A year after he accidentally killed his best friend while street racing, Cody has stopped racing and is trying to work off the cost of repairing his car, until his boss announces he will keep the car if Cody doesn't pay it off at once....
It would be difficult to find a fairer scene. Throughout the gardens lanterns of many shapes and devices threw their light down upon the paths, which were marked out by lines of little lamps suspended on wires a foot above the ground. In a treble row they encircled a large ...
Sixteen-year-old Haley must deal with the unwanted advances from her mother's new boyfriend....
This collection joins together sixty essays on the philosophy of love and sex. Each was presented at a meeting of The Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love held between 1977 and 1992 and later revised for this edition. Topics addressed include ethical and political issues (AIDS, abortion, homosexual rights, and ...
This collection joins together sixty essays on the philosophy of love and sex. Each was presented at a meeting of The Society for the Philosophy of Sex and Love held between 1977 and 1992 and later revised for this edition. Topics addressed include ethical and political issues (AIDS, abortion, homosexual rights, and ...
Jason gets sick and can't play in an important baseball game. His mother, his doctor and his friends all help him to feel better even though he can't play....
When Jason get sick and has to miss the first baseball game of the season, his fellow players on the team think of a clever way to keep him informed about the game as it is going on....
Miss Wayne, Parade, and Daffany arrive in Washington D.C. for a funeral and find that after Miss Wayne hooks up his fabulous male friends he decides he doesn't want to return to the West Coast with them....
On an island in whose strict society only useful objects are named and the unnamed are ignored or forbidden, thirteen-year-old Medford encounters an unusual and powerful creature, half-man, half-goat, and together they attempt to bring some changes to the...
TJ knows that something weird is going on when his friend Seymour signs him up to play football even though they are both bad at sports, and with his parent's hardware store in financial trouble, he has more than enough to worry about....
After experiencing his friend Tom's home life and out-of-control behavior, Craig has to decide upon the future of their friendship....
Marigold is a bright young girl who never got to know her father and is raised by a big family. The author and creator of the Anne of Green Gables series beatifully weaves four short stories together into an amazing plot ... This is the extended and annotated edition including an ...
When her uncle and mother disappear on mysterious errands, Elsie and her friend Scoop discover them competing in a dance marathon to solve the family's money problems....
When Jack's best friend Leah informs him that her mom is getting her a "boob job" for her sixteenth birthday, Jack begins his research and learns the pros and cons of plastic surgery....
Life is hard enough for Tansy, but when Dad sends her to a wrinkled old babysitter named Miss Stella, Tansy, with the help of her best friend Parveen, gradually learns to manage all the changes in her life and make unexpected new friends in the process....
The friendship between Grant Thorson and Will Campbell is the only sure thing in Grant's life as he suffers a series of painful losses. When he falls in love with Susan, it seems that happiness is his once more. But when Will dies, Grant decides that loving someone makes him ...
If love conquers all, what conquers love? All of us yearn for affection. We ache for intimacy. We pine for solace. We burn for love. Indeed, love can be baffling and tormenting. The world's troubles would lift and drift if those whom we loved, could love us in return. This ...
Martin Rattler is the story of a mischievous young boy with a good heart. By mistake, he winds up on the ship Firefly with his friend Barney O’Flannagan, headed to the South Seas. Escaping pirates and surviving a shipwreck, the two explore South America in one frolicking adventure after ...
After Corbin and his best friend Darius are attacked in Riley Park, Corbin must cope with the loss of his friend, his physical impairments, and finding the culprit....
Writer Jack Adler describes 75 famous friendships throughout history from mythical to contemporary times. Along the way, the lives and personalities of artists, politicians, philosophers, soldiers, and outlaws are outlined, including some personal details that may not be well-known. Presenting sketches of individuals like Julius Caesar and Mark Anthony, Adam Smith ...
Pussy Whoosie is a mischievous but lovable cat who lives in a house next to a garden with Mr. Hoppity, her owner. Pussy Whoosie likes to be in charge of everything that happens in the house and garden, which often leads to her getting into trouble In the first of ...