Abandoned by his father in the unusual town of Waitnsee, Willy is burdened with a terrible secret. Lost in life with no family that he can trust, the homeless men of the Union Mission become the family he needs. These homeless and hungry men, particularly the aged and legless Elmer, help Willy to put aside the pain of his secret and find a new way of looking at the world around him. The light of the cross on the Mission's roof, and the wail ...
Rebecca & Heart is the journey of a young girl struggling with autism. The story is told from a unique perspective – a fly on the wall! The story is set in the days leading up to and during World War II in England–a time when autism was little understood and poorly treated. The story notes the first identification of autism and addresses the characteristics and misconceptions regarding the condition. This book presents an accurate portrayal ...
Be careful what you wish for! Luke and Austin Brockway can’t seem to stop arguing. Luke says he’d rather have a grizzly bear for a brother. Austin claims a Komodo dragon would smell better than Luke. While they are on a school trip to the zoo, a violent storm creates chaos in the atmosphere and their wishes are granted! Luke turns into a Komodo dragon and Austin becomes a grizzly bear. Luke can’t eat the frozen rats he gets for supper, and Austi ...
Missing persons, tormented souls, and everlasting friendships bind the living and the dead. Life hasn’t been easy for seventeen-year-old Barry McElroy since his father, an Army veteran, left the family three years earlier due to PTSD. A student at Paschal High School, Barry is working late at the library researching a term paper on missing persons. When he is ambushed on the way home by three thugs from The Rosedale Gang, all appears to be lost ...
Angela, a senior, is faced with uncertainties as she thinks about her future. Visiting colleges, she struggles with her own insecurities and fears. Though maturing, the process can be pretty confusing. She delights in her friends, especially Miles, but problems arise when North Padre Island is hit by a hurricane. City officials are set to vote on a harsh anti-immigrant ordinance. This law, which would make life hard for her immigrant friends, al ...
Conspiracy, bullies, and campaigns! Angela Fournier is starting her junior year of high school at Sargasso Beach, Texas. Miles, who befriended her last year, asks her to be his prom date. Girls will be girls, except for when they're mean girls; partnered with their friend, Leroy, they bully Angela and Miles, trying to ruin her special evening. Ignoring the bullies appears to be the biggest challenge until they unveil an unnerving situation ...
Школьные годы далеко не всегда оказываются такими уж чудесными, как любят говорить взрослые. Ева, Ася, Женя и Никита каждый день подвергаются унижениям со стороны школьных хулиганов, и кажется, этому не будет конца. Но однажды загадочный Леон собирает их в некий «Антисоциальный клуб», обещая помочь. Вместе ребятам предстоит познать цену дружбы и научиться давать отпор обидчикам… Если только страхи и сомнения не разрушат их хрупкий союз. ...
Poznaj serie „Zniwiarz” autorki uhonorowanej nagroda Ksiazka Roku 2019 Lubimy Czytac! Nadszedl czas ostatecznego starcia. Slowianskie demony musza odejsc w zapomnienie! Magda odrodzila sie po raz kolejny. Po powrocie z zaswiatow, razem z piekielnym ogarem przy boku, uchronila Feliksa przed rychla smiercia. To jednak dopiero poczatek ich klopotow. Demony nie spia i zaczynaja sie pojawiac nawet w bialy dzien ...
Люди редко смотрят себе под ноги. В мире, только оправившемся после грандиозного Обвала, с лихвой хватает иных забот. А ведь с некоторых пор там, внизу, течет особая жизнь – со своими взлетами и падениями, успехами и провалами, радостями и горестями. Вот только вид сверху дает о ней лишь самое приблизительное, зачастую неверное представление. Пожелавшему же понять хоть что-то из творящегося внизу потребуется, ни много ни мало, сменить точку зре ...
