Alexandra Jennings already has an unusual life. Her parents are archeologists and they travel the world. Alex’s parents decide to send her to a boarding school, well more of a bored-ing school. They drop her off and head to the conveniently isolated and technology-less Siberia. After Alex is pushed into a fountain she wills herself to be anywhere else. She opens a door and falls straight into Medora, the sister world to earth with more advanced technology and people with powers called Gifts.
Devin Rhodes—beautiful, sassy, and precocious. At least, that is what her best friend Cass thinks. Devin and Cass have been through everything, through thick and thin, they were there for each other. They were best friends forever. But when Devin is found dead, Cass feels guilty.
The Confounding Case of the Climate Crisis is about the effects of climate change. Anita and Benson, who are the main characters, travel with their school class to the greenhouse for a field trip. However, something sinisterly strange begins to occur. The class guide is ranting and raving about Carbon Dioxide. Suddenly, in a bizarre turn of events, Anita and Benson find themselves on a world wide, time-travel mission to discover the secrets of climate change. Upon their return, they face the guide with the facts they discovered about climate change.
Decked in tacky pink paint and white trim, the Cake House sticks out in its quiet Los Angeles neighborhood. It’s a house that demands attention, but what happens inside goes far beyond an ugly color scheme. The unusual home hides a mess of antiques and family dysfunction, and at the heart of it is thirteen-year-old Rosaura Douglas. She’s a plain girl; the only unique things about her are her circumstances.
Few events ignite more horror and shock than a school shooting. News sources cover the story constantly, and everyone’s heart goes out to the families of the victims. But what about the family of the shooter? Junior Alys Aronson’s perfectly structured life shatters as soon as her older brother begins firing shots in their quiet Wisconsin high school, killing many, including himself.
Devin Rhodes is dead…sort of. Ever since the burial of Cass’ best friend, the beautiful and boy-crazy Devin Rhodes, Cass has had the feeling of being haunted. From the slight chill in the air to the touch of hands wrapping around her neck, Cass knows that Devin is back… and she wants something.
This is a book about a girl named Jacinda. If there is one thing everyone knows about her, it's that she loves horses. Jacinda's parents won't let her get her own horse, but that doesn't keep her away from horses, especially when she decides to volunteer at Sunnybrook Therapeutic Horse Farm. Jacinda spends many of her Saturdays and summer days at Sunnybrook. One day while volunteering, a sick, malnourished horse is brought in as a rescue. Jacinda finds herself volunteering to be the horse's primary caretaker (not owner).
Summarizing a novel is a lot like graphing a line: you plot a few points and trust your readers to fill in the rest. Over the course of Earthshine, however, Chad T. Douglas intertwines so many conflicts and characters that the novel's plot bears more resemblance to a ball of yarn than a line connecting A and B. The novel's core conflict, however, revolves around protagonist Benni's search for meaning and recovery after receiving cybertronic, "transhuman" implants following a zero-gravity freak accident.
The Ghost Keys, islands located around the Bermuda Triangle, are mysterious and a bit crazy for Rain. She's a thirteen year-old girl with two best friends, Charlie and Miranda. Rain's family owns an inn, where many tourists stay. A new family arrives with three children: Wendy, John, and Michael. However, the little kids are brats. When Rain is asked to babysit, she takes them along with her friends to the beach. There they meet a manatee and six dolphins. Under the manatee skin is a beautiful woman named Aycayia.
