Imagine only being able to express yourself through pictures. Your first year of school, the only way you could communicate to others, was through your drawings. Drawing took you to another world; a world of your own. For Hollis Woods, drawing pictures was her doorway to a place where she actually wanted to be....
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“She pretended to be normal, our mother… there were cracks in her behavior. A weak man would be hypnotized, paralyzed. (As far as I can tell, this is what happened to my father.) A bad man would be attracted to her on a more equal basis. And a good man, of course, would...
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It all started when Kate was just 4 years old, an innocent little girl, enjoying life that was diagnosed with leukemia. Kate needed blood and bone marrow donations but nobody in the family was a match. Her parents would do anything to save their little girl and that is why Anna was born. Anna...
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“Happy Hunger Games, and may the odds be ever in your favor!” is an overly cheery death sentence for Katniss Everdeen. After voluntarily taking her younger sisters, Prim’s, place, she becomes the girl tribute from District 12 that will be participating in this year’s Hunger Games, a gruesome annual reminder of the Capital’s superiority...
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“In our time together, you claimed a special place in my heart, one I’ll carry with me forever and that no one can ever replace.” That’s exactly how John Tyree, a soldier on a few weeks leave from the Middle East, feels after only a few unsuspected days spent with Savannah Curtis, a quiet,...
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Riding a bike is only one among many things Auden’s missed out on during her time growing up. Since childhood she’s played the role of the little adult, left to pick up the pieces while her older brother Hollis’ ran wild and free and her parents’ marriage crumbled around her. She coped with it...
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Annabel Greene looked like the perfect girl to every person who saw her. She had the perfect family, perfect appearance, perfect clothes, but quicker than ever, it all fell apart. Now, Annabel is looking at the hardest school year of her life. She suddenly finds herself isolated and friendless. Dealing with family issues including...
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Simpleminded realtor Melanie Middleton just wants an average life, no connecting to and seeing ghosts, no reminders of her rough childhood and the past, just an average life. However, we don’t always get what we want. When Melanie finds herself the new owner of a Historic house on Tradd Street she can neither sell,...
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11-year-old Natalie Goode lives in NYC with her mom. Her mom thinks she needs more character so she is sending her to Camp Lakeview for 8 weeks. Natalie is dreading going because she’s not the outdoorsy type of girl. She is use to staying home over the summer and taking drama classes and getting...
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“Well, I can’t believe a broken finger can land you in the hospital, Leah. Are you telling me everything? Are you sure those doctors know what they’re doing? I expected Indiana to be a little more progressive. Even if we are living in the boondocks.” 16 year old Leah Lewis-Hall has to fend for...
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