This novel is about the efforts of fugitives Charlie McGee and her father, Andy. The result of a government experiment gone awry. Both Andy and his late wife Vicki were injected with a drug that allowed them limited psychic abilities. They passed on this power to their daughter, who captures the government’s attention with...
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Fiction
Fire Starter
Pretty Things
Summer has just begun in London, and Charlie is determined to make sure Brie and he do something other than stay home and watch soap operas, so they join a drama group. There are many different characters joining the drama group Charlie who is gay, and his best friend Brie who is obsessed with...
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Twilight
Isabella Swan is used to the sunny, warm weather of Phoenix, Arizona. When she moves to Forks, Washington, where it rains almost every day, she doesn’t know how she’ll possibly get along. Her father, Charlie, tries to help her get used to such a different environment, but she just can’t seem to adjust, at...
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Vampire Beach: Bloodlust
Jason Freeman, a new kid to beautiful Malibu, California, thinks that his new school with his new friends will make his life edgy and unpredictable. Just as he expects, everything is different, in a good way. He meets a gorgeous, but unattainable girl, he’s instantly popular, and the southern California parties are amazing. But...
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Prom
Ashley Hannigan is a normal kid with normal kid expectations. She has a normal kid grades, normal kid detentions, a normal kid boyfriend, and a normal kid family. Ashley doesn’t care about the prom, until one day the cops come to Ashley’s math class and find out that Miss Crane stole the prom money....
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Twilight
“About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was a part of him- and I didn’t know how dominant that part may be- that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.” Bella Swan is nothing but more than the average,...
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Behind Rebel Lines
In the Story, Behind Rebel Lines, by Seymour Reit, Emma Edmonds, a brave 21-year-old girl, enrolls in the army dressed as man, knowing her life may be at risk. For several weeks Emma cares for the sick and the wounded as a nurse in a tent hospital on the battlefield. When she hears about...
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The Golden Compass
Lyra Belacqua, the young, high-spirited child who lives at Jordan College soon discovers that there is much more going on in the world than she realizes. Lyra’s uncle has been away exploring the North for most of her childhood. When he arrives back at the college she learns of “Dust.” The only thing that...
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Where the Red Fern Grows
Billy, a boy who at the beginning of the book is 9 years old and at the end 14, has only one dream: to have two coon hounds. Billy dreams of running through the woods and river bottoms with his dream dogs, but he has a problem. The dogs he wants are too much...
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Private
Trying to escape her dreadful life in Pennsylvania, Reed Brennan’s wishes come true as she finds herself being admitted to one of the most civilized schools in the country, Easton High Academy. As she takes on new and difficult courses, she soon finds herself admiring the Billings Girls, or the prettiest, smartest, most popular...
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