The book Willow is about a young slave named Willow. Willow is a stable girl. She helps around the stable instead of in the fields. Willow's mother is gone and her dad is hardly ever there. Tiny is a friend of Willows. She doesn't work in the field because she is too tiny. Tiny mostly sews. Willow slowly makes her way to freedom in the book when she meets Cajo.
Michelle Pearce is a 17 year old girl with a life that is out of the ordinary. She has a "loving" mother and an okay paying job. Her grades are (from her point of view) alright, but her counselor says different. Everything in Michelle's life is average until a tall, poor (but handsome) man walks through the door of her job. From that day on Michelle's life goes on an emotional rollercoaster ride. Things may turn out for the better, but then again, they may not.
Once Upon A Road Trip tells us the story of recently graduated Angie. As soon as her high school graduation is over, Angie embarks on a cross country road trip to not only meet her many internet friends, but to hopefully find herself as well
In the second book of the Alice in Zombieland, Alice Bell faces more challenges and relationships. When bitten by another slayer that had been bitten by a zombie, Alice was not the same. In mirrors, she does not see herself, but a zombie image of herself. Having zombie thoughts, hunger, and even zombie feelings, how can she control herself to not attack those she loves. More importantly, how can she destroy the zombie within without destroying herself as well. Her relationship with Cole is fading, and a new boy gets in the picture.
Gwen Frost has returned stronger than ever in the fifth addition to the Mythos Academy series. Just when she thought she had a break from Loki’s minions, a Reaper appears in the Library of Antiquities and attempts to poison her. Instead of killing Gwen, the Reaper accidentally poisons Nickamedes, the head librarian. With her boyfriend, Logan, gone and unreachable, Gwen is more unsure of her actions and decisions than ever, yet she musters on in the hope she’ll be able to find the antidote. Will she be able to find it in time, or will she perish in the search?
With two parents, Mona and Evan, a teenage brother, and a friend she has had since third grade, Charis Parks seems like a normal girl. She even thinks she is a normal girl! Let's just say that she gets quite the surprise. After finding a little statuette in her backpack, then being told it is really the goddess Nike in a miniature form by the truly lovely Athena from her dreams, and that her favorite substitute teacher, Mr. Papadakis is really Erichthonius, the son of Athena and Hephaestus and (weird alert!) has a snake for a leg, Charis is weirded out!
Have you ever felt like someone's out to ruin your life? If you have, then you know exactly how Lane Cisco is feeling when her weird cousin comes to visit.
Lane is just starting to love her life, at home and school. But when her cousin Mint comes to stay for a long visit, she snags the boys that Lane and her friends Ava, Rachael, and Lucia like. To make matters worse, she becomes as popular as Lane in a mere month!
Main character, Leigh, has just lost her mother. As if that isn't enough, on the day of her mother's funeral, she sees the ghost of a cheerleader. Now, on top of grieving for her mother and trying to play a maternal role for her younger sister, she has to make sure that her mother won't come back from the dead, like Sarah the cheerleader did. When in the cemetery, she meets Tram, a seventeen-year-old without parents, who warns her not to give gifts to the dead and isn't exactly what he seems like at first glance.
I read the book KizzyAnn Stamps by Jeri Watts. The book is set at a time when African Amercan children are just beginning to get to go to integrated schools. KizzyAnn is very excited about getting to going to a white school but her brother thinks that they should not go to the same school as white kids because white people are usually mean to them. KizzyAnn' s teacher at her old school tells her class that they are going to write to their new teacher to tell them about themselves.
This novel explores relationship problems and worries. The main character, Hidly, has some hard times getting a boyfriend. She finally gets a boyfriend, Connor, and he really cares about her. She bends over backwards trying to make him happy and not let her suspicious friends know that there is anything wrong with her relationship with Connor. Until, finally, Connor goes a step too far and Hildy sees the truth at last.
