Category: Books

Hank

The First Novel of the Gunpowder Trilogy The First Novel of the Gunpowder Trilogy Arch Montgomery Meet Hank Collins, an astute, gutsy, and funny 13-year-old who’s just finished the seventh grade at a public school in Baltimore’s affluent suburbs. But all is not trouble-free for Hank. He must contend with a troubled family, an alien… Continue reading Hank

Trembling in the Ivory Tower

Trembling in the Ivory Tower Excesses in the Pursuit of Truth and Tenure Kenneth Lasson She’s never known her mother. Her father seems to hate her. She has only one true friend, who’s a boy. A mediocre student and a social misfit, she’s downright miserable. This is the life of Taylor Dresden, a freshman in… Continue reading Trembling in the Ivory Tower

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Mia the Meek

Mia the Meek Eileen Boggess Mia Fullerton has entered her freshman year at St. Hilary’s with a goal: to lose her nickname, “Mia the Meek,” and soar into a confident high school career. Unfortunately, her transformation is made harder by her English-teacher mom, bratty little brother, already popular nemesis, and new neighbor. Although she’s prepared… Continue reading Mia the Meek

Like We Care

Like We Care Tom Matthews What if they just stopped? What if in a grand, scruffy stab at corporate disobedience, teenagers en masse simply stopped spending their money on the cynical crap that’s relentlessly mainlined to them: the addictive and deadly cigarettes, the hateful music, the crude and desensitizing videos and movies?What if they stopped… Continue reading Like We Care

The Deadly Trade

The Deadly Trade Ken Morris Tim Mack is a financial analyst running from a past full of death and drink. But when he leaves the Wall Street rat race hoping to slow down his life in San Diego, he finds that a calm and peaceful existence is just not in the cards. While researching a… Continue reading The Deadly Trade

Butterflies in May

Butterflies in May Karen Hart Ali Parker, a high school senior, is in love for the first time in her seventeen-year life. Her Mr. Perfect boyfriend, Matt Ryan, is a talented artist who hopes to attend Pratt Institute in New York, and Ali plans to major in journalism at a prestigious college. Both Ali and… Continue reading Butterflies in May

Thanksgiving at the Inn

Thanksgiving at the Inn Tim Whitney Ever since his mother left, life hasn’t been easy for Heath Wellington, III. Between his father’s (Junior’s) bouts with alcoholism and literary rejection, and Heath’s own wrongful suspension from school, there hasn’t been all that much to be thankful for. But following the tragic death of estranged grandfather Senior,… Continue reading Thanksgiving at the Inn

A Farewell to Legs

A Farewell to Legs Jeffrey Cohen An Aaron Tucker Mystery Work-at-home dad, devoted husband, hustling freelance writer, aspiring screenwriter—all ways to describe the unwilling sleuth Aaron Tucker, whom one reviewer dubbed a combination of “Bart Simpson and James Bond.” In A Farewell to Legs, the second installment of the Aaron Tucker Mystery Series, Aaron is… Continue reading A Farewell to Legs

In the Wake of the Boatman

In the Wake of the Boatman J. Scott Faqua Puttnam Douglas Steward isn’t having an identity crisis—he is one. To his father Carl, he’s a disappointment, and has been since the day he came home from the hospital. To his mother, he’s “Mama’s Boy,” and will forever be nothing less and nothing more. The Army… Continue reading In the Wake of the Boatman