Tag: family issues

Just Friends by Elana Johnson

Just Friends by Elana Johnson

Mitch can’t keep running from his problems, and he’ll have to face both Jade and Holly—and decide which one of them to put into the “just friends” category. High school senior, Mitch Houser, is thrilled to have multiple colleges recruiting him because of his record-breaking times on the track, but Mitch hasn’t told anyone the real reason he’s been setting records. He’s trying to outrun […]

December 13, 2017 / 0 Comments
The Second Window by Erica Kiefer

The Second Window by Erica Kiefer

Betrayal hides in what you don’t see. As her senior year flies by on cruise control, seventeen-year-old Olivia Cole yearns for excitement—something her upscale private school no longer provides. Her job as a grocery store bagger isn’t much help… until the day she has a bizarre exchange with the cagey town recluse. When the woman abruptly surrenders to the police, Olivia feels compelled to dig […]

December 12, 2017 / 0 Comments
The Start of Us by Rachel John

The Start of Us by Rachel John

When Corrie Windsor’s roommate dies in a car accident, she leaves behind her four-year-old daughter, Ella. Corrie loves the little girl and hopes to adopt her, but instead, she’ll have to stand by while Ella’s uncle steps in to take custody. If things aren’t awkward enough, there’s a chemistry between them that neither wants to acknowledge. Preston Ford can’t imagine instant parenthood, especially considering he […]

November 7, 2017 / 0 Comments
Ridgewater High: Don’t Forget Me by Judy Corry

Ridgewater High: Don’t Forget Me by Judy Corry

Sparks are flying between these best friends. Could a practice kiss change everything? Seventeen-year-old Eliana Costa has never kissed a guy. Her best guy friend, Jess, is more than willing to help her out. He has plenty of experience, since he finds a new girlfriend every other week. But when a practice kiss brings on feelings Eliana hadn’t bargained for, her already messy life is […]

October 25, 2017 / 0 Comments
Paper Chains by Elaine Vickers

Paper Chains by Elaine Vickers

Katie and Ana are the kind of friends who share everything with each other. But there are some things you can’t even share with your best friend. Katie has always known she was adopted, but recently she’s been wondering about her birth parents and her birthplace. She worries that saying this out loud—even to her best friend—could mess up the perfect family she has now. […]

October 17, 2017 / 0 Comments
Break by JoLyn Brown

Break by JoLyn Brown

Preston Bensen struggles with the same social anxiety that led his father to walk away years ago. With a younger brother who has Down syndrome, Preston has made it his job to hold together what remains of their family. A few weeks after he loses a friend in an accident, Preston’s mother announces her decision to remarry. Now Preston must deal with a prying stepdad […]

August 24, 2017 / 0 Comments
You May Already Be a Winner by Ann Dee Ellis

You May Already Be a Winner by Ann Dee Ellis

Twelve-year-old Olivia Hales has a foolproof plan for winning a million dollars so that she and her little sister, Berkeley, can leave behind Sunny Pines Trailer Park. But first she has to: • Fix the swamp cooler and make dinner and put Berkeley to bed because her mom is too busy to do all that • Write another letter to her dad even though he […]

July 12, 2017 / 0 Comments
Shatter by Nikki Trionfo

Shatter by Nikki Trionfo

It never occurred to us that there could be people in the orchard. Dangerous people. An explosion in the middle of a peach orchard kills Salem’s sister during a labor strike, and police call it an accident. Salem becomes convinced the death was no accident—it was a conspiracy. Salem wants to prove her sister was murdered for supporting the union despite being the daughter of […]

May 12, 2017 / 0 Comments
The Prodigal Father by Richard M. Siddoway

The Prodigal Father by Richard M. Siddoway

Does it take a funeral to learn how to forgive? When Scott left home after graduating high school, he told himself he would never go back. But thirty-two years later, he finds himself home again—for his father’s funeral. The man who had driven Scott away becomes the reason that brings him back, but not for reconciliation. Scott’s past away from home begins to unravel, and […]

May 9, 2017 / 0 Comments
Stray by Joni Johnson

Stray by Joni Johnson

Lila Baxter, 17, is abandoned at a gas station in a small town when her father, who was taking her to live with her grandmother, had a lapse in sobriety. Lila is left alone, unsure of where she is, with no money, and no cell phone. Gas station cashier Vance Larson, 18, offers to help the unwanted girl. And how does Lila repay him? By […]

March 22, 2017 / 0 Comments