Caroline Cooneyová se již na základní škole rozhodla, že se stane spisovatelkou, když se její „nejlepší učitel v životě“ zaměřil na psaní. Psala povídky na motivy obálek časopisu The New Yorker, což ji inspirovalo k psaní, které nikdy nepřestala. Její oblíbené jsou napínavé romány, protože se v nich vždy odehrává akce. Aby její díla zůstala realistická, navštěvuje mnoho škol a učí se o dospívajících, pro které píše.
I'm Going to Give You a Polar Bear Hug, written by bestselling author Caroline B. Cooney and illustrated by Tim Warnes, imagines all the cozy, warm hugs a child might receive on a frosty winter day. If you're looking for a cuddle up, read-aloud, giggle along story to share with your little ones ... you've found it!
I'm Going to Give You a Bear Hug!, written by bestselling author Caroline B. Cooney, is a playful and comforting bedtime book that imagines all the wonderful ways a child might give and receive a hug, now in softcover.
Not everyone is lucky at Christmas. Some people would call 16-year-old Liz Kitchell and her family truly fortunate, but it doesn't feel that way to her. It seems that only a miracle can give 8-year-old Katie her holiday wish. She wants a family, something she does not have as a foster child. As for 17-year-old Matt, he too is in a foster home and is finally letting himself feel a sense of belonging. When he allows himself to do a good deed for Katie, he doesn't realize what would happen. Is the spirit of Christmas strong enough to grant the impossible?
In the vein of psychological thrillers like We Were Liars, Girl on the Train, and Beware That Girl, bestselling author Caroline Cooney’s JANIE series delivers on every level. Mystery and suspense blend seamlessly with issues of family, friendship and love to offer an emotionally evocative thrill ride of a read. Janie Johnson has received unwanted attention ever since she recognized her three-year-old self in a picture on the back of a milk carton and learned that she was the victim of a kidnapping. Now she's headed for college to make a fresh start. Janie's kidnapper has been hiding all these years and is just as desperate to become a new person--and more determined than ever to seek revenge. In this riveting conclusion to Cooney's beloved JANIE series, all will be revealed as readers find out if Janie and Reeve's love has endured, and whether or not the person who brought Janie and her family so much emotional pain and suffering is brought to justice.
While conducting research for a school paper on smallpox, Mitty finds an envelope containing 100-year-old smallpox scabs and fears that he has infected himself and all of New York city.
When a girl she had met at an innercity church is murdered, fifteen-year-old Macey channels her grief into a school project that leads her to uncover prejudice she had not imagined in her grandparents and their wealthy Connecticut community. An ALA Quick Pick. Reissue.
High school has ended for the five girls of Saturday Night, Last Dance and New Year's Eve, and they're having one last perfect party together before they start new lives - on their own.Anne's new job is the chance of a lifetime - but does it mean losing Con for ever?Kip is off to college in New York - is this her chance to take on the world at last?Emily and Matt had planned for a perfect future together - so how come he's talking about leaving her behind?Beth Rose is feeling left out because all her friends are leaving town. Soon she'll be on her own - unless tonight brings her a new romance...Molly has the perfect way to take a final revenge - but will hurting Emily really get her what she wants?
Losing her entire memory after witnessing a terrible crime, Hope cannot accept her luxurious life or the man who claims to be her father and finds solace in Mitch McKenna, a college student who may solve her mystery. Original.
"Freddy leads a life of little responsibility, following his own meandering path. His only real attachment is to his memory-challenged grandmother, whose nursing home he regularly visits. His far-flung sisters may belittle his artistic ambitions, and his grandmother only occasionally knows who he is, but he can go with the flow. When another nursing home resident is murdered, though, Freddy panics. He can't take care of his grandmother alone, and a hiccup in his less-than-legal side business is causing extra complications--complications that could be deadly. To stay safe, he'll have to straighten up and face the music"-- Provided by publisher
Only a scandal could tear them apart. She is Annabel Jayquith. The only daughter of billionaire Hollings Jayquith. Just eighteen and stunningly beautiful, she feels the world is hers. He is Daniel Madison Ransom. The only son of the assassinated Senator Madison Ransom. Incredibly good-looking and famous, he's considered one of the country's sexiest young men. They meet at a high-society party, and are instantly drawn to each other by a love so strong it threatens to overwhelm them. Annabel knows only that she loves Daniel more than any man she's ever met. But Daniel knows more: that their families are linked by a dark and violent secret. A secret so terrible it makes their love . . . forbidden.
