They were not abandoned. They were hidden.
Some stories do not ask merely to be read. They ask to be entered.
Enter Merrick House Continue into the Reading RoomThe Book Library
Explore the stories.
Merrick House has its own rooms now. Here, discover Michael’s books by the kind of journey you want to take.
Begin with Jonah and the house that remembers every child.
Secrets, impossible places, and stories that wait in the dark.
Love, loss, memory, and the quiet ways people find one another.
Stories for younger readers about courage, belonging, and possibility.
Book One of The Found Children
Jonah and Merrick House
Jonah hears rain where no rain is falling—the secret sound of other people’s sadness. Then his only friend disappears, and a mysterious old woman offers him a place in a house that seems to know exactly what every child needs.
The Found Children
The house is still growing.
Book Two of The Found Children is in development: a new child, a new impossible gift, and another secret the house has been keeping.
Explore The Found Children