Kirjahaku

Senior prom is the happiest night of Gabi's life. Her crush has just revealed that he is every bit as infatuated with her as she is with him. When he has a car wreck and is transported to the hospital in a coma, Gabi feels as if she's taken a knife to the heart. But his jealous cousin, Rose, sees her chance to give the knife an even harder twist. She convinces Gabi to meet her at a local parking spot outside town. It's a night that will change several lives forever. One of the girls will return, and one will become known as the remains in the pond.

What would you do if a phantom needed your help? When a small plane crashes behind Jase's rural home, strange things begin to happen. But no one believes him. After all, there's no such thing as a ghost, right? Then he sees his classmate, whose nickname is Stevie-girl, about to enter the legendary haunted house. He knows if anyone can help him solve the mystery, she's the one.

Just as a new student with Tourette syndrome arrives at their school, Stevie and Jase also become aware of the presence of a ghost. Do the two instances have something to do with one another?When the new student falls prey to the school bullies, Stevie knows they must act. But will they be too late, or will a tragic moment in their school's history be repeated on Halloween night?

Stevie and her best friend, Jase, are phantom magnets. Whenever they are together, the doorway between this world and the next swings slightly open. The summer his parents treat them to a camping trip in New Mexico, the two friends can't wait to visit the legendary Crybaby Bridge. Right away, they hear the crying baby. Is it a phantom, or is someone playing tricks on them? As the two friends scour the campgrounds for answers, they discover that phantoms are not the only secrets the nearby town has kept hidden for over 60 years. They also discover things about each other, and about Stevie's family history, that will force their relationship to a whole new level--a level from which there may be no return.

Once again Stevie encounters a phantom in need of assistance. This time it happened in a prison graveyard in Amarillo, Texas. That's also where she found her dad, Big Steve, but it didn't end there. This phantom not only coaxed Stevie and Jase across state lines, she coaxed them across all kinds of other boundaries, too. Of course she did, after all, this one was the Phantom of Forever.

The pandemic knocked Carina flat. Now that she is home from a months-long hospital stay, she hopes to have a big family Christmas. But no one seems to care. Her husband is working out of town and her grown children are scattered all around the country. The only one who seems to understand is a young man in her grief group. He offers her his family cabin in the mountains of Colorado. There, she is guaranteed to have a white Christmas, something she hasn't had in a long time. She writes about it in her journal, trying to convince herself she can do it alone. But it still doesn't seem possible. She isn't adventurous, she's always been everyone else's caregiver. Could she really do something so extravagant just for herself? Could she really write herself a Christmas?

"If you really loved me, you'd want me the same way I want you," he said.Kissing, cuddling, making out-- all that was fine, I loved it. It made me feel special. Surely he could tell I did want him the same way; just not yet. I wasn't stupid. Weren't you supposed to both want to do it before you had sex with someone? Just because I was afraid to go further, he belittled me. He said I didn't love him. I thought he would get over it in a day or two. I was wrong.Then came the party. The soul- slaughtering party.Benji Stevens was a gifted child. Intellectually advanced and artistically inclined, she was 14 years old when her world fell apart. Betrayed, bullied, and battered emotionally, physically, and spiritually, her life spiraled out of control. There was nowhere to turn, no one to turn to, and nothing to live for. Who could blame her for believing she had nothing to live for.Yet even in the midst of the darkness there is a lifeline of hope. With the help of her crazy, black sheep Uncle Aidan, her mom, a couple of caring police officers, a psychiatrist, the Yeah, But I Didn't therapy group, and prayer, Benji learns to grapple with her hidden pain and begins to embrace her own self-worth.

