Bøger af Christie Taylor

The year is 1969. The Mets have just won the World Series. The first New York Peace Moratorium march is being held, and the moon rock has just arrived to Earth. The Beatles are taking the world by storm, and young women everywhere are exploring their freedoms and possibilities. Traveling to Europe to find adventure and truth has become a common pilgrimage for America's youth, and Christie Taylor is no exception. The reader will be "Richly rewarded with a story that unfolds in the pages of this journal and these letters home. It's the story of a year in the life of a young woman brave enough to embark on a journey to discover a world beyond the familiar." -- Amazon Review

When Wil Taylor was born, his diagnosis of Down syndrome was a surprise to his parents. Twelve years after fully accepting and embracing life with Down syndrome, the next surprise to his parents arrived - puberty. In Stories of Wil: Puberty Part 1, author and Wil's mother Christie Taylor shares stories chronicling her early journey to acceptance followed by her current navigation of Wil's new behavioral patterns associated with puberty and teenagehood. As no story is complete without a full set of characters, Christie includes the ripple effects on Wil's twin sisters, his friends, his school experiences, and observations from the outside world. Christie reveals that though the challenges may be high at times, the joys of life are truly found in the simple things and in the villages we surround ourselves with.

To beat Takagi-san, Nishikata must think like Takagi-san, and that means everything has contest potential. From a teacher’s proposal to Setsubun, anything is fair game— except for 100% Unrequited. Although, why does Nishikata find it so embarrassing, anyway? It’s not like their relationship is even remotely like Ikeo and Kyunko’s!

By his third year of middle school, Nishikata is a veteran of competitions and of losing, but he is resolved to win against Takagi-san in the new year. However, there is one challenge, from his friend Hamaguchi, that Nishikata’s okay with failing: asking Takagi-san out! Sharing an umbrella and climbing up the rumored romantic stairs together don’t count…right?

Even without making a sound, Takagi-san proves to be a formidable opponent! But her near-clairvoyant teasing won’t discourage Nishikata. With a surefire Rock, Paper, Scissors strategy and some divine help, he has to win once, right? And when he does, he’ll definitely impress her—not that he likes her or anything, okay?!

Although the new school year threatens to separate Nishikata and Takagi-san into different classes, one thing remains certain—their continual series of contests will go on! Second-year Nishikata is not the same boy he was before, and he will definitely beat Takagi-san…except there’s one problem—Takagi-san is also in year two!

Even when Nishikata feels like he’s got the upper hand, Takagi-san never makes things easy for him. Whether he’s doing his best to make her admit she’s cold in her summer uniform, giving her a strict speech while pretending to be her teacher, or simply trying to avoid getting slapped on the back after a bad sunburn, escaping embarrassment is always a tall order! But he’s no quitter, and he can’t lose every time…can he?