Trudy comes from a family without luck, in a world where luck has been quantified. But when she tests lucky, she leaves her home and enrolls in St. James Academy for Luck, an exclusive school largely for children of old luck families. Out of place, she nonetheless becomes the girlfriend of Rob Chiltern, Student Body President. Trudy thinks that Rob is an ideal boyfriend, the […]
Victor, age sixteen, is stranded on an alien planet with a bickering couple and Cydney, a self-centered child star who has grown too old for her own show. Victor has an affliction that makes him dangerous in society without his medication. The survival of the group depends upon Victor using the skills he learned in gangs and prisons to get them across the untamed planet […]
Have a ball with this bilingual book of contrasts and opposites! Set at the historic Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in California, Arriba Up includes finding and counting activities and vivid illustrations for language comprehension (ages 2 years & up). Full text and a pronunciation guide in both English and Spanish. Read excerpt Title: Arriba Up, Abajo Down at the Boardwalk Author: Karl Beckstrand Publisher: […]
James Barash is a psychiatrist with a unique ability to place copies of himself into other people with just a touch. This makes him an unusually effective therapist. Over the centuries Barash has lived within the bodies of many men and women, yet he does not know his own origins. A sensitive person who has seen too much misery, he suppresses his memories of the […]
When attractive Las Vegas detective, Aurora Morelli, makes a friend, she takes the relationship very seriously. And if someone hurts that person, they’re going down. Slim and dainty, she has the heart of a lion, and when angry, the manners of a she-cat. Therefore the sicko who attacked her partner has become her prime target and nothing or no one will stand in her way. […]
Meet the Keller family, five generations of firstborn women—an unbroken line of daughters—living together in the same house on a secluded olive grove in the Sacramento Valley of Northern California. Anna, the family matriarch, is 112 and determined to become the oldest person in the world. An indomitable force, strong in mind and firm in body, she rules Hill House, the family home she shares […]
Pete Pancerella loves two things in life: Video games and Spongy Cremes. He’s happy, content, and he’s also a geek. All that is about to change when his mother wishes upon a star and Tink answers the call. But will it take more than a five-and-a-half inch faery to whip this manga-loving goofball into shape? Read excerpt Title: Pete and Tink Author: Sherry Gammon Publisher: […]
Twelve-year-old Liam is often misunderstood as he helps those seeking for purpose in their extraordinary talents. Liam’s visionary abilities gain him international notoriety as “The Prophecy Boy” who swims with dolphins, dreams of a mysterious red door, and champions those who are often misjudged for their uncommon gifts. Surviving kidnapping, near-drowning, and imprisonment leads to the discovery that despite differences, when people respect each other […]
When Jenna Tucker arrives on Aunt Lilly’s porch, her broken arm is a small reflection of the shattered girl within. The sudden loss of her father during his service in Iraq has conspired to transform her from top of the class track queen to a girl on the run from haunting nightmares. With a trail of burned bridges ablaze behind her and deep resentment for […]
Have you been thirsting for a post-apocalyptic cowboy fantasy comedy with a side dish of polygamy? Neither has anyone else, but once you’ve read this book, you’ll wonder how you could have ever considered yourself a happy, reasonably well-entertained individual without it. Caution: PG rating. Author says, “All swearing is “bleeped” out in book (like so: !@#$!@$). Contains some violence, and references to sex, but […]