Minnie Mornap

<p>         "Minnie Mornap: Teen Reporter" is a young adult mystery novel in the spirit of "Nancy Drew." In this book the first in the series Minnie is a tenth-grader at Succotash Central High School where she takes a journalism class and discovers her natural talent for investigative reporting and then determines the real reason for an explosion at school.</p><p>         Her journalism teacher Mr. Hecht (who likes to be called Chief) nurtures her gift for reportage and jump-starts her career as a professional reporter. Along the way she meets her first boyfriend Morton Damm who’s the photographer who shoots the pictures that illustrate her articles.</p><p>         The second book of the series "The Pharaoh’s Curse" should be out in the spring of 2017.</p>