Download or read book Obie Is Man Enough written by Schuyler Bailar and published by Crown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A coming-of-age story about transgender tween Obie, who didn't think being himself would cause such a splash. For fans of Alex Gino's George and Lisa Bunker's Felix Yz. Obie knew his transition would have ripple effects. He has to leave his swim coach, his pool, and his best friends. But it’s time for Obie to find where he truly belongs. As Obie dives into a new team, though, things are strange. Obie always felt at home in the water, but now he can’t get his old coach out of his head. Even worse are the bullies that wait in the locker room and on the pool deck. Luckily, Obie has family behind him. And maybe some new friends too, including Charlie, his first crush. Obie is ready to prove he can be one of the fastest boys in the water—to his coach, his critics, and his biggest competition: himself.

Download or read book Exposed written by Francine Pascal and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instead of choosing the good guy, I chose the bad guy. Instead of warding off the enemy, I moved in with him. And I thought the purpose of fear was to prevent you from doing stupid things.

Download or read book Harlequin American Romance September 2013 Bundle written by Tina Leonard and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlequin American Romance brings you four new all-American romances for one great price, available now for a limited time only from September 1 to September 30! This Harlequin American Romance bundle includes Callahan Cowboy Triplets by Tina Leonard, A Navy SEAL's Surprise Baby by Laura Marie Altom, Home to Wyoming by Rebecca Winters and Having the Cowboy's Baby by Trish Milburn. If you love small towns and cowboys, watch out for 4 new Harlequin American Romance titles every month! Romance the all-American way!

Download or read book Conquering Lyssa written by Jaden Sinclair and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For four years, he has waited for her. Four years of torture for a male who is far from his mate. Now the waiting is over and the claim can be finished, however Daxis Jenaro is about to get an eye-opener. His mate isn't that easy to convince. Lyssa Laswell was claimed by Daxis at a very young age, but not taken. Unable to accept her fate, she rebels. Refusing to accept that she belongs to Daxis, and not considering what her actions might do to her family, Lyssa goes wild, dates other males, and gets caught by the very male she's been trying so hard to push away. Daxis now has his mate and claiming her might be a lot easier than trying to conquer her heart or show her that they are right for each other. And when the heat of the full moon comes, it pushes them both into a very difficult situation. The claim might be over, but who will conquer whom?

Download or read book School s Out written by Sarah Tucker and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-12-16 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In school playgrounds across the country parents huddle in worried packs, desperately putting together their final plans to survive the summer weeks of mayhem - school is officially out! For once, Amanda has a simple, cheap and fail-safe plan to make it through the summer holidays with her three overexcited offspring. But a last-minute addition of fellow-mum Suzanne and her perfect son Orlando quickly shatters Amanda's vision of the quintessential bucket-and-spade summer adventure. In fact, before she even makes it to the picture-perfect Cornish idyll that is home to her one-time playground comrade Skyler, Amanda has to endure tantrums, floods, and an eerie B&B, all with three ratty kids and a carsick dog in tow. When they finally arrive, dishevelled and exhausted, she discovers that not only must she endure Suzanne at close quarters in a cramped cottage, but also that Skyler's business in dire need of a helping hand. In the weeks that ensue, Amanda discovers there is only one way to survive the summer holidays, and that's with a stiff drink, a pair of wellies and a bucket-full of bonhomie!

Download or read book Five Summers written by Una LaMarche and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-05-16 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bittersweet, funny, and achingly honest, Five Summers is a story of friendship, love, and growing up that is perfect for fans of Ann Brashares' The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Judy Blume's Summer Sisters. Four best friends, five summers of camp memories Emma, Skylar, Jo, and Maddie have all come back to camp for a weekend of tipsy canoe trips to the island, midnight skinny dipping in the lake, and an epic game of capture the flag—boys versus girls. But the weekend isn't quite as sunwashed as they'd imagined as the memories come flooding back. . . . The summer we were nine: Emma was branded “Skylar’s friend Emma” by the infamous Adam Loring . . . The summer we were ten: Maddie realized she was too far into her lies to think about telling the truth . . . The summer we were eleven: Johanna totally freaked out during her first game of Spin the Bottle . . . The summer we were twelve: Skylar’s love letters from her boyfriend back home were exciting to all of us—except Skylar . . . Our last summer together: Emma and Adam almost kissed. Jo found out Maddie’s secret. Skylar did something unthinkable . . . and whether we knew it then or not, five summers of friendship began to fall apart. A young adult book with a friendship story that will last long after the last s'more is gone.

