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Adira: Journey to Freedom (Adira: Journey to Freedom Book and Study)

by Lynne Modranski

When King Artaxerxes' cupbearer traveled to Jerusalem, it affected more people than you might have imagined. The Bible tells us Nehemiah's brother, Hanani, made the long journey with him, but what about his sister-in-law? And suppose he had a niece named Adira. Born in Susa, thirteen-year-old Adira doesn't consider herself a slave nor a resident of Jerusalem. She struggles with her family's faith and her parents calling the holy city home home. What will it take for Nehemiah's niece to unders... more

Never To Forget

by Carlos Alvarado

An adventurous and inspiring story of a courageous woman who struggles against social injustice: as a saboteur during the Costa Rican revolution, and later, as wife to an abusive husband. To protect her children, she immigrates to the US.

Going, Going, Gone!

by Steve Hermanos

The quest: write the most exciting baseball novel ever.

Description: An earthquake decimates San Francisco’s baseball stadium. Two players and their manager are trapped. With water rising, the trio crawls through a gash in the wall. Naked and penniless, they climb through the muck onto shore. Downtown San Francisco is on fire. They can not find their stadium, or any new buildings, or the parking lot with their fancy cars. No one has a cell phone to call for help. André Vele... more

The Baby Quilt

by Patricia Mistretta

Alice is expecting a new addition to her family soon. Wanting to give the new baby a present to bring comfort and warmth to its life for many years to come, she designs and sews a beautiful quilt. After all, quilts are an integral part of the fabric of our daily lives. While anxiously awaiting the new arrival, carried away by the wind, the quilt flies off to see how it will be used in the future—and what type of adventures it will experience with the new baby.

The Christmas Rescue: Paw Prints and the Magic of Love

by Marie Motwani

The Christmas Rescue is about the rescue of a little family of cats, who endured months on the street and the love they bought for two women who did everything to care, feed, and shelter them. Helpers then had to let go for them to have better lives. Pets bring so much to children and people. They become family. The message is kindness, compassion, the warm feelings of Christmas, and miracles, especially now during these times.

Thunder

by Janell Lerille

This book is about the life of a cat- Thunder. It begins from the time he was a kitten and continues until he grows old. The story shows how Thunder was rescued and has a loving life with his adopted family. It portrays how he grew from a sad little kitten to a playful troublemaker, and expressed his love for his family in many ways. Thunder’s story is meant to be enjoyable and encourage children and their parents to adopt a pet who needs a loving home.

Byron

by Robert M Tucker

Upon graduating from Harvard University in the field of molecular biology, Byron MacKenzie recalls the adventuresome and traumatic events of her childhood in a Louisiana backwater town during the social and political turmoil of the ‘60’s that shaped her future and her quest for integrity and truth.

Topping the Willow

by Lori Closter

Brittany Warner, 15, "hates" her high-powered attorney mother—but never meant to cause the car crash that put her into a coma. Now the guilt-ridden teen is stranded for the summer on a Vermont horse farm run by loving believers including tenderhearted waitress Cassie, horse-trainer-turning pastor Luke, and recently reformed hottie Will, 17. Spurning the grace they offer, Brittany turns for comfort instead to a troubled filly and a devastating drug dealer. Things go from ... more

Medicine Goes Corporate

by Jack Spenser, M.D.

This is a book about injustice. Two large corrupt companies motivated only by greed and power attempt to destroy the careers and lives of two emergency room doctors, a physician hospitalist, and finally a lone pathologist/physician. It’s also a gripping medical/legal thriller with conflict, duplicity, heartache, and legal brinksmanship. Medicine Goes Corporate is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the current condition of American healthcare.

Baku in Shanghai

by Christin Booker-Mutero

Baku lives with his family in Shanghai. One day while visiting the city Baku gets lost and loses sight of his family. He now has to find his way back home while having an adventure.

Secrets and Sunflowers

by Joann Keder

Three women. Two new lanes of asphalt. A whole lot of trouble. In the sequel to the award-winning novel, The Story of Keilah, the entire town of Sandy Salts is divided over the addition of two more lanes of highway running through town the center of town. The handsome road foreman, in town to construct the new highway, has caught Keilah's eye. When he discovers a mysterious room underneath her coffee shop, it brings the two of them as they try to solve its origins before the highway covers... more

The Boy Who Burped

by Beth Lewis

A burping boy. A family with quirks. Will their love for chocolate, candy, ice cream and soda burden them forever?

Little Brother has a relentless burping plague. As he makes changes, inspired by his dog Peppy, Brother learns that his love of chocolate and lack of movement had caused the constant belching.

Crazy food habits and inactivity also contribute to his family member’s other ailments—each has a device they can not live without. Little Brother encourages his fam... more

On the Waterfront

by Mike McCoy

At thirteen years old, Danny Novak faced challenges of self-acceptance, abuse, mortality, and death. It was the best summer of his life and the darkest days he ever lived.

When Danny arrives at Camp Baker in June 1978, he is happy to be away. Away from his mom, his bratty little brother, their crappy house, and his sad life. Danny is the youngest boy hired to work as camp staff, but he’s confident he’ll fit in. He quickly learns that he doesn’t.

Mark Colby, at si... more

The Chaos Agents

by F. Fox North

Told in four inter-connecting narratives from the mid 50s through the early aughts, The Chaos Agents explores the impact and implosion of Saffron, a mid-century musical phenom led by Baron Templeton & Edmund Hammond – whose breakup is the stuff of legends. From a small British town in the 50s, to young brothers struggling with the grit of NYC in the 70s, to two camp counselors falling in love to a backdrop of 90s rock, to a secluded cabin in the early aughts where the offspring of Edmund ... more

The Wisdom of Winter

by Annie Seyler

Tangled influences compel a young girl to hide her true nature until one weekend in her mid-20s when the truths she’s been suppressing call her to a crossroads she can’t avoid.

Insulated from societal mores by her glamorous mother and humble father, six-year-old Beatrice—barefoot in ratty overalls—tunes into animals, senses the unspoken, and thrives. But when tragedy penetrates their rural Vermont bubble, Beatrice is thrust into a world that tells her she has no ... more

The Elephone Book

by Scott Gibala-Broxholm

Mouse calls her friend Elephant to see if he can play. But he doesn't feel at all well. He may have a cold or EVEN . . . the dreaded ZOO FLU! So Mouse calls their friend Giraffe to tell her about Elephant. Giraffe calls another friend who calls another. But something is wrong with the phones and it's hard to hear what is said. So what each of his friends hears about him just gets wackier and wackier . . . and maybe . . . just maybe, it isn't the ZOO FLU after all!

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