Kategoria BISAC: Young Adult Fiction >> Religious - Christian - Relationships

When the new doctor's family moves in across the street, Glen is happy to show the son, Charlie, around the small town. With his good looks, charisma, athletic ability, and sports car, Charlie soon has the whole town in his corner.

Except Nicole, the prettiest girl in town (and the pastor's daughter), who has no intention of dating Charlie. No matter how often he asks her. Or Luke, Glen's best friend since kindergarten, who dislikes Charlie on sight and longs to wipe that smile off his face

As Glen sidesteps the hostility between Luke and Charlie and assists Charlie in his...

After going out with a girl Charlie wanted, Glen knows he'll have to stand up to Charlie or be labeled a coward. For now, though, he's happy his friend Luke has volunteered to be his bodyguard.

After being positive she has no interest in Charlie, Nicole wonders why it bothers her when he spends time with her best friend Joyce? Or with annoying Marta? Nicole isn't jealous. Is she?

When Luke is injured in a serious car accident and Charlie saves his life, Nicole is more confused than ever and Glen is knocked completely off-balance. It takes a stray dog and a small group started...

Glen struggles to figure out how to act around Nicole, who is now dating Charlie, and Nicole's best friend, Joyce, who Glen is now dating. At the same time, he looks for ways to encourage Luke, who's recovering from a very serious accident, and tries to avoid Marta, who needs more help than he can offer. As if he doesn't have enough going on, Glen wonders if the anonymous letters he's getting are a prank or something more sinister.

Meanwhile, Nicole wonders if she's made a mistake, and begins to question what she's been taught by her church.

In the end, with the help of their...

As he tries to finish up his last year of school and decide on his future, Glen is distracted by the needs of his friends. He juggles his complex, often puzzling, connections with Nicole, Joyce, and Marta; spends a lot of time and energy helping Luke cope with his new way of life; and struggles to get along with Charlie.

Meanwhile, Nicole realizes she's going to have to make the hardest decision of her life.

In order to survive, Glen clings to God and relies on his small group for help. To his surprise, he finds himself saying and doing things he'd never have imagined. And he...

After losing his girlfriend and realizing his life is going nowhere fast, eighteen-year-old tough guy Shane Donahue wonders if being alive is worth it.

A classmate suggests God could turn his life around, and Shane figures he might as well give it a try--he's got nothing to lose. Until he's arrested for a serious crime and has to decide whether to fight or pray

The author of this book was presented with a plaque and a "Deeds Speak" certificate from then York Region Police Chief Armand P. LaBarge for the "contribution to facilitating positive change within...

When Chelsea Martin's future stepmother helps her transform from gawky and geeky into the hottest girl at her new school, Chelsea is pretty sure it's the best thing that ever happened to her. But her hot new look has a downside. She's attracting lots of guys who all have one thing in common: they're jerks. And stealing the attention of all the guys in school doesn't endear her to the girls either.

Chelsea finally finds a true friend in Janelle Parker, and a non-jerk, Nicholas, catches her eye. Janelle keeps telling her to be herself, but Nicholas is the only guy around who doesn't give...

A mission trip to Mexico, dating problems, and the subject of racism are concerns as Caitlin's search for spirituality, truth and meaning continues.

In this emotional sequel to "Diary of a Teenage Girl, " Caitlin O'Conner faces new trials as she grows in her faith and strives to maintain the recent commitments she's made to God.

Fifteen-year-old Maya Stark seems to have it all fame, fortune, a Beverly Hills lifestyle, and an eighties pop star dad who s making a comeback. But looks can be deceiving, and on the inside, Maya is miserable. Her parents are divorced, her dad is away on tour, and being biracial, she struggles with her identity. Then, to make matters worse, her mother has returned to using drugs and is quickly depleting their finances. In a plan to become emancipated from her messed-up mom, Maya takes a job on Rodeo Drive. Selling designer clothes compromises Maya s earth-friendly green girl values, but she...

In the fictional Diary of a Teenage Girl, sixteen-year-old Caitlin O'Conner reveals the inner workings of a girl caught between childhood and womanhood ... an empty life without Christ and a meaningful one with Him. Through Caitlin's candid journal entries we see her grapple with such universal teen issues as peer pressure, loyalty, conflict with parents, the longing for a boyfriend, and her own spirituality.
Follow Caitlin O'Conner, a girl much like yourself, as she makes her way from New Year's to the first day of summer -- surviving a challenging home life, changing friends, school...

Koji was always reaching for stars.

As the newest member of his angelic order, Koji is eager to learn what it means to be an Observer. But looking and listening lead to trouble when he spots danger and overhears secrets. Heaven's archivists weren't made for battle, but Koji will need a warrior's courage to be ready for the unusual plans God has in store. A prequel to Christa Kinde's Threshold Series Zonderkidz]. Includes an exclusive epilogue: "The Girl in the Orchard"

Excerpt: In the far reaches of the universe, in the nurseries of...