Download or read book Garnet S Passage written by Matthew Shaver and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-10-24 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Novrha an elven with exceptional sight and profound archery realizes that he is different for the others, he decides to leave the hidden island in search of knowledage. Nosee a well educated human mage finds herself where her mother can no longer teach her.Jantise gives Nosee a necklace to protect her and tells her to find her predicessor. The adventure begins when Jantise is abducted, Nosee's dreaming sitting on a rock become reality

Download or read book Shifting Hearts In Aristaria Jasmine Lane Series written by Irene Kueh and published by Irene Kueh. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Scotty tells Jasmine that his girlfriend is missing, Jasmine's buried emotions surface once again. Torn between helping Scotty and keeping her heart intact, she pushes aside common sense and inadvertently enters a world of Shapeshifters where her love for Scotty is put to the test. Aristaria, a world filled with wondrous sights and unpredictable beings, also holds the key to Venus's disappearance. Is the mysterious Skyler leading Scotty and Jasmine astray? Are the whispers true that Venus doesn't really want to be found? Delve into the world of Aristaria where dreams fracture, hearts shift, and Jasmine's adventure unfolds.

Download or read book Run To Earth written by SF Mazhar and published by SF MAZHAR. This book was released on 2014-02-10 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He never knew how different he was. Until his fourteenth birthday. When his life changed. Forever. When Aaron Adams sneaks out to celebrate his fourteenth birthday, he has no idea a tragedy awaits him. After a shocking secret is revealed, Aaron is forced to leave his world and enter...a new one. Thrust into a world he doesn't understand, Aaron struggles to find his place in a society that seems to despise him. Desperate to find why his name is so fervently hated, Aaron sets out on a path of discovery – only to find demons, dangerous hybrids and more secrets; ones that threaten everything Aaron thought he knew.

Download or read book Lucian Shadow written by Jonathan David and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darkness has fallen, and it is widely rumored that King Corlee will not honor the contract of peace entered into by his daughter. Even the Kingdom of Zah, under the rule of Queen Marrelia is in a state of unrest. It has been days and no word, yet I feel the conclusion draws near. I feel it in my blood that the final crusade for absolute control has been waged. Queen Marrelia will try to avenge the loss of her true love, and through the loss of her innocence will grow a young woman not unlike her opponent. I tremble with fright, for insight has lent me a terrible aspect. Yet even in my darkest dreams-the ones I awaken from terrified and shivering with sweat-I can see one sprig of life upon a desert of despair. The final hope of Zah is weighed by the outcome of a single hero. The color of this one's heart is undecided as I can feel the confusion even from a great distance. In the end, it is the strength of the few that win these battles, and I feel the hero will return. This wild one. This crazy, vengeful, wild one they call Skyler.

Download or read book Coon Hunting in Schuyler County Illinois written by Don Lerch and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Don Lerch a native of Schuyler County had a thought about coon hunting and decided to ask various people he knew that were coon hunters to write stories of their hunting days."--Back cover.

Download or read book A Home Among The Stars written by Kay Hawkins and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-07 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third installment in the Starchasers saga-A Home Among the Stars-follows Skyler, Michael and Kax as the raging war begins to reach a fever pitch. In the United Galactic Forces Space Academy, things intensify as more is revealed about our characters. As Skyler wrestles with the looming possibility of being put on active duty and his feelings for Kax. How can he go to the frontlines of a war with confidence, knowing his father met his end doing the very same? Michael, determined to make a difference for Squallite-kind and how they are perceived, continues his studious work in the lab to help win the war against the Cassiopaean invaders. How will he grapple with Rob Thorn, a new cadet who proves to stir dissent? Follow the exploits and tribulations of our young cadets as they navigate life and the cosmos in A Home Among the Stars.

