Kirjahaku

An ex-con. A tandem bicycle. And a bike trip through the mountains. Not exactly the ideal conditions for a father-son trip. Fourteen-year-old Zeke Taylor lives to race his BMX bike around a dirt track. Not pedal through the mountains from the back seat of a tandem. Especially when the guy in the captain's seat is an ex-con. Zeke's father, a.k.a. the druggie, spent the last seven years in prison. Now that he's free, the druggie wants to make up for lost time.Zeke agrees to the tandem trip only to escape the alternative - his mother's latest boyfriend, Cowboy.Father and son can barely bike two blocks without killing each other. Four days on a tandem will test their rocky relationship. Can the two put the past behind them? Or will the trip destroy any hope for reconciliation?

Her crimes didn't rank as felonies.A mishap on the middle school basketball court. A prank. And a food fight.When Teegan Miller's position is threatened by the new girl on the basketball team, Teegan wants her adversary eliminated.Instead Coach suspends Teegan from the team and challenges her to volunteer at a soup kitchen where mystery shrouds more than the meat.The nameless faces at the soup kitchen force Teegan to confront hunger in the most unlikely of places-her own neighborhood and the basketball court. She meets a lonely old soldier with a traumatic past and discovers her teammate is hiding an awful secret.Will Teegan help her rival even if it means losing the season's final game?

Twelve months is a lifetime.Especially when each day is a land mine of panic attacks and fear. Josie's father, the Maj, is headed to a war zone. To combat her loneliness, Josie (a.k.a. Rooster) accepts 12 challenges left by the Maj in a yearlong geocache hunt. When one of the challenges tests Rooster, she is confronted with the issue of homelessness. Her friend Bronwyn is battling another war. Surviving life on the streets.Suddenly homelessness has a face. And sometimes fighting the enemy isn't the only battle in war.Do Bronwyn and her sister finally escape life on the run?Will the Maj survive combat and return home?

Life on the run came with a whole set of rules.Trust no one. Always have an escape plan.Show no fear.Then there was the alias. She hated the thought of changing her name. Mama had chosen it to commemorate a tower in a castle from her honeymoon-years before alcohol turned her father into a monster. Long before she and Mama and the baby had to flee for their lives.But if survival meant losing her identity, she would become anonymous. The girl without a name.

Broken limbs heal in eight weeks. What happens when your brain gets busted?Jason's best friend died the day of the bike accident. The guy who woke up from the coma is nothing like the old Logan. His memory has more holes than Swiss cheese, and he can't count to ten. Doc explains the changes in Logan come from a traumatic brain injury. But words don't make dealing with Logan or his condition any easier. He's more impulsive than a toddler, and his black moods strain the boys' friendship. To cope, Jason turns to his sketchbook. PB, Logan's tutor, encourages Jason. Together, they help Logan face a painfully slow recovery. When circumstances threaten to tear the friends apart, PB offers a solution. The catch: Jason must train for BRAN, an organized bike ride, and Logan has to get on a bike again.Jason reluctantly agrees only to battle flat tires, bad weather, and road hazards. Logan struggles against his uncooperative brain and unresponsive body. Relearning to walk is challenge enough. How can he ever ride a bike?Will the two friends give up? Or will Jason and Logan let adversity take them on the ride of their lives? ." . . a spectacular read. A rare combination of an experience that must-be-told and a story that can't-be-put down."-Kathy Mackel, author of Can of Worms, Mad Cat, Boost

Mia hates being caught in a game of tug of war. Torn between popularity and her longtime friends, she's tired of being jerked back and forth. Then a car accident rocks Mia's world, changing everything.Her appearance.Her social standing.Her confidence.Rejected and afraid, Mia longs to disappear. Her friend Bronwyn tries to help, but she has big problems of her own. Her abusive father has broken his restraining order. Now Bronwyn and her sister are terrorized by the thought he will hurt them again.While Bronwyn faces the trial of her life, Mia must choose between fear or following her dreams. Will anxiety paralyze both girls, or will they learn to embrace life again?