To entertain his dinner guests, Masrur, a Muslim soldier, weaves a story about his encounter with a vampire on an ill-fated caravan through the Caucassian Mountains years before.
Marcelo Sandoval, a seventeen-year-old boy on the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum, faces new challenges, including romance and injustice, when he goes to work for his father in the mailroom of a corporate law firm.
See how it rises silver from the water, the moon over the Night Country. It is here you can come whenever you are sad, or frightened. It is here where you can re-think your courage and find the way to go and the path to take. See the Night Country.
"Granny dumping" has become a popular Christmas phenomenon and Kathleen is not ready for Passing Downs Old People's Home. The four ages of women - bimbo, breeder, baby-sitter and burden do not fit in with Kathleen and her image of old age.
This book portrays the relationship between Eileen Hughes, the quiet young shop assistant from Ulster and her wealthy employers, tracing the pattern of passion and suspense that surrounds them on their trip to London.
Alison spends her thirteenth summer on a ranch in Wyoming where she learns to ride a horse and where Kelly, who is blind, helps her overcome an old fear
