The book starts off with a regular family that lives on a farm. A neighbor hurts his arm and they both need to get help to run their farms which were their livelihoods. Jacob, who was once a slave, came to help with the farm to earn enough money to free his family. Some people did not like that. (Slaves had just been freed.) The family has a hard time with some people in town that will threaten their very lives. Will Jacob’s family ever be free?
<p>16 year old Rosalind has been awoken from a sleep in her stasis chamber. She soon finds out that she has slept for 62 years through a terrible time! The last thing she remembers is that she and her mother were having a fight and her mother put her in the chamber. She wakes up to find her parents and her beloved boyfriend gone. As she is adjusting to new technology and people someone tries to kill her. Who wants her dead? As this unfolds she learns about her parents true intentions for her.</p>
Whispers at Moonrise started out with Kylie Galen, the main character, finding out that she's a chameleon, a supernatural able to change her species. Oh, ya, shes also seeing her camp leader's ghost, Holiday, except Holiday isn't dead. Along her quest to find herself and the reason behind the ghost, she finds more people like her, and she also finds out about the murder of Holiday's twin sister and two others. Near the end of the novel, Kylie finds the murderer a little too late, and ends up bringing her back from the dead.
Fitz is any normal teenager boy, one thing is different about him though, he has never met his father. His father left him when he was a baby. So Fitz decides to do some sleuthing and figures out that he lives in the same town as his dad. So Fitz makes the perfect plan-to kidnap his father. Because what person wouldn’t talk to you if you have a gun in your hand?
Katy is a teenage girl. Her younger sister, Celeste, has a strange habit of throwing off her clothes and running away. Her father believes it has something to do with Olena, a Native American woman who tells the girls stories about the ancient powers of the world. When the government sends a teacher to make the natives ‘civilized’, Katy and Celeste go to learn as well. As it nears time for the natives’ traditional dances, several natives try to convince the girls to come and dance with them. However, the white settlers don’t approve of t
Ever since her older brother died a few months ago, Scarlett's life has been falling apart. Her mom sleeps all day, her dad is distant and she has stopped eating. The only thing that brings Scarlett joy is riding her horse around the secluded island on which she lives. That is, until she meets Will. Will and his father moved to Catalina Island from Connecticut, which is exciting news for the residents of their small town. For some reason, Will and Scarlett are drawn to each other and it may be because of a secret Will is hiding.
Heather Conrad is supposed to just house-sit her ex-boss' new home, except when she arrives, her ex-boss tells her that she is watching her seven-year-old daughter, Izzy, as well as the house. Then one day, Heather and Izzy go to a coffee shop, and they meet a guy named Ryan. Before long, Heather, Izzy, and Ryan are good friends. But soon, things become creepy......
Jules just wants to be normal; to blend in. But that’s hard to do when you see visions, or to be more exact, one vision over and over again. When she goes to the movies, she sees an extra trailer; when she watches TV, she sees an extra commercial. In her vision, a snow plow hits a building and explodes. Just when Jules thinks she’s got it under control, it gets worst. In every window, the scene plays out, and worst, she keeps seeing the boy she’s loved dead body. Everyone thinks she’s insane, but the clock is running out to stop the crash.
