When love goes wrong, what next? An educated woman, Carlena Pellhouse, marries her best friend, but now he wants her dead. In a small Florida town eccentric women befriend her. She will do the unthinkable to save her life because she's a woman who will not surrender. This tribute to women and their friendships is like Carl Hiaasen meeting the Fried Green Tomato girls.
In this engaging and highly accessible compendium for young readers and aspiring power brokers, Virginia Senator Janet Howell and her daughter-in-law Theresa Howell spotlight the careers of fifty American women in politics — and inspire ...
Fourteen-year-old Joan Skraggs, just like the heroines in her beloved novels, yearns for real life and true love. But what hope is there for adventure, beauty, or art on a hardscrabble farm in Pennsylvania where the work never ends?
Worlds collide in Lindsey Klingele’s debut young adult novel, The Marked Girl, an exciting fantasy tale turned upside down.
"Olivia's parents were killed fourteen years ago. Now, new evidence reopens the case . . . and she finds herself involved"--
Would you risk your own? Told in alternating perspectives among three girls--Valentina and Oksana in 1986 and Rifka in 1941--this story shows that hatred, intolerance, and oppression are no match for the power of true friendship.
Yet she courageously finds her way through seemingly impossible circumstances to realize her most cherished dream. Sara Teitler weaves a gripping narrative by allowing us entry into Rebecca's thoughts and feelings.
Who is the girl in the mirror? And what does she want? Past and present mingle in this spine-tingling ghost story by award-winning author India Hill Brown.
Sixteen-year-old Katelyn, who has been subjected to her mother's "wanderlust" all her life, discovers that Mom might not be who she says she is, and that someone is hunting them both.
And that she must run. In her riveting style, April Henry crafts a nail-biting thriller involving murder, identity theft, and biological warfare.
Girl in the Kitchen collects more than one hundred of Izard’s best recipes, from innovative appetizers like Asian-Spiced English Peas to luscious desserts like Quince and Fig Cobbler with Vanilla Mascarpone.