: http://www.daveneta.com
Neta Jackson on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=neta+jackson


Selected Titles

  Disappointed, but not too disappointed /
ISBN: 0891912983 OCLC: 13159217

Chariot Books, Elgin, Ill. : ©1986.

Stories with accompanying Scripture quotations suggest ways of dealing with disappointments such as being prevented by illness from attending the first day of school, having unfulfilled expectations, and attempting and failing to care for a pet fish.

Kidnapped by river rats /
ISBN: 1556612206 OCLC: 24009274

Bethany House Publishers, Minneapolis, Minn. : ©1991.

Arriving in London in the 1880s, orphans Jack and Amy find themselves the prey of the worst elements of society until they receive aid from William and Catherine Booth and their Salvation Army people.

SMASH :
ISBN: 0805440062 OCLC: 30898165

Broadman & Holman, Nashville, Tenn. : ©1994.

Seventh grader Drea Thomas confronts her arch-enemy Arlene when the students try to raise ten thousand dollars for the school to keep its extracurricular activities.

SNAP :
ISBN: 0805440054 OCLC: 29848278

Broadman & Holman, Nashville, Tenn. : ©1994.

Thirteen-year-old Drea learns a lesson about responsibility when she's forced to cancel her exciting weekend plans to babysit for Rebecca and Matt.

Spin :
ISBN: 0805440046 OCLC: 29634890

Broadman & Holman, Nashville, Tenn. : 1994.

Drea Thomas, running against her nemesis Arlene for president of her seventh grade class, fears that she is falling into the same dishonest campaign tactics she despises in her opponent.

Spy for the night riders /
ISBN: 1556612370 OCLC: 25008031

Bethany House Publishers, Minneapolis, Minn. : ©1992.

After coming to Wittenberg to seek an education, Karl Schumacher becomes a student of Dr. Martin Luther and, when the latter is declared a heretic, Karl accompanies him when he travels to Worms to defend his views.--

The Queen's smuggler /
ISBN: 1556612214 OCLC: 24217098

Bethany House Publishers, Minneapolis, Minn. : ©1991.

Sarah tries to smuggle a New Testament into England in order to save the life of William Tyndale, a man imprisoned for translating the Bible into English.

 

 

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