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Sixteen-year-old Jenna gets a summer job driving an elderly business woman from Chicago to Texas.  I loved the main character in this book, a red-haired, 5’11″ girl who describes herself as not very pretty and socially awkward.    In truth, she’s witty, perceptive, and loyal.  And in the end she gets some fashion help that brings out [...]

Five neighborhood kids form the Get Rich Quick Club in hopes of making a million dollars.  This is a quick, spoofish read that ends up teaching a lot about business practices, the unreliability of the media, and “the boy who cried wolf” principle.  Kids will enjoy the humor but almost subconsciously learn a lot along the way, [...]

Imagine a small town nestled in the Smoky Mountains where the pace of life is slower, friends meet to eat and chat at the local drug store, and amazing gourmet meals are served up in generous portions at rustic inns. This is  exactly what awaits you in Bryson City.  In this third book by Dr [...]

Drafted into Major League Baseball right out of high school, Josh Hamilton was on track for a long and illustrious professional baseball career.  Josh was a natural at baseball, and some who saw him play compared him to Mickey Mantle. But then Josh was in a car accident that left him with mysterious back pain and time [...]

Laura Fountain found out she had liver cancer while pregnant with her fourth child.  Advised to abort the baby and begin life-saving chemo, Laura chooses to give life to her baby and die in the process. Soon after Laura’s death, mysterious “Aunt Cheryl” shows up on the Fountain family’s doorstep, offering her temporary help with [...]

It’s 1861, and twelve-year-old Jesse Sherman is hunting on Maryland’s Eastern Shore when a female fugitive slave grabs him from behind and holds him at knife point. The slave is about to give birth and needs Jesse’s help to fetch a midwife.  Unfortunately, the slave and her baby die in childbirth, but not before the woman makes Jesse [...]