Teen Girl Coming Of Age

Four stories of young life and adventure to be enjoyed by the young and the young at heart. FARLEY'S FIVE AND DIMEA charming waltz down memory lane.“It was just me and Daddy and Sammy that made up our family after Mama went to heaven in 1956. I was only nine years old when she left us. I remember thinking she must have been needed pretty bad up there, ‘cause I sure needed her down here, but heaven got her anyway.The three of us ran the dimestore winter, spring, summer, and fall, without any outside help. We lived right above the store with a slide that landed us in the backroom, so we ...

★★★★★ "It's been a long time since I couldn't put a book down. This is one I will think about for a long time." - Amazon Reviewer Embark on a gripping journey with Chloe Cleopatra Taylor, a young woman whose haunted past casts a long shadow over her present. In a life filled with relentless challenges—balancing her career, navigating her mother's battle with alcoholism, and seeking her place within the complexity of faith—Chloe's world takes an enigmatic turn when inexplicable events unfurl around her. As the boundaries between reality and the ethereal blur, Chloe finds ...

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents captures the vivid lives of the Garcia sisters, four privileged and rebellious Dominican girls adapting to their new lives in America. In the 1960s, political tension forces the Garcia family away from Santo Domingo and toward the Bronx. The sisters all hit their strides in America, adapting and thriving despite cultural differences, language barriers, and prejudice.

This is a stand-alone sequel to The Trailer Behind the Garage. When sixteen-year-old John finds an incoherent young woman stumbling around a gas station late at night trying to get into cars with strangers, the advice from his older sister Sophie – the matriarch of his parentless family – is to open his car door. If the young woman gets in, bring her home. She gets in. The seventeen-year-old sex trafficking victim learns that with help from her new friends, the journey to a new life is possible, even if a little bumpy. It is a heartwarming story that covers some of the challenges the ...

Oak Harbor is a 168 year old plantation house in North Carolina that has been shrouded in mysteries since it was built. Millions of dollars have been stolen from the family trust. Murder, suicide, and violent death has stalked each generation that has owned the old estate. Some long-term residents believe that the house is cursed since it is rumored to have been built over a Tuscarora burial ground. Others believe that the evil goes back to the man who built the house, Dupree Durant. He was rumored to have been a pirate and sadistic slave owner who murdered for his own pleasure. The ...

Fifteen-year-old Meredith hoped to never again see her father, who did something unspeakable to her. But after only three years in jail, he's coming back home - and she's terrified. Critically acclaimed young adult author Laura Wiess' novel deals frankly with the sensitive subject of child abuse.

If you're a fan of Pretty Little Liars or The Lying Game by Sara Shepard or any of the RL Stine thrillers then check out this book! Chloe is excited about spending her senior year of high school in California with her friend Jake's family. Even the usual dread of being the new girl can't bring her down. That is, until she stumbles across the dead body of the most popular girl in school, Lora Kelly. Now she's receiving threatening notes...will she be next? Everyone is a suspect. There's her childhood friend Jake, who she's known forever and there's his girlfriend, Kate, who is insanely ...

On the outside, Ruby’s a normal college student. On the inside? She’s something else completely. Magic pulses in Ruby’s veins. She’s terrified to unleash it…but she may not have a choice. Ruby never realized there was something different about her. It turns out not every girl has a dragon as a best friend. Now that she’s in college, the call to magic is getting stronger. She knows that she has powers, but she has no idea how to control them. With both her parents gone, she has no answers to the question of who she really is. Until a dark and handsome stranger from another world ...

When Jo-Lynn Kirby ‘s former best friend—pretty, nice Maddie Price—comes to her claiming to be in trouble, Jo assumes it's some kind of joke. After all, Jo has been an outcast ever since her nude photos were leaked—and since everyone decided she deserved it. There’s no way Maddie would actually come to her for help. But then Maddie is gone. As Jo digs deeper into Maddie’s disappearance, she’s left to wonder who she’s really searching for: Maddie, or the girl she used to be.

Evie Barnes is a bad girl. So are all her friends. They’re the sort who wear bold makeup, laugh too loud, and run around with boys. Most of all, they protect their own against the world. So when Evie is saved from a sinister encounter by a good girl from the “right” side of the tracks, every rule she’s always lived by is called into question. Now she must redefine what it means to be a bad girl and rethink everything she knew about loyalty.