"If you really loved me, you'd want me the same way I want you," he said.Kissing, cuddling, making out-- all that was fine, I loved it. It made me feel special. Surely he could tell I did want him the same way; just not yet. I wasn't stupid. Weren't you supposed to both want to do it before you had sex with someone? Just because I was afraid to go further, he belittled me. He said I didn't love him. I thought he would get over it in a day or two. I was wrong.Then came the party. The soul- slaughtering party.Benji Stevens was a gifted child. Intellectually advanced and artistically inclined, she was 14 years old when her world fell apart. Betrayed, bullied, and battered emotionally, physically, and spiritually, her life spiraled out of control. There was nowhere to turn, no one to turn to, and nothing to live for. Who could blame her for believing she had nothing to live for.Yet even in the midst of the darkness there is a lifeline of hope. With the help of her crazy, black sheep Uncle Aidan, her mom, a couple of caring police officers, a psychiatrist, the Yeah, But I Didn't therapy group, and prayer, Benji learns to grapple with her hidden pain and begins to embrace her own self-worth.

It's only after the apocalypse that you find out what's really important.When the cosmic fabric separating the dimensions rips open and spits the inhabitants of Purgatory into the small, west texas town of Eden, the initial rip is so forceful it kills everyone and everything that isn't underground.The only thing that saves 14-year-old Jack is that he just happened to be in the school basement at the time.an unwilling leader, Jack finds himself forced to perform tasks he never would have imagined before the rip. But with the help of a motley crew of survivors, including a deaf dog named Snake - and odd brain-blasts of classic rock-n-roll - Jack grows into the guy who can make decisions that just might save humanity from annihilation.

It's only after the apocalypse that you find out what's really important.When the cosmic fabric separating the dimensions rips open and spits the inhabitants of Purgatory into the small, west texas town of Eden, the initial rip is so forceful it kills everyone and everything that isn't underground.The only thing that saves 14-year-old Jack is that he just happened to be in the school basement at the time.an unwilling leader, Jack finds himself forced to perform tasks he never would have imagined before the rip. But with the help of a motley crew of survivors, including a deaf dog named Snake - and odd brain-blasts of classic rock-n-roll - Jack grows into the guy who can make decisions that just might save humanity from annihilation.

Jack survived the Takers at the Battle at the Buffalo Jump, but at great sacrifice that cost a man his life. Now, Jack, along with his motley crew of companions, are headed back to Eden, Texas, seeking the whereabouts of his father. Along the way they encounter other survivors; some friendly, some decidedly unfriendly. And they encounter more Takers.Lots more takers.But nothing can prepare them for what they will find when they follow instructions to go to Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado.This time, it will be a miracle if anyone survives.

Jack survived the Takers at the Battle at the Buffalo Jump, but at great sacrifice that cost a man his life. Now, Jack, along with his motley crew of companions, are headed back to Eden, Texas, seeking the whereabouts of his father. Along the way they encounter other survivors; some friendly, some decidedly unfriendly. And they encounter more Takers.Lots more takers.But nothing can prepare them for what they will find when they follow instructions to go to Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado.This time, it will be a miracle if anyone survives.

We are the remainders, the inheritors of the ashes, and the builders of a new dawn.From where Jack sat, it appeared the black sludge had cleaned up all the bodies, both Takers and humans. Except for the ones inside the Cheyenne Mountain Complex. He had no way of knowing what happened in there. The one glimpse he'd had inside the mountain had been so horrific, he hadn't waited around to see more.After finding Jack's father and a few other survivors, both takers and humans, the group dubbed themselves "remainders." They were determined to not go quietly into the night, regardless of the cost.But as time and space unraveled, and the laws of physics dissolved, the group found they had nothing left to hold onto except their faith, hope, and each other.Will that be enough?

We are the remainders, the inheritors of the ashes, and the builders of a new dawn.From where Jack sat, it appeared the black sludge had cleaned up all the bodies, both Takers and humans. Except for the ones inside the Cheyenne Mountain Complex. He had no way of knowing what happened in there. The one glimpse he'd had inside the mountain had been so horrific, he hadn't waited around to see more.After finding Jack's father and a few other survivors, both takers and humans, the group dubbed themselves "remainders." They were determined to not go quietly into the night, regardless of the cost.But as time and space unraveled, and the laws of physics dissolved, the group found they had nothing left to hold onto except their faith, hope, and each other.Will that be enough?