Author : Maribeth Boelts
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 46,86 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0375866787
A former stray, Bootsie is the beloved royal cat until a spell cast by a mean fairy causes her to fall into a deep sleep, and only "her happiest sound" will awaken her.
Author : Maribeth Boelts
Publisher : RH Childrens Books
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 29,31 MB
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1101934484
Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty got their fractured-fairy-tale due in Dogerella and Sleeping Bootsie. Which princess is next to be puppy-fied? Rapunzel, of course! In this Step 3 send-up, a cocker spaniel named Pupunzel grows long golden fur when a witch takes her from her family and locks her in a tall tower. Will Pupunzel’s mama and brothers and sisters ever be able to rescue her from the tower? Or does Pupunzel have some tricks up her fur? Step 3 Readers feature engaging characters in easy-to-follow plots about popular topics. For children who are ready to read on their own.
Author : Sallie Cochren
Publisher : Sallie Cochren
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 44,60 MB
Release : 2022-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Earth. DurPlunk’s home. Again… When the evil-hearted Maine Coon from Katonia finds himself exiled on the primitive planet with three of his Sphynx soldiers, there may be only one way to make their new home bearable. Gather an army of Earth cats, conquer the humans and make DurPlunk the planet’s ruler! DurPlunk may be in for more than he bargains for, though. Conquering a planet where humans are in control could be more difficult than he thinks. To complicate things, two of his former adversaries from Katonia now live on Earth with their friend, Sarah. Will Bootsie and Soxy be able to keep DurPlunk from accomplishing his evil plans? Back on Katonia, Sunset has his paws full. As the planet’s ruler, he is trying to right the wrongs of the past. Can he ever find a way to live in peace with the Sphynx who have always been seen as enemies? His recent truce with the dogs gives him hope, but the Sphynx may not be as cooperative as the canines. As if Sunset doesn't already have more tuna on his plate than he can eat, he learns that DurPlunk is stirring up trouble for the Earthlings. Will Sunset be able to send reinforcements to Earth to stop DurPlunk? Will Bootsie and Soxy find a way to keep the Earth humans safe? One thing is for sure. DurPlunk is going to have to be alert and keep an ear, tail and whisker out at all times if he is ever going to win his battle for planet Earth! This is book 3 in the Alien Cats series. Book 1 - Alien Cats: No Place Like Home Book 2 - Alien Cats: Return to Katonia Book 3 - Alien Cats: DurPlunk's Battle for Planet Earth
Author : Brian L Beeks
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 41,59 MB
Release : 2016-10-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1512758345
No one is exempt from problems. But how do you face those problems when there seems to be no light at the end of the tunnel? How do you face problems when all hope seems to be lost? In Our Darkest Hour: Hope is the story of one familys journey with Guillian Barre Syndrome. Their journey included ten hospitalizations over the course of fourteen months in an attempt to help their son heal physically and emotionally from the diagnosis that had shaken their world. It is a story of patience, perseverance, helplessness, hope and faith.
Author : Julia Allcut
Publisher : Author House
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 22,42 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1491845686
The Good Spy Wife is a story of aging FBI agent, Gunter Martini, as told by his wife, Bootsie. The saga begins with her suspicions that the next-door neighbor, Alexander, is a Russian agent. The reader is drawn into the drama as the story explodes along with the cigarette boat when Gunter dares to venture out for a boat ride to Bomb Island on the 50,000 acres Lake Murray on the night of a impending hurricane. His drowning is dubious, as no body floats to the surface. The wife trusts in God and believes that he is alive. When he reappears later in the Soviet Union he invites his wife to join him as he works toward an assignment involving the elimination of the American president, as the Soviet country believes the President of the United States and his democratic ideals stand in the way of progress for the Soviet Union. He must die, as the current leadership in America is an affront for growth of the new Russia. Set during the Cold War in the late 1980s, Bootsie and Gunter struggle with separation during difficult times in their own marriage. Bootsie grows spiritually through the unexplained meeting of strangers who appear to her as angels, and through drawing on her own strengths when alone. Ultimately, after many twists and turns of the story, the couple realizes that God is the only help for the frailty of their lives, and each makes plans to rebuild his or her life around their new beliefs. However, will this turn out to be the happy conclusion? One can only discover this knowledge through reading the book.
Author : Faye Gibbons
Publisher : NewSouth Books
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 33,28 MB
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1588383652
Times are hard in Depression-era Georgia mountain country. Even so, fourteen-year-old Halley Owenby, her younger brother, Robbie, and their parents, Jim and Kate, manage to get by until Jim dies suddenly in an accident, and Kate decides she and her children have no choice but to move in with her parents. Like her father, Halley has never cared for her grandparents. Her grandfather Franklin is a fire-and-brimstone fundamentalist preacher who runs a strict and joyless household. A miserly tyrant, he claims any money the women in his household earn. Even their mail he considers his to read first. Waiting for the Rapture, when Jesus will return, may suit her grandparents and many others of the same faith, but Halley wants more. She yearns for some control of her own life. She longs for an education, which she firmly believes would eventually allow choices. Little does she suspect that such dreams might actually come true.