A destructive magic, a corrupt regime, an insidious plot...and the rogue who stood in the way. "Engaging from start to finish. I was constantly wanting to read what was going to happen next." - Amazon ★★★★★ Meet Lyra: An orphan A thief A liar A bard A warrior A princess ...A rogue When tragedy strikes, Lyra runs for her life...directly into the hands of fate. Destiny places her at the heart of a plot to overthrow the rulers of Issalia. She must help thwart this twisted scheme. Joined by a man armed with powerful magic and a soldier who wields an enchanted weapon, the trio must ...

A rebellious young woman. A beloved companion. Can they survive the horrors of a post-apocalyptic world?Kimberly and her beloved dog Kaya grow up in an underground military base during a nuclear apocalypse. They are more than anxious to explore the new world now that the radiation levels have subsided, but there are evils inside the base that might be greater than what exists on the surface. Are the teen and her loyal pet ready to face the dangers and horrors of what was left behind? Bestselling author Scott W. Kimak spins another tale of love, loss, and suspense in this breathtaking ...

Echo Brown is a wizard from the East Side, where apartments are small and parents suffer addictions to the white rocks. Yet there is magic...everywhere. New portals begin to open when Echo transfers to the rich school on the West Side, and an insightful teacher becomes a pivotal mentor. Each day, Echo travels between two worlds, leaving her brothers, her friends, and a piece of herself behind on the East Side. There are dangers to leaving behind the place that made you.

Monique is a preacher’s daughter who detests the impossible rules of her religion. Everyone expects her to wait until marriage, so she has no one to turn to when she discovers that she physically can’t have sex. After two years of trying and failing, her boyfriend breaks up with her. To win him back, Monique teams up with straight-laced church girl Sasha—who is surprisingly knowledgeable about Monique’s condition—as well as Reggie, the misunderstood bad boy who always makes a ruckus at church, and together they embark upon a top-secret search for the cure.

Great Price for the Weekend!!! I was only fantasizing about the man of the house ... until ... well ... he caught me! Bratty and college-bound, Hayley is an eighteen-year-old crushing on the man of the house, but she's keeping hush-hush and not planning to actually act on it . . .until the man of the house catches her . . . She's stunned and excited at the same time. But that's just the beginning, and the worst is yet to come: When she and the man of the house are caught in the act by the lady of the house, all hell breaks loose! Because of new content guidelines, Amazon won't let me go ...

Seventeen-year-old Peyton Lane is a tall girl. So tall, it's the only thing most people notice about her. On impulse, she accepts a bet to prove she can be as attractive and desirable as other girls. Now she just needs to go on four dates (including the prom) with one of the guys on her very short list of very tall boys.

Margo Zimmerman is gay, but she didn’t know until now. An overachiever at heart, Margo is determined to ace her newly discovered gayness. All she needs is the right tutor. Abbie Sokoloff has her own gayness down to a science. But a flunking grade in US History is threatening her acceptance to her dream school. All she needs is the right tutor. Margo agrees to help Abbie get her history grade up in exchange for “Queer 101” lessons. But as they spend more and more time together, Margo realizes she doesn’t want just any girl—she wants the girl.

Rael wakes to find herself at an unexpected crossroads in her young life. She has come on vacation to Europe in hopes of forgetting about the past, including failing at the most critical thing in her life: skiing. Of course, at sixteen nearly everything can feel like the most important thing in your life at any moment. Still, Rael is pretty sure training for six years and losing her big race by a tenth of a second is the lowest possible point her life can reach. Well, she was sure of that—until she wakes up in a stone room, alone, bound by rope, and in the care of a vampire. A situation ...

The summer Berie was 15, she and her best friend, Sils, had jobs at Storyland in upstate New York where Berie sold tickets to see the beautiful Sils portray Cinderella in a strapless evening gown. They spent their breaks smoking, joking, and gossiping. After work they followed their own reckless rules. But no matter how wild, they always managed to escape any real danger - until the adoring Berie sees that Sils really does need her help - and then everything changes.

The winner will be crowned Ambassador’s Bride. The losers will meet certain death. When you’re living inside a dwarf planet in the cold abyss of space, life is only easy if you’re rich. 17-year-old Marishel Vance works as a seamstress – but when she’s selected to compete in a brutal contest for the Ambassador’s hand in marriage, she’s quickly catapulted into a life-threatening struggle. Marishel hates the idea of fighting for some stuck-up rich guy – no matter how handsome he is. But after her attempts are thwarted, she becomes desperate to find a way to end the Blood Match ...