From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Sweet Thing and Nowhere But Here comes a deeply emotional contemporary romance about the second chances waiting beyond the shattered dreams of youth.Under the
Ruth Swain, the bedridden daughter of a dead poet, home from school after a collapse, is trying to find her father through stories - and through generations of family history in County Clare. In order
After rain comes down, the sun comes out and dries the puddles. But the water isn't gone. The heat from the sun has turned it into water vapor-it has evaporated. Eventually, this moisture in the air c
Extras, the final book in the Uglies series, is set a couple of years after the “mind-rain,” a few earth-shattering months in which the whole world woke up. The cure has spread from city to city, and
2015 Man Booker Prize longlist Lila, homeless and alone after years of roaming the countryside, steps inside a small-town Iowa church-the only available shelter from the rain-and ignites a romance an
After falling into a peaceful slumber, an imaginative girl dreams of being transported to a lush rain forest filled with bright insects, dancing sloths, slithering boas, and rich flora, in a tale from
The bestselling Bravelands adventures continue! In this thrilling three-book arc, a water buffalo, hyena, and cheetah take center stage.The time for rain is approaching fast, but before the Great Spirit will let it fall, the animals of Bravelands must grapple with a dangerous new threat.Cast out of his coalition, Stride the cheetah embarks on a perilous mission for the Great Parent, accompanied by a honey badger burdened with a dark and mysterious past.Whisper the water buffalo has been searching desperately for her brother Echo, presumed dead after a terrible fall. Meanwhile, without his guidance, the herd wanders in circles as another headstrong male tries to seize control of the migration.And the hyena now known as Breathstealer finds herself pulled in two directions—courted by the Great Spirit at one moment and other times tempted by the Great Devourer, who sends her compelling visions of power and plenty.The balance of power in Bravelands rests on a knife’s edge, and the Great Dev
Rain or no rain, Elmer is going for a walk. After being cooped up in a cave with his herd, he longs for a bit of fresh air and some peace and quiet. But peace and quiet is going to have to wait – when
The Wellington snow slide of 1910 was--and still is--the deadliest avalanche in America's history. Lauren Tarshis's story of one child surviving the frozen nightmare pounds with page-turning action and heartwarming hope.The snow came down faster than train crews could clear the tracks, piling up in drifts 20 feet high. At the Wellington train depot in the Cascade Mountains, two trains sat stranded, blocked in by snow slides to the east and west. Some passengers braved the storm to hike off the mountain, but many had no choice but to wait out the storm.But the storm didn't stop. One day passed, then two, three . . . six days. The snow turned to rain. Then, just after midnight on March 1, a lightning storm struck the mountain, sending a ten-foot-high wave of snow barreling down the mountain. The trains tumbled 150 feet. 96 people were dead.The Wellington avalanche forever changed railroad engineering. New York Times bestselling author Lauren Tarshis tells the tale of one girl who survive
In the final months of the Civil War, Virginia nad her family move to Washington, D.C. where the cold winter brings uncertainty and hardship. Virginia takes a job as a servant in a wealthy home to hel
From “one of the best new writers on the scene today” (The Huffington Post) comes the sequel to Falling Home, a novel set in the picaresque town of Walton, Georgia, where one woman is about to discove
"After the Rain," is the sequel to "Through the Storms and Through the Rain." It is a collection of poems that continues to describe how I felt when I was about 25 or 30 years old. I write about God i
spirit and matter water and stone is smoke less real than fire? than wood? Small poems that celebrate big themes, written especially for those who appreciate the sacred in the ordinary. These short Ze
