About the Author

Joyce Moyer Hostetter lives with her husband near Hickory, NC. Over the the years she has run a preschool program, taught special education, conducted camp drama classes, and worked with homeschoolers. Now, when she's not writing, she's usually making flower gardens or playing with her grandchildren--and even then she's writing in her head. Her first novel was Best Friends Forever and more recently she has written Healing Water: A Hawaiian Story. Blue has won numerous awards, including the 2008 nominee for NC Children's Book Award.

For more information about Joyce Moyer Hostetter and the books she has written, please visit her website:

www.joycemoyerhostetter.com