Pete and the Water Tower

Peter doesn't need motheredAfter his mom suffers a brain injury and his dad walks away, Peter Stafford, his big sister Star, and their broken mother move to a small town to live with Pete's grandmother. While Star fights the changes every step of the way, Peter wants to make this work, but what do you do when your mom thinks like a ten-year-old?Wendy Pickens knows she mothers people. Smothers people. Her younger sister and everyone else point that out all the time. But how can she stop being who she is? Meeting a new guy in town hiding in the park gets those maternal feelings going, feelings she wishes she could turn off.Pete takes care of his broken family, and she's drawn to take care of him, not always with the best results. Why does nobody understand her heavy-handed mothering is how she cares? And why did God send her Pete, who thinks he doesn't need one mother, let alone two?But their issues are their strengths, and his loss and her smothering might lead them to rescue one another and a few other lost souls along the way.Part of the Snack Cake Chronicles young adult novel series, Peter and the Water Tower is a Christian teen read that's just as appealing to adults. Read them in any order, tales about growing up, growing in faith, and learning to love.