Bøger af Karen Hutchins Pirnot

Lifelong friends Silky and Sly crave adventure. But, they hadn't planned for an adventure like this! They are invited to spend the summer with Silky's aunt and uncle in Pt. Charlotte, Florida where there is a rich history of pirate raids and pirate treasures. When the children discover an old shipwreck offshore, they must use every ounce of courage to ward off ghosts and threats from those in the world beyond.

Katie Carson is an eight year old who is chock full of mischief and adventure. When she accidently discovers her grandmother's primitive time travel machine in Grandma's basement, her imagination begins to work overtime. Katie is determined to be a space traveler while her parents struggle with the repercussions of such an adventure. This is a family story of love, acceptance, responsibility and growth. While Grandma wants to live out her life with a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction, her three children argue for safety and security for their aging mother. The family dynamics are a growth process themselves and readers will gain a lot of wisdom to put to use in their own lives. On the pretense of having "sewing lessons," Katie learns patience, honesty, goal-setting and respect for her family. Katie's grandma does not lecture to teach; rather she lives her life in such a way that those who care to model her behaviors come away with a new outlook on life.

Crighton Immanuel is a middle school athlete who leads a mediocre life in terms of family and academics. When he is diagnosed with leukemia, his life is dramatically altered and he is forced to rethink his priorities. When his parents seem emotionally unavailable to him, he turns to friends who have also had to face life issues. Together, they motivate Crighton to fight for his life and then, to fight for a quality of life he never could have imagined for himself.

Eilla and Allie Henderson arrive back on Earth to the shocked presence of the science team who sent them on their galactic adventures. They team up on a science project and begin to solve the ancient mysteries of the disappearance of the continents Mu and Atlantis. As a reward for their award-winning science project, the girls are treated to a scientific expedition to the lost world of El Mirador in northern Guatemala. There, they confront creatures who help the girls to put together pieces of an ancient civilization puzzle. When Eilla is returned to her own universe, an exotic creature appears, claiming to have the answers to age-old theories of civilization.

11 year old Grace Gillian overhears the landlord evicting her mother from their mobile home in Little Rock, Arkansas. She fears her mother will relapse into alcohol abuse and she will again have to care for herself and her 5 year old brother Henry James. Grace develops a plan to keep herself and her brother safe but it depends upon her brother's cooperation. In the past, James has appeared highly anxious and clingy and Grace fears he will undermine her plan. When the children are discovered living in the local library, they instantly realize that their lives are about to change forever. It is Christmas and the children are seemingly at the mercy of the Little Rock social servces system. They long for a Christmas miracle.

It has been a year since Allie Henderson's galactic cousin Eilla returned to her own galaxy. Allie is eager for an adventure of her own. When she is offered the opportunity to visit Eilla in England in another universe, she packs her bags and prepares for a time travel of her own. Eilla and Allie visit Stonehenge where they discover yet another world of creatures who lead them to knowledge that they and they alone, possess. Just what they will do with that knowledge is anyone's guess. When Allie is to return to the Earth, Eilla has a surprise of her own!

Peter Michael Henderson is a bench warmer in the Millard baseball Little league. He has visions of hitting imaginary balls and scoring runs for his team but his visions are mostly fantasies until he gets up in a difficult situation in which he can either be the hero or the villian. Instead of his moment of glory, Peter sustains a life threatening injury and he gives up hope of ever having a meaningful life. Just at the time Peter wants to give up, his younger sister Alicia decides to provide Peter with some rather unorthodox therapy in the form of tough sister love. Alicia's interventions turn Peter's world upside down and force him into a world he never could have imagined for himself.

Best friends Silky and Sly love adventure and they run smack dab into it when they spend the summer on Smith Mountain, Virginia at the home of Sly's grandparents. When they stumble upon an abandoned Victorian house, their curiosity is peaked and they agree to explore the house. Unbeknown to them, the house is occupied by an abandoned nine year old African-American boy named Pax who has been a highly resourceful little boy since the death of his guardian grandparents. When Pax is discovered, Silky and Sly must decide to protect Pax's need to be independent or opt for safety for the child who has become their friend. An accident decides for them all and their lives will never again be the same.

Potsie is the new kid in school. He comes from a very fancy school back East. He soon learns that the rules in a Nebraska middle school are far different and he must make changes in order to blend in. A history project puts him squarely in the middle of that adjustment when he teams up with athlete Steve Harlan and his best friend, handicapped Peter Henderson. Potsie and Steve explore an old fort where they meet a Native American ghost who needs their help. With the assistance of Steve's eccentric grandmother and Peter's marvelous computer talents, they all tackle a mystery that has existed for over one hundred and seventy years. Along the way, they also learn a little bit about loving and laughing.

Scientists on parallel planets seek to discover the mysteries of the ancient Skymasters. While Allie and Eilla Henderson work with the science teams to determine how recent, groundbreaking information will affect humankind, an unexpected event occurs which will put everything into perspective. In this final Skymasters book, questions will be posed and answered. And finally, two preteeen time travelers take their places in history.

Allie Henderson is sure she sees movement in her treehouse. When she climbs the ladder to try to solve the mystery of the movement, she is startled to discover a mirror-image of herself. When the stranger meets Allie's family, it is Kasem, the aide of Allie's handicapped brother Peter who disovers that the stranger is really an accidental time traveler. Unfortunately, no one in this galaxy has any idea of how to get Allie's galactic cousin Eilla back to her own universe.

Stelby Skinkman is a 60 year old widow who has never sewn her wild oats. Following a one night stand, the rural Nebraska woman returns to her small town with a vow to form a group of woman dedicated to finding more in life. When a baby's skeleton is found in Stelby's basement, the women of the group are forced into change which will either break them or move them forward.

Clive Bennington is a middle school transplant from England. She is a free spirit who finds it rough going in a Nebraska middle school until she meets perfectionist Morgan. Together, they befriend Aba, a brain-damaged girl who is a musical savant. They team up with Steve Harlan, Peter Henderson and Potsie Potsdam to solve mysteries and learn about relationships which will carry them into high school.

Eight year old Allie Henderson returns home from school early to find a note from her mother saying she has taken Allie's brother to the hospital for safety and will return to pick up Allie soon. Allie hears a roaring sound and goes to the front door and opens it, only to be caught up in the flood waters which have resulted from days of rain. Allie is initially terrified until she remembers to use her grandfather's practical principles to help guide her through to safety. Then she meet Tula, a blind African-American woman who is alone and lost and in need of assistance. Together Allie and Tula make their way to Tula's house where Allie's nightmare threatens her very survival.

Charlie and his wife have vowed to love and care for one another 'til death do they part. But after ten years of caring for a brilliant husband whose mind is now confused, frustrated and childlike, Charlie's wife finds herself in totally foreign territory. Charlie is hospitalized and his condition now mandates placement in the Memory Care Unit of a local skilled nursing facility. With a sense of poignancy, passion and humor, Charlie's wife gradually begins to understand the dynamics of the Memory Care Unit of the House in which her husband now resides. What she observes both stuns and amazes her. With a manner of trust toward staff and a personal motivation to provide the best life possible for Charlie, Charlie's wife learns that family takes many different forms. FLIES IN THE FAN is told from the viewpoint of three people, Charlie's wife, Will's wife and Annie's husband. It is not a comfortable story. It is a real story, with raw emotions and vivid descriptions of a life that no one anticipates. Readers who dare to confront their personal feeling will find both a sense of wonder at the brave and adaptive residents and feelings of awe toward staff who daily provide a sense of community to those for which the society known to us has become a foreign environment.

For over eight years, a caregiver provides a reinforcement program for her husband, diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. The program of behavioral, cognitive and emotional reinforcement is explained along with descriptive conversation in order to illustrate the essential components of the program. The book describes how to maintain trust and stability despite the debilitating symptoms and manifestations of progressive dementia. The author is a Clinical Psychologist who learned and practiced principles of reinforcement as they apply to those with compromised cognitive and emotional abilities. Having applied the principles to her own husband's disease, the author was able to maintain an environment of stability and trust as both patient and caretaker made their way through the various stages of dementia.

"Where is our house?" These four simple words spoken by Charlie would commence years of struggle, heartbreak and learning. Diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease, a once brilliant college professor struggled to conceptualize a world which grew increasingly more complicated and confusing. NOTHING LEFT TO BURN graphically and vividly describes Charlie's journey into the quadmire of Alzheimer's while his wife attempts to transition to her new role of caregiver. While disease continued to pummel and permeate Charlie's brain, shredding connections and shattering the known world, his psychologist wife began a search into ways to compensate for Charlie's decline while still maintaining a meaningful relationship with a man she no longer knew. This is a true story which will have an inevitable ending. In the meantime, the author hopes her story might help others toward an uncerstanding of the day-to-day struggles so that families and caregivers may move forward, making informed decisions which result in feelings of well-being for patient and caregiver alike.