The Cay

A tense and compulsive survival story of a young boy and an old man adrift on the ocean, then marooned on a tiny, deserted island. It is also a fascinating study of the relationship between Phillip, white, American, and influenced by his mother's prejudices, and the black man upon whom Phillip's life depends.

Children's Books

TAYLOR, Theodore

Action & Adventure

Avon Flare

Following his true love Telien into far reaches of Time, Ramad of the Wolves is followed in turn by the Seer Skeelie, who also loves him. A Kindle edition of this book is available in an omnibus titled The Runestone of Eresu.

Caves of Fire and Ice ( The Children of Ynell, Book 4 )

Shirley Rousseau Murphy

December Stillness

QUESTIONS
Sensitive and idealistic fifteen-year-old Kelly McAllisterfeels at odds with everyone around her. Her best friendhas suddenly turned boy crazy. Her talented mothercreates greeting card designs instead of real art, andher father never talks to her about anything exceptworking hard and getting ahead.
That's why Kelly becomes so involved in the plight of ahomeless Vietnam vet who takes refuge in the libraryeach day. Interviewing him began as a Social Studiesproject, but it takes on new meaning after her offers offood and friendship backfire into a real disaster.What had the war done to destroy this man? And whathad it done to her own father, who had been to thesame war ... and refuses to speak of it?

Teen & Young Adult

Hahn, Mary Downing

Literature & Fiction

The Bomb

Shortly after the first atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, World War II came to and, and the terrible reality of the atomic age began . . .
Sixteen-year-old Sorry Rinamu has lived on the Bikini Atoll in the western Pacific all his life. Now the United States government wants to use his home as a site for atomic weapons tests. The islanders are told that they must leave weapon tests. The islanders are told that they must leave the island in the interest of world peace but can return when the island in the interest of world peace but can return when the land is safe again. Sorry doesnt believe the story. He is sure that radioactive fallout will poison the warm blue waters and beautiful white sand beaches, and Bikini Atoll will be lost to its people forever. Sorry knows that he has no choice but stop this disaster before it starts -- even if it means standing alone against the U.S. military, and risking his own life to save his ancestral land.

When she falls in love with Jake, Kate wants to make sure nothing ever separates them, but Jake harbors a secret that makes him try to persuade Kate to stay away from him

Kate Finds Love (Making Out #19)

Applegate, Katherine