Meet Our Newest Author!

We are excited to introduce you to our newest Acorn author, Jody Tucker! Her upcoming memoir, BE A ROSIE: RISING THROUGH THE THORNS, will be released in February 2027.

Be A Rosie: Rising Through the Thorns

by Jody Tucker

Rosie Tucker was the kind of kid who snuck candy to classmates, sat with the new kid at lunch, and held a sloth in the Amazon for ten full minutes because she simply could not let go. She was twelve years old, vibrant, compassionate, and deeply loved, with an Africa trip planned for the end of summer.

But that June, her mother Jody Tucker was living a reality she never saw coming.

Be A Rosie is Jody's first-hand account of loving so deeply, losing so profoundly, and finding a way to keep living when the unimaginable happens. From the joy of a life lived fully to the long, impossible week at the children's hospital, it follows one family through heartbreak and the grueling, disorienting work of finding hope again. Told with unfiltered honesty and an open heart, it is a tribute to a daughter whose kindness continues to change lives, and an invitation to leave the world a little better than you found it.