The second book in a science fiction adventure series chronicling the adventures of a family with a teenage paranormal. With Ghost around, one thing is certain: things will never be the same and being your brotherâs keeper is not just a nice saying, but a necessity!Book 2 starts out with several unsavory characters and not a few paranormals taking an interest in Ghost. But if they think manipulating Ghost is easy, theyâre in for a surprise. With Ghost around, things are never simple.
Over 15 years ago in a parallel universe paranormals started appearing. Now most paranormals are minor level 1s, some few are level 2s and even fewer are levels 3 and 4. This year a 12 year old boy becomes one of the only level 5 paranormals known and life gets real interesting real fast for the Jay family as they find out that being your brother's keeper is not just a nice saying, but required with Ghost around!
In Book II Herbert is still unaware of his true nature or the greater purpose for which he and his companions are destined. Yet as he starts exploring the Lands Beyond and hints of his true nature emerge, he and his companions encounter far more than they bargained for as they find themselves in a mysterious valley with a secret that none of them could ever have imagined. With Herbert around, one thing is certain: things will never be the same, but finding out this secret could cost one of them their life!
Book IV details Herbert's desperate search for his kidnapped wife as the Adversary becomes aware of him and the powers of darkness move against his family and friends. Yet though he must cross universes to find her, nothing will stop Herbert and his wife from this part of their destiny. And if he has to change the fate of worlds to rescue his wife, then so be it!
By the time of Book V, the Adversary has waited years for an opportunity to destroy Herbert and his family. Now as Herbert is sent on a mission to the world of Gian, the Lord of Darkness sees his chance. For if they accept his lies, not only Herbert and his friends but their world will die!
Few Vietnam books treat the effects of a U.S. soldier's death on his family. This muscularly written, starkly honest memoir fills a significant gap. Smith (Fatal Treasure), an Atlanta Journal-Constitution editor, was 22 years old, the oldest of six children, when his beloved younger brother Jeff was killed by a Vietcong rocket during a firefight near the village of Mai Xa Thi on March 7, 1968. Jeff's death tore the fragile family apart: their mother retreated into severe alcoholism and an all-encompassing fixation on Jeff (who had been her favorite); their emotionally distant father-a WWII Marine beset by postwar demons-left the family for another woman. Smith's other brothers and sisters suffered severe and lasting psychological problems, and Smith himself-while outwardly coping well by marrying, having children and working his way up the journalism ladder-became an emotional cripple bent on self-destruction: "Not only did I thoroughly embrace alcohol, but I also became kind of psychotic." Smith tells his story with bluntness and conviction, including what becomes a cathartic happy ending when he and two of his brother's fellow Marines make a journey to Vietnam in 2001 to visit the spot where Jeff died. --Publ.
Recipe for Universal Change: Take one small mole with exceptional eyesight, add immense curiosity and prompt him to go exploring. Herbert the Mole starts out on a simple journey little knowing his true nature or the momentous changes he will eventually unleash. With Herbert around, one thing is certain: things will never be the same and sometimes it's better to not know what's coming!
In Book III Herbert finds out that it's one thing to be given a choice and another to be told that your choice will determine the destiny of worlds! As the words of the prophesy roll across the plains and Herbert struggles to make the right choice, his true nature and name is revealed at last. But will he and his companions survive to make the choice? One way or another, nations will be changed by the decisions of the mole!
This stunning YA debut is a timely and heartfelt speculative narrative about healing, faith, and freedom. Seventeen-year-old Marisol has always dreamed of being American, learning what Americans and the US are like from television and Mrs. Rosen, an elderly expat who had employed Marisol's mother as a maid. When she pictured an American life for herself, she dreamed of a life like Aimee and Amber's, the title characters of her favorite American TV show. She never pictured fleeing her home in El Salvador under threat of death and stealing across the US border as "an illegal", but after her brother is murdered and her younger sister, Gabi's, life is also placed in equal jeopardy, she has no choice, especially because she knows everything is her fault. If she had never fallen for the charms of a beautiful girl named Liliana, Pablo might still be alive, her mother wouldn't be in hiding and she and Gabi wouldn't have been caught crossing the border. But they have been caught and their asylum request will most certainly be denied. With truly no options remaining, Marisol jumps at an unusual opportunity to stay in the United States. She's asked to become a grief keeper, taking the grief of another into her own body to save a life. It's a risky, experimental study, but if it means Marisol can keep her sister safe, she will risk anything. She just never imagined one of the risks would be falling in love, a love that may even be powerful enough to finally help her face her own crushing grief. The Grief Keeper is a tender tale that explores the heartbreak and consequences of when both love and human beings are branded illegal.
"Hauntingly good" - P.C. Cast, co-author of the #1 NYT bestselling House of Night series Like everyone born after The Shift, sixteen year-old Aura can see and talk to ghosts. Persistent, and often angry, some even on the verge of becoming Shades, these violet-hued spirits are constantly talking to her, following her, and demanding her help to make amends for their untimely deaths. Aura has always found this mysterious ability annoying and wished she could find a way to reverse it. She'd much rather the ghosts left her alone so she could spend time with her boyfriend, Logan. But when Logan dies suddenly and unexpectedly, Aura is forced to reconsider her connections with the dead… and, the living. Surely a violet-hued spirit Logan is better than no Logan at all, isn't it? And things are complicated further when new exchange student, Zachary, is paired with Aura for a class project researching the 'Shift phenomenon'. Zach is so understanding - and so very alive. His support and friendship means more to Aura than she cares to admit. And, as Aura's relationships with both the dead, and the living, become more complicated, so do her feelings for both Logon and Zach. Each holds a piece of her heart… and clues to the secret of the shift. "A fully satisfying read, with well-developed, believable characters. Smith-Ready changes the world completely by simply changing our ability to see" - Publishers Weekly, starred review
