Lila is a relatively normal girl living in Ladder Falls, Massachusetts, who cares lovingly for her sick, single mother. When her mother's cancer becomes too powerful, Lila is left with a funeral and an uncaring father who lives on the opposite coast. Lila is quickly sent to live with her father, Lionel, as much as she despises him. At first, Lila can't understand why he would use his talent of photography to capture pictures of movie stars and sell them to the media.
Mary Magdelene is a young girl living with her family. They do sardine packing, and are fairly middle class. When Mary's family asks her to marry, she is overjoyed. But then a fever takes the lives of her father and her betrothed. Mary'solder brother finds her another husband, but this one is not so satisfactory. Mary learns "tricks" from a wise woman to help her bear her troubles in that terrible household. Marysoon kills her husband when she becomes evil and demented by spirits. Will Mary ever rid herself of the spirits?
Lorelei is the average teenage girl, living in a small town with her grandparents. Her parents' strange disappearance 10 years ago was simply put down as an unusual accident. But when a strange boy starts following her, she starts to wonder if there is something more going on. She quickly realizes that Cameron, her follower, is not a normal teenage boy, and the handsome Jared Kovach confirms her suspicions when he appears at her school. Before long, odd things start happening around Lorelei, and everything seems to be happening because of the two boys.
eBully is a book about a girl who is being bullied online. Nobody knows who the bully is because it's all on the computer. This had happened before, and the victim had tried to kill herself. Now, the vice principal hires a juvenile delinquent to find out more about it. Even combined with the efforts of the victim's friends, will they find the culprit?
This is a true story. Kamila Al-Shaykh, the author's mother, lived in Lebanon. Kamila's father left her family when she was young. Soon after, Kamila, her mother, and her brother moved to Beirut, the capitol. There, they lived with an old, strict family. When Kamila's sister, Manifa dies, Kamila is promised to Manifa's widower at the tender age of nine. At 13, she is married against her will to Abu-Hasan, Manifa's widower. She gives birth to her first child at age 15,but she does not love Abu-Hasan. She loves Muhammud, a 17-year old boy.
