Mara
10 best books like Mara (Richard Denney): Endgame, Praying For Rain, Forty Days, Sacred Scars, Into the Water, George Balanchine: The Ballet Maker, Where Snowflakes Dance and Swear: Inside the Land of Ballet, Tenderness, The Indie Eclective: The Halloween Collection, Fireflies
| Author | Nancy Garden |
| ISBN | 0152054162 |
A new town, a new school, a new start. That's what fourteen-year-old Gray Wilton believes as he chants, "It's gonna be better, gonna be better here." But it doesn't take long for Gray to realize that nothing's going to change--there are bullies in every school, and he's always their punching bag. Their...
4 STARS
Alrighty, then! Jay Kristoff does not believe in happy endings. I get it now! What is it with male authors I read lately who love to brake your heart at the end of their stories?(Pierce Brown, I'm looking right at ya!) Am I drawn subconsciously to such endings? Hmp ...
Praying...
The entire village knows Neima’s grandfather is a madman. For years the old man has prophesied that a great flood is coming, a flood disastrous enough to blot out the entire earth. He’s even built an enormous ark that he claims will allow his family to survive the deluge. But no one believes the ravings...
| Author | Kathleen Duey |
| ISBN | 0689840950 |
Sadima, Franklin, and Somiss, driven out of Limòri by a suspicious fire, are living in a cave hidden within the cliffs that overlook the city. Somiss is convinced the dark passages of the caves were the home of ancient magicians, and his obsession with restoring magic deepens. Sadima dreams of escape...
| Author | Diane Fanning |
| ISBN | 0312985266 |
To authorities she spilled the shocking details of a night of horror. It was the lead they'd been desperate for in a multi-state manhunt for an elusive serial killer. Where the witness took them was to the last man anyone would have suspected.
Richard Marc Evonitz was beloved by friends and family....
George Balanchine: The Ballet Maker
| Author | Robert Gottlieb |
| ISBN | 0060750707 |
Written by the gifted author, editor, and dance critic Robert Gottlieb, George Balanchine describes the life and art of the celebrated, revolutionary ballet choreographer. Here is a necessary and singular look at the life of one of the great figures of the 20th Century: the dynamic Balanchine, founder...
Where Snowflakes Dance and Swear: Inside the Land of Ballet
In a scuffed-up studio, a veteran dancer transmits the magic of an eighty-year-old ballet to a performer barely past drinking age. In a converted barn, an indomitable teacher creates ballerinas as she has for more than half a century. In a monastic mirrored room, dancers from as near as New Jersey and...
| Author | Robert Cormier |
| ISBN | 0385731337 |
Eighteen-year-old Eric has just been released from juvenile detention for murdering his parents. Now he's looking for tenderness--tenderness he finds in killing girls. Fifteen-year-old Lori has run away from home again. Emotionally naive and sexually precocious, she is also looking for tenderness--tenderness...
The Indie Eclective: The Halloween Collection
The Indie Eclective: What is it, who are they, and why can they spell neither “eclectic” nor “collective” correctly? The Indie Eclective is an ensemble of authors operating under the assumption that Readers like Good Books. The Halloween Collection showcases spooky reads from nine very...
4.5 Stars
Few stories have drawn me in as quickly as this lovely short story. Simple words such as 'siren' and 'shelter' throw so much meaning, it brings a great ominous light over the remainder of the story without going overboard.
It was SO SIMPLE. The world could become this. That...
| Author | Joe Schreiber |
| ISBN | 0547601174 |
When Perry ends up in Venice on a European tour with his band Inchworm, he can’t resist a visit to Harry’s Bar, where Gobi told him she’d meet him someday. The last time he saw Gobi, five people were assassinated one crazy night in New York City. Well . . . Gobi shows up, and once again Perry is roped into...
| Author | James A. Perez |
| ISBN | 9780989176 |
Maia Peterson was expecting the summer after seventh grade to be rather ordinary. All she had to look forward to was practicing lacrosse and playing her guitar. But when a fire damages the Peterson home, a secret is revealed that lands Maia halfway across the world in Greece. There, she meets a boy who...
Prelude to Darkness is out of print as of 3/31/15 due to publisher closing its doors.
Watch LynnRush.com for updates on a possible reprint and new/upcoming books.
For a slave, hope is a dangerous thing.
Margaret Rousseau dreams of freedom from a life of servitude. When a mysterious...
Mikayel lives by one rule—obey the orders of the angelic Council at all costs. That is, until he and his friends, Azza and Demi, are sent to Earth. Assigned as Watchers while they await their decision of which angelic order to serve, the three assume the bodies of teenagers and experience life as human....
Seventeen-year-old Aden Mather and his sister Fawn have been on the run from the city Mayor since their parents were executed for keeping their abilities a secret. It's been six years and Aden and Fawn are returning to their beloved city to seek vengeance for their parents demise.
Will they...
This book is currently out of print.
The covetous man pines in plenty...
Nineteen and suicidal, Jessica Abrahams is in no state to be left on her own, let alone attend an upper-tier university. Her snobby parents disagree, and send her packing in spite of her - and her psychiatrist's...
| Author | V.C. Andrews |
| ISBN | 0743448685 |
This isn't an awful work, but it's not good either. This short story was written by Andrew Neiderman, and is supposed to be based off one of the pictures that Ms. Andrews painted before her death.
Being a fan of VCA, I was eager to grab this when it was first released back then, this was before the...
Bill is such an interesting character. He doesnt say much, but he is always there for Eve, like a brother. I dont know if this ever mentioned how old he was. I dont think it did, but I am still thinking he is like an older brother. Its hard to imagine that he was once in prison. I wonder what he was in for. Sounds...
| Author | Allison van Diepen |
| ISBN | 1442463112 |
A teen infiltrates a drug ring to settle a vendetta in this fast-paced novel from the author of Street Pharm and Snitch.
Darren took the fall for Diamond Tony, the notorious head of the city’s drug cartel. Two years later, Darren’s finally out of juvie—and determined to get even.
Working...
Love Hurts: The True Story of a Teen Romance, a Vicious Plot, and a Family Murdered
| Author | Keith Elliot Greenberg |
| ISBN | 0312943601 |
Alba, Texas. In 2008, Terry Caffey, a home health care aide and aspiring preacher, was asleep in his bedroom when he woke up to a barrage of bullets. His wife, Penny, was killed instantly. With blood pouring from five bullet wounds, among other serious injuries, Terry tried—but failed—to save his...
The Black Illuminati is real... if you don't believe ...ask Jamal When twenty- four year old Jamal Hopkins lost his mother to breast cancer.... ...it was like he lost his soul. Virginia Hopkins raised her son the best way she could. Now it's up to Jamal to find his way in this cold world alone, or fall victim...
| Author | Donna Burgess |
| ISBN | 1477458999 |
On the eve of winter Solstice, a massive flash envelopes the Earth and then there is nothing. The sun no longer shines and civilization is plunged into unending darkness. Those exposed to the mysterious flash have changed-they have become bloodthirsty, cunning, and determined to devour anyone who...
