Life As We Knew It is the 2008-2009 Winner of the
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award
How would you react if you knew a meteor was going to crash into the moon and change life as you know it?
In Miranda's world, the result is tsunamis and earthquakes that wipe out cities. Will her family survive without grocery stores, electricity, gas, and sunlight?
Cammie is in for more than she bargained for when the second case that she attends turns out to be someone she knows-the latest victim of a serial killer known as the Christopher Killer.
When Camryn's father embraces her desire for a career in forensics and invites her to her first autopsy, she is deviated to find the victim is her restaurant co-worker who's been murdered. Despite her father's warnings, the medical examiner's threats, and the new deputy's concerns, Camryn is determined to solve the crime, to the point of forgetting about her own safety.
"Thought-provoking and unique."
Bo Marsten is unjustly accused of causing a rash that plagues his entire high school. Bo's science project, Bork, an artificial intelligence bot, tracks him down in prison and offers to get his sentence shortened but Bo isn't sure what to do. While in prison, playing on the prison football team has made him a changed person and he's not sure he can return to his earlier life.
"Readers will hold Lakshmi in their thoughts long after finishing her story."
Shackleton's Stowaway
If you're going to be a stowaway, then do so on the ship of the world's most famous explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton! Little knowing what hardships he will face, Perce Blackborow hides on the Endurance until it is too late to throw him off. This is a fictional account of Shackleton's third journey to the Antarctic.
"An unexpected mystery."
Hartland and Many live in the same town but don't know each other. Each is drawn to the intersection of Grand and Humble but can't quite grasp why the place is significant. Have you ever wondered what life would be like if just one thing in your past had happened differently? That possibility haunts these two young men.
Can two friends going in two different paths remain friends?
Hampton Green is one of the best football players for the Kennisaw Knights. And he has Blaine, his best friend, and Blaine's dad to thank for that. Now in their senior year, they have a chance to shine for college scouts. At least Hamp will shine, however for Blaine, with his knee injury, there won't be many scouts looking.
"Realistic and thoughtful"
Caitlin loves opera, know that others think she is weird, and ultimately wants to be a diva. To escape the reminders of a frightening past relationship, she auditions and is accepted to the Miami High School of Arts. There she meets others with similar interests, but is Caitlin ready to be a diva?
Readers will continue to cheer for this outsider who finds life's deck stacked against him.
Ian is not wanted at school or at home. He is known as Skater, complete with board and punk hair, and his constant companion is his little brother Sammy. Sammy keeps Ian from just skating out of this life and into a new one. In the face of a drug-addicted mother and the threat of school expulsion, Ian and his brother set out to meet a father they've never known.