Gina & Sissy: Unsupervised Series

Gina and Sissy:

Crisis on the Boardwalk


Two girls. One board game. No adults paying attention.

Gina & Sissy: Unsupervised, Crisis on the Boardwalk is an illustrated childhood story told one moment at a time. In this first incident, a simple game of Monopoly becomes something more. Money stacks grow. Rules are tested. Silence says as much as words.

Gina and Sissy are best friends, different in all the ways that matter. One notices details. The other does the math. Together, they navigate fairness, trust, and the unspoken rules kids create when they are left alone long enough to figure things out.

This story is short, honest, and rooted in real memory. It is meant to be read in one sitting and remembered longer than that. The illustrations bring the scene to life without overexplaining it.

Perfect for readers who grew up playing board games at the kitchen table and learned early that friendship is rarely as simple as following the rules.

Gina and Sissy:

School’s Out


Gina has always counted on Sissy. Sissy is loud, fearless, and funny in all the ways Gina isn’t, and she’s family to Sherry, the quieter cousin who never quite says what she’s really thinking.

When a secret about a crush slips into the wrong hands, the balance between the three girls tilts in a way none of them are ready for.

Across restless school days and a long, complicated summer, Gina has to figure out what happens when your closest friend is also loyal to someone who suddenly feels like your enemy.

Caught between hurt feelings, risky jokes that go too far, and moments of unexpected closeness, she starts to learn what real friendship looks like, and what it takes to hold on to it.

Gina and Sissy:

The Birthday Party 


Gina is turning eleven, and nothing about the day goes the way she expects.

There’s a friend three doors down, a favorite record playing on repeat, and a certainty that some things in life are just meant to happen.

Then there’s a sudden run home, a surprise she somehow misses entirely, and a house full of girls, noise, cake, and secrets.

As the afternoon stretches on, games start and stop, whispers travel without permission, prank calls almost happen, and imagination fills every quiet space left behind. Some moments feel loud. Others slip past unnoticed.

All of them settle in ways Gina won’t fully understand until much later.

Set during one unsupervised day in the 1970s, this story captures the strange mix of excitement, confusion, bravery, and disbelief that comes with growing up just a little more than you planned to.

It’s a book about friendships, birthday wishes, and the small ordinary days that somehow stay with you.