Pepper, a young private investigator, has a gift. She has the gift to be able to talk to the "other side". (The dead) Pepper meets a young scientist named Dan who wants to do studies on her brain. He is looking for somebody who can communicate with the dead. His wife, Madeline, was mugged and killed by mentally ill guy. When Pepper gets sent on a business trip in place of her boss, she visits the Gerard Clinic, a mentally ill facility, run by Hillton Gerard, and she finds out the truth. If a mentally ill person goes in, they never come back out.
Henry Smith's father always told him that if you build your house far enough away from Trouble, then Trouble will never find you. ...but Trouble did find Henry. It came in and took his brother when it left. Trouble left Henry with nothing, nothing but a dirty black dog to take care of. Henry only has one choice, to leave. He goes to climb Mount Katahdin and attemps to cross the Knife Edge and get to the peak of the mountain. It turns out that the mountain teaches him some things, but does Henry listen to the lesson or ignore it?
When the Snow Fell is a book about a boy named Joel Gustafson. He decides to make his own New Year resolutions. They are, to live to be at least one-hundred years old, set his eyes on the sea, and to see a naked lady. He makes these resolutions in the church grave yard. After he made the resolutions he ran into Lars Olson's grave, a boy who died at the age of fourteen. Joel was almost fourteen. Throughout the book he thinks about Lars and what he would've done if he wouldn't have died at such a young age. Joel has a lot on his mind throughout the book.
One new text message; Is it possible to have five best friends? Well I made it so it's not. -A There are five girls, Ali the most popular girl at Rosewood Day, Spencer who's wondering if she's adopted, Aria who just can't help but like her old teacher, Emily who likes girls but has a boyfriend, and Hannah that in her opinion has the wrost step-sister ever. These girls have a sleepover at Spencer's house and Ali decides to meet her "secret boyfriend" Ian, that is older.