Author : Sallie Cochren
Publisher : Sallie Cochren
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 25,84 MB
Release : 2022-08-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Far away on the distant planet of Katonia, Sunset rules with the help of the other Persians and Siamese cats, doing his best to maintain peace on the planet. However, as the evil DurPlunk watches and waits for his chance to attack and take over as the ruler of Katonia, everyone may be in danger, even their beloved humans. With help from his Sphynx tribe and his soldier, Rantossen, DurPlunk prepares to battle the Royals. Two Maine Coons, Bootsie and Soxy, make the decision to stand with the Royals and do whatever they can to stop DurPlunk’s evil plans from succeeding. With a war approaching and the whole future of their beloved planet at stake, Sunset and the good feline tribes of Katonia must call upon their other allies also. Aligned with the fox and ferret tribes, they will have to work together to keep all of Katonia safe. Join Bootsie and Soxy and all of the good-hearted cats of Katonia as they undertake adventures beyond their wildest dreams! Note: This is book 1 in a trilogy. Book 1 - No Place Like Home Book 2 - Return to Katonia Book 3 - DurPlunk's Battle for Planet Earth
Author : Karen White
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 25,21 MB
Release : 2015-04-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0451468554
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Tradd Street novels comes an enthralling southern gothic saga about one woman's quest for the truth... When Vivien Walker left her home in the Mississippi Delta, she swore never to go back. But in the spring, nine years to the day since she’d left, Vivien returns, fleeing from a broken marriage and her lost dreams for children. What she hopes to find is solace with her dear grandmother who raised her, a Walker woman with a knack for making everything all right. Instead Vivien is forced into the unexpected role of caretaker, challenging her personal quest to find the girl she once was. But things will change again in ways Vivien cannot imagine. A violent storm has revealed the remains of a long-dead woman buried near the Walker home, not far from the cypress swamp that is soon to give up its ghosts. Vivien knows there is now only one way to rediscover herself—by uncovering the secrets of her family and breaking the cycle of loss that has haunted them for generations. READERS GUIDE INCLUDED
Author : Moore Edwards
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 23,43 MB
Release : 2018-03-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1543442315
It was about as hard as hard could ever be growing up in Raleigh, North Carolina, especially for colored people. Obidella Johnson hated the word colored. She had to admit that it was better than being called Nigra. Her family had it better than most folks. Her mama was a pastry chef at La Fountain Bleu and made good money, which would have been fine if their daddy, a preacher, hadnt run away with the head of the usher board and their mother hadnt turned to drink to ease her pain. Obidella was thankful that her mama didnt drink during the day. She waited until she got off from work before touching a drop. It fell on Obidella to care for her little brother and sister and keep the house clean. She was also thankful that her mamas boss, Mr. Dave Mills, the richest white man in North Carolina, was in love with her mama and looked the other way. Obidella prayed every day that God would send her daddy back home to take care of them. But God said no. He had other plans for the Johnson familyparticularly Obidella.
Author : Jenny Wingfield
Publisher : Random House
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 23,10 MB
Release : 2011-07-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0679603603
“Raw, dark, and powerful . . . Southern Gothic at its best. The Homecoming of Samuel Lake puts one in mind of Erskine Caldwell and Flannery O’Connor.”—Fannie Flagg Every first Sunday in June, members of the Moses clan gather for an annual reunion at a sprawling hundred-acre farm in Arkansas. And every year, Samuel Lake, a vibrant and committed young preacher, brings his beloved wife, Willadee Moses, and their three children back for the festivities. In the midst of it all, Samuel and Willadee’s outspoken eleven-year-old daughter, Swan, is a bright light. Her high spirits and fearlessness have alternately seduced and bedeviled three generations of the family. But just as the reunion is getting under way, tragedy strikes, jolting the family to their core and setting the stage for a summer of crisis and profound change. With the clear-eyed wisdom that illuminates the most tragic—and triumphant—aspects of human nature, Jenny Wingfield has created an enduring work of fiction. “Jenny Wingfield has given us a spectacular novel [that] will make you laugh out loud one minute, hold your breath the next, and weep when you least expect it.”—Dorothea Benton Frank, author of Folly Beach “[This novel] touches on many genres—family life, Christian fiction, coming-of-age, and suspense. . . . Readers will love it.”—Library Journal (starred review) “Wingfield hooks the reader with her opening sentence. . . . The reader is thoroughly caught up in the family saga.”—Abilene Reporter-News “A lovely debut . . . a bittersweet, inspirational tale.”—The Dallas Morning News Look for special features inside. Join the Circle for author chats and more.
