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Dear Aunt Catherine

by Laurie Ann Pokin

1852: An impoverished Irish orphan flees to America in search of her estranged, rich uncle. When the obsessive Master of her uncle's mansion forces her into a life of servitude, the orphan must again fight for her freedom.

Be: Be Unique. Be Courageous. Be Kind.

by Michelle Tate

We always ask kids, " What do you want to BE when you grow up?" They always respond with "firefighter, astronaut, teacher, and doctor." And that's what we expect to hear from that question. But this book encourages kids to BE humble humans and just plain good people. Be challenges kids to think bigger than a profession when asked "what do you want to be." The author encourages all kids to BE unique. BE accepting. BE courageous. Be kind to ALL. With simple wording and a profound message, "Be" all... more

Vacaciones Con El Huracán: Un Libro de Preparación Sobre Huracanes

by Heather L. Beal

Prescolares Lily y Niko descubren repentinamente cómo lidiar con lo inesperado cuando sus vacaciones cambian de natación y castillos de arena al prepararse para un huracán. Pero al prepararse para evacuar con su prima Emma y su familia, el peluche preferido de Niko se pierde. ¿Lo encontraran a tiempo de evacuarse o se quedará perdido el peluche familiar?

Férias Com Furacão: Um Livro de Preparação Para Furacões

by Heather L. Beal

As crianças em idade pré-escolar Lily e Niko fazem um curso intensivo sobre como lidar com o inesperado quando suas férias mudam de castelos de areia e natação para aulas de preparação para furacões. Mas enquanto as crianças se preparam para evacuar com sua prima Emma e sua família, o bichinho de pelúcia favorito de Niko se perde. Eles o encontrarão a tempo de evacuar com segurança? Ou esse membro felpudo da família ficará para trás?

Why So Much?

by Lance Myers

Nancy Larsen is suffocating. She’s desperate to express what this world of hurt feels like. She was once the star of math and science club, on her way to becoming valedictorian of her class. Her father, Rex—a chemical engineer for Texas Oil and Plastics—was her biggest fan. But then a black hole opened up and took it all away: Nancy’s mother died. All motivation dissolved, Nancy’s grades followed suit, and this once model student is now failing out of school. She spends her days writing and draw... more

Segways Repair Service UK

by Charles Wheeler

Official Hoverboards for teenagers Truth be told, a hoverboard could be a suspending stage (that seems like a skateboard while not wheels) which may be used for singular transportation. The term was produced for the flick Back to the more extended term II, anywhere saint Marty McFly flies into the more drawn out term to seem out that youths zone unit riding on suspending masses up while not wheels. How might they work? Self-modifying bicycles have a few of rudimentary portions: a spin... more

Trusting Wine

by Rachel Lee Glass

At the end of World War II in Umbra, Italy an American soldier proposes to a beautiful Italian girl. To his surprise, her family insists the couple drink the family’s magical wedding wine before they marry. This wine gives those who drink it with their betrothed visions of their entire futures together. The two drink and after experiencing beautiful visions, they marry.

In 1999 the couple’s adult children are a priest, a businessman, a... more

Let's Make a Cake!

by Heidi Schrack

Meet the Buggie-Muggies! Sally is crafty and cautious, Gary is creative and silly, and Johnny is fearless and adventurous. These funny friends are always up to something exciting. Find out what happens when Sally wants to make a cake, but Gary has other plans.

The Lies That Bind (DarkHorse Trilogy, Book 1)

by Ed Protzel

Broke and despondent, trickster Durksen Hurst returns to Mississippi seeking redemption for his disreputable past — and maybe some glory. When he encounters a dozen hungry slaves hiding in the wilds, he persuades them to build a plantation with him — a scheme that will threaten the town’s dominant family: the brilliant, mad Widow French and her tortured son, Devereau. When Antoinette DuVallier, a mysterious woman from New Orleans with unknown ties to the Frenches, arrives desperately seeking ... more

Knock on Wood

by Leslie Tall Manning

1978: Fourteen-year-old Billy Baker is the first into the pond that early summer day. Ten minutes later, his lifeless body is pulled from the chilly water, his lips like two slivers of blue ice. Billy Baker dies...but only for a little while. Thirty-nine days later, he emerges from a coma. But he is not alone. 1994: Billy (AKA William) is turning thirty. He forgets some letters in the alphabet. He can't set a table properly. He still believes it's the disco era. And he can't remember t... more

The Empress' New Hair

by SF Hardy

Empress Zaina Niara of Detroit Charm is in constant battle with her unruly hair. But when she finds herself and her hair in trouble with two greedy villains, she soon learns ... her hair is less unruly and more versatile than she could have ever imagined.

Like A Salad

by SF Hardy

Ever had a salad with chocolate candy bars, peanut brittle, khaki pants and cherry tomatoes? Siblings, Assir and Xolani have. “Like a Salad,” explores nuances in skin tones through the eyes of children.

The Coat

by April Grunspan

Seth Feinberg, in spite of being an atheist, has always seen life through a Jewish lens. Inheriting a Nazi officer’s full- length leather coat from his Holocaust-survivor grandfather motivates him to research and write fictional stories about his grandparents’ and the coat’s possible history. These stories follow the history of the Jews from just before the end of the Holocaust up until just before the founding of the modern State of Israel. Ultimately, Seth is able to define his personal relati... more

Adventures in the Coil Galaxy

by Buch-Lay Alt

The ancient sphinx ancestors from different planets in the Coil Galaxy send their children to three young planets to be educated in different technical colleges in Fiesta, Libra and Futura. The children's true identities are hidden from them and their parents with Strategy 3303T so that the sphinxes could not play favoritism to their cherubim. Although they speak different languages in each planet, the common language is Terralink on Terra where cherubim incarnate, learning to live with other... more

Adventures of a Country Preacher: Fiery Trials, Weary Miles, and Happy Smiles

by Angel Enfinger Crain

Rev. Englewilde is just your average, run-of-the-mill country preacher. He is a simple man with a simple goal: to serve God as he was called to do. Having felt that call at the young age of 15, preaching and the ministry are more than a job to him. they are his life's purpose. Through fiery trials and many weary miles, he finds the will to run the race with a smile. Against prejudice, ignorance, injustice, and the Devil himself, Rev. Englewilde battles it all- in the jungles of India, in the bac... more

Oliver, A Story About Adoption - Updated (Updated)

by Lois Wickstrom

Oliver is stuck in his room. His father sent him there for playing in a tree that was too young to be climbed. Oh, if only he still lived with his birthparents! What could he do if he were with them? Be a scientist? Or a trapeze artist? Do other people wish for other parents when they are angry with their own? Updated to adoption language of the 21st century.

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