Download or read book My Skylar written by Penelope Ward and published by Penelope Ward Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A USA TODAY bestseller. From New York Times bestselling author Penelope Ward comes an epic standalone, friends-to-lovers story…with a jaw-dropping twist you won't see coming. Skylar has been my best friend since childhood, but I secretly pine for her. One thing after another has kept us apart, and I’ve spent the last decade in fear of losing her forever. Because of me, she left town. For years, I thought I’d never see her again. But now she’s back…and living with him. I don’t deserve her after everything I’ve put her through, but I can’t live without her. This is my last chance, because she’s about to make the biggest mistake of her life. I can see it her eyes: she doesn’t love the man she’s set to marry. She still loves me...which is why I have to stop her before it’s too late. A STANDALONE novel. Standalone Books in the Jake Series: Jake Undone (Jake #1) My Skylar (Jake #2) Jake Understood (Jake #3)

Download or read book The Experiment written by John Darnton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2000-08-01 with total page 571 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More information to be announced soon on this forthcoming title from Penguin USA

Download or read book Afterimages written by C. J. Fisher and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2004-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hurry, Hurry! Step right up! Secure all loose articles. Stay seated and keep your hands inside the cars. This is going to be one nonstop thrill ride! Join Rhode Island shopkeeper Lydia Gwyndorra, as she takes us along through one mystifying summer season down by the sea and sand. Meet her three neighbors: beautiful but troubled Skyler; straight thinking engineer Jeff; and cocky, arrogant Kristin. They all live on the third floor of a new oceanfront apartment building, and it strikes Lydia right away how her neighbors arrived there under strange, yet similar, circumstances. Now, the inexplicable events occurring in their building are growing in intensity. In other words, the place is haunted! Once Lydia discovers that the great amusement park, Fantasima Pointe by the Sea, once occupied the site where they now live, things begin to make more sense. As she researches stories from the past, she begins to realize how they relate to what's happening now. But she can't figure it all out on her own, and time seems to be running out. Why does the shadow of the amusement park remain, and why were they all brought together at this particular place and time? Can Lydia, Kristin, Jeff, and Skyler, put together all the pieces of this paranormal puzzle before the terrifying past repeats itself? 'Afterimages' contains the elements of an old-fashioned ghost story, a disaster movie, a time-travel adventure, and a quirky sense of humor all twisted together with a new-age philosophy that makes it just a little thought provoking. Most of the story's setting is fictional, but at times it interacts with real places and history. Have fun, that's what it's all about!

Download or read book A Hero in the Making written by Kay Stockham and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-01-03 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "After all Skylar Mathews has been through recently, she only wants her son, Cody, to get better. And visiting Montana is supposed to accomplish that. Yet thanks to the unexpected and larger-than-life presence of Marcus Whitefeather, her plan could be in jeopardy. She can't indulge the sparks flaring between them because reuniting with him is not an option. Not with the secret they share. But when Cody doesn't improve, Marcus suggests the unthinkable--that they reveal the truth. Everything else has failed so maybe this will work. But how can Skylar be sure? With her son's welfare at stake, Marcus has to prove he's the hero she and Cody need him to be"--Publisher.

Download or read book Kano written by Peg DeMarco and published by Mountain View Editing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Share the sizzling passion between Skyler Sinclair and Royce Chandler amidst the hot and steamy desert town of Kano Travel with them as their love is tested by Royce's older brother, Kyle, and the turbulent government of the early 1970's in West Africa. Experience the rich culture as the land bakes under the hot sun -- lusty, wild and untamed -- just like the young lovers who struggle to survive