Emilia and Teo's lives changed in a fiery, terrifying instant when a bird strike brought down the plane their stunt pilot mothers were flying. Teo's mother died immediately, but Em's survived, determined to raise Teo according to his late mother's wishes-in a place where he won't be discriminated against because of the color of his skin. But in 1930s America, a white woman raising a black adoptive son alongside a white daughter is too often seen as a threat. Seeking a home where her children won't be held back by ethnicity or gender, Rhoda brings Em and Teo to Ethiopia, and all three fall in love with the beautiful, peaceful country. But that peace is shattered by the threat of war with Italy, and teenage Em and Teo are drawn into the conflict. Will their devotion to their country, its culture and people, and each other be their downfall or their salvation? In the tradition of her award-winning and bestselling Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein brings us another thrilling and deeply affecting novel that explores the bonds of friendship, the resilience of young pilots, and the strength of the human spirit.

"The year is 2061. North America is now called the Dark Realm, a territory controlled by a sadistic OCD cult known as the Randomists. By night the cloaked madmen prey on those who don't beat the sunset, and by day they lie in wait, giving fear time to fester. The outside world is cut off from the Dark Realm by unbreachable walls. Aurora Blessing, teenage survivor of the Dark Realm, knows a life of death and terror. Then she falls into the hands of the Intentionists, vigilantes who combat the Randomists. They want to use her as a savior, but she doesn't believe she could ever be one. In the midst of carnage and destruction, a horrifying truth waits to be discovered: there is a power even more dangerous than the Randomists lurking in the Dark Realm!"--Page 4 of cover

The life and accomplishments of an early champion of Texas independence as seen through the eyes of a young boy who grew to admire his courage and ideals.

For years, critics have acclaimed the power of James Lee Burke's writing, the luminosity of his prose, the psychological complexity of his characters, the richness of his landscapes. Over the course of twenty novels and one collection of short stories, he has developed a loyal and dedicated following among both critics and general readers. His thrillers, featuring either Louisiana cop Dave Robicheaux or Billy Bob Holland, a hardened Texas-based lawyer, have consistently appeared on national bestseller lists, making Burke one of America's most celebrated authors of crime fiction. Now, in a startling and brilliantly successful departure, Burke has written a historical novel -- an epic story of love, hate, and survival set against the tumultuous background of the Civil War and Reconstruction. At the center of the novel are James Lee Burke's own ancestors, Robert Perry, who comes from a slave-owning family of wealth and privilege, and Willie Burke, born of Irish immigrants, a poor boy who is as irreverent as he is brave and decent. Despite their personal and political conflicts with the issues of the time, both men join the