Bøger af Dana Pride

Kori is having terrible nightmares - nightmares that she has murdered someone - so often that she can't sleep at all. Her new co-worker hates her. In fact, he is making a career of irritating her; and now her lack of sleep is beginning to affect everything she does. Everyone has suggestions, from sleeping pills to psychiatrists. Can anything help her get beyond these nightmares and get to sleep, so she can just go on with her life?

Now that Layla has found her father, she attempts to settle into his primitive lifestyle and the culture that has adopted him. As soon as she meets new friends, she tries to help them, causing the entire group to begin another adventure. While they are forced to move quickly from one place to another, they all gradually learn about the existence of others who have survived The Great Devastation, as Layla and her father are drawn toward a great discovery - and the truth.

Amanda Peoples is the girl who got away - not only from one guy, but from three. Nicholas, Jamie and Earnest each have loved her at different times in her life; and all three were too shy at the time to follow through with her the way they had intended.After a terrible car accident that took her family, Amanda is now in the hospital in a coma. Each of these men summons the courage to approach her and tell her the truth about his feelings for her, while preparing for the life he has envisioned with her. Nicholas, the doctor, has known her since grade school. Jamie was her best friend in junior high, and Earnest has secretly loved her for the past few years. She obviously can't go home from the hospital with all three men. Do they all really love her? Perhaps only one loves her, one wants her, and one needs her. It is time for her to continue one of these relationships? Does she love, want or need any of them?

After tragedy devastated their family, Crystal and her sister, Taylor, have been sent across the country for the summer to live with strangers, Pastor and Sister Young. Bound by guilt and shame, Crystal refuses to speak in this new environment. She merely exists, despite the living and loving all around her. Visiting relatives of the Youngs, unusual circumstances which force Pastor Young to take drastic action, and the discovery of an old diary weave the past to the present as Crystal begins to see the hand of God in all matters.

My Friend is Deaf is a short illustrated book introducing communication technologies and techniques used by the Deaf in America the 1990s. Introduced are communication using sign language, TTY for the telephone, television and video captions, alert lights for the doorbell, alarms and timers, hearing dogs for the Deaf and sign language interpreters.The illustrations and the story of two friends, one hearing and one Deaf, make the perfect introduction for children to learn about communicating with the Deaf. Color illustrations were created and colored by 8-year-old Jahla Brown.

A global disaster, known as The Great Devastation, had drastically changed life on earth. Layla, a Kidgen, or Kid-Genius, was living and working at the Complex, where the Insiders had everything provided for them. She was aware of the Outsiders who were just scraping by without the use of technology, but she didn't have any reason to think much about them - until Kenrick, one of her friends who was also a Comgen (Computer-Genius), secretly arranged for four friends to travel. Suddenly Layla became curious. What was life Outside really like? Where would they go? Would they be able to get back safely and unpunished? Kenrick had a few surprises in store for them - and especially for Layla, whose life would never be the same after journeying Outside the Complex.

Leeza Hamilton is a famous performer who has everything she could possibly want, searching for meaning to her life. When she meets a young lady, Jane, in a red cloak who looks just like her, they decide to change places for just one day. Although the simplicity of Jane's life is attractive at first, Leeza becomes afraid when she it looks as if she won't be able to escape and return to the life that is really hers.

Sara and Sammy - true love from the beginning. Bright lights, pressing crowds, control of millions of dollars... suddenly Sara Lewis is plunged into this lifestyle when she falls in love with Sammy Samson, a member of the fastest rising rock group in the world."I turned 24 yesterday.""Yesterday was really your birthday?""Of course! What did you think, I was just using that as a pick-up line?""I wasn't sure.""I will never use a line on you, my Dear," Sammy said. He looked deeply into her eyes, and she knew he meant it. "I'm not like that. So, you're afraid of heights. Of what else are you afraid?""Nothing, really," she answered."Nothing, really, but what?" he asked. How did he know there was something else?"Well, it's not important," she said."It is to me," he said. "Everything about you is important to me."Sammy is the only man Sara could ever love; and Sara is the only person Sammy trusts with his secret, a secret that will change both of their lives forever.

Financial success... does that sound wonderful to you? What does that mean to you? Is that one of your goals? If you have not yet thought about Financial Success as a goal, you should. This is a goal you can begin to work on right now. While you are in Middle School, you are inthe best position to learn how to manage your money, from tracking your income and spending, to learning how to budget, then learning about credit and debt. This book introduces your first step: becoming aware of your money and where you are spending it.