Bøger af Mary Branson

April Snow is the final part of Because Two People Fell in Love: A Kentucky Family Trilogy. It focuses on Zeb and Liza Fortner's great-grandson and Rousse Fortner's great-nephew, Wayne "Book" Taylor. His is a bittersweet story of love and success that was always just out of reach.

See You in November is the second part of Because Two People Fell in Love: A Kentucky Family Trilogy. It focuses on Zeb and Liza's oldest son, Rousse Fortner, a railroad engineer, on the last day of his life as he reflects on meeting Jesse James, Casey Jones, renowned sociologist and activist Frederick Detweiler, and Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis--all with Kentucky ties-as well as life as a railroad engineer and his sometimes-tragic family life. Rousse was the great uncle of Book Taylor, the protagonist in the final part of the trilogy.

FILLING THE DAD-SPOT: GETTING TO KNOW YOUR REAL DAD is written to help boys realize that they have a Father who wants them, loves, them, and accepts them just as they are. FILLING THE DAD-SPOT uses Psalm 139 to teach about God's love, His plan for our lives, His discipline and expectations, and His forgiveness. It presents the heavenly Father as the Real Dad who can fill the void left by an imperfect Earth Dad.

Sometimes God leads us in ways that are unclear or confusing. The path we're expected to travel is obscure, incomplete, contrary to logic, filled with delays and detours, or the total opposite of what we've prayed for. His presence is all we have. And our nothing-but-God times teach us that God is all we need. SAILING UNDER SEALED ORDERS is a guide for trusting God through uncertain times and following His leading when it makes no sense from an earthly perspective. In a time when everyday life is scary, we need a guide to sail through uncharted waters. Only with supernatural strength can we face the journey without fear or worry and live in a state of mind and spirit called peace. Peace is possible in the middle of war, disease, and tragedy because peace is not the absence of trouble. It's the absence of struggle.

TERMINAL JUSTICE is the story of highly trained but ordinary people who find that they have nothing to lose by using their skills outside the law and following through where the courts failed. But purpose has a price, and the vigilantes soon learn that there is always something to lose.

After an explosion in a high school chemistry lab, a bully finds himself in the body of the boy he's taunted unmercifully. The bully becomes the bullied as his former friends model the threatening behavior he taught them. Mark, 14, is the school bully who taunts anyone who, for whatever reason, cannot or will not fight back-until the day Elliott enrolls at Mark's high school. Then all Mark's bullying efforts focus on his new victim. Nicknaming him Smelliott, Mark follows close behind Elliott, mocking him and setting up humiliating roadblocks at every turn. Mark and his friends find what pushes Elliott's buttons, and they push them often. When Elliott is assigned as Mark's chemistry lab partner, the bullying escalates. But all that changes the afternoon the mysterious Mr. Pierce announces that he's their substitute for the day. Mr. Pierce turns the boys' lives upside down, and they soon learn that the only way they can solve their "identity" crisis is to combine their resources. Bullying is an important topic, and parents and educators are constantly looking for creative ways to teach children (1) not to be a victim, (2) not to be a bully, and (3) not to be a bystander. This book uses a lively narrative to teach ways to avoid all three roles. In recent years, autism has also become an important topic, and because children on the autism spectrum often lack social skills and incorrectly interpret subtle ridicule, they make prime targets for bullies. This book makes a high-functioning child on the autism spectrum the hero, and the reader sees much of the adventure through his eyes. The book gives readers insight into why children bully, why some children are unable or unwilling to defend themselves, and the powerful role of the bystander. All of the examples of bullying are based on actual experiences, which the authors heard during interviews with children, parents, and a psychologist who works with children on the spectrum. Although CHANGING GENES is about two fourteen-year-old high school freshmen, the book is written for ages 9-12.