Sheri Cooper Sinykin's Books

Seventh graders Drew, Bo, and Kate, the victims of nasty pranks perpetrated by the obnoxious Danny and Kevin, turn the tables on their tormentors but thus run the risk of becoming malicious themselves.

That's the first step, you know. Admitting you're afraid. But when there's love, there can be no fear." Davia is afraid of many things, and everything about her elderly great-aunt Mari and her spooky-looking plantation home terrifies her. When she encounters Emilie, the tortured ghost of a well-to-do adolescent girl from the nineteenth century, she is even more frightened. Davia gradually begins to learn from Aunt Mari secrets about Emilie and about her own family's past—stories of premature endings and regrets. As Aunt Mari's health deteriorates, she and Davia become closer. Together, they hope to release Emilie's spirit from the mansion and the world of the living. Author Sheri Sinykin has written a provocative tale of a young girl who learns to accept uncertainty and to come to terms with her fears. Readers will be mesmerized by the intriguing supernatural mystery that lies at the heart of the story.

Eleven-year-old Jacob 'Cobber' Stern has the world on his shoulders. He is still grieving for his mother six years after her death; frustrated by his distant workaholic father; abandoned by his best friend Boolkie, who now has to study for his bar mitzvah; and overwhelmed by his sense of responsibility for his ailing almost one-hundred-year-old great-grandfather, Papa-Ben. On top of that, Boolkie is pressuring him to perform his magic act at the school talent show, a terrifying prospect given how badly wrong that went last time Cobber performed at school. As Cobber navigates the multiple challenges of his life, he learns more about the people around him: why his father works so hard and Boolkie’s reasons for having a bar mitzvah. In the process, he begins to understand more about himself and the threads that bind them all together. And as events force him to negotiate his complicated relationship with Judaism, he begins to see what it means to those he is closest to, and what it could mean to him. Calling Cobber is about making decisions, answering life’s big questions, and working out how to process the past in order look to the future. Full of warmth and compassion and at once funny, emotional and profound, it is a touching, thought-provoking story of grief, faith, family and friendship.

A magic attic club book.

A trip to the magic attic and a talk with her father help Heather understand that winning a contest does not depend on only one member of a team.

A visit to the magic attic transports Heather to Spain where her ancestors were persecuted for their faith.

A visit to the magic attic transports Heather to another time and place where she learns that not telling the truth can lead to all kinds of trouble.

A visit to the magic attic transports Alison to a circus where she learns to walk a high wire and comes to the rescue of the circus.

When she finds out that the popular rock star Slate is her aunt, thirteen-year-old Reina uses the relationship to get accepted by the in-crowd at school and risks losing her best friend Nikki.

Forced to spend the summer at a camp dominated by war games, Korean American seventh grader Cam endures the antagonism of tentmates and tries to keep secret his love for playing the flute.

Book's by Sheri Cooper Sinykin

The Shorty Society

The Shorty Society

Giving Up the Ghost

Giving Up the Ghost

Calling Cobber

Calling Cobber

The Secret of the Attic

The Secret of the Attic

Heather Takes the Reins

Heather Takes the Reins

Viva Heather!

Viva Heather!

Heather at the Barre

Heather at the Barre

Alison Walks the Wire

Alison Walks the Wire

Slate Blues

Slate Blues

The Buddy Trap

The Buddy Trap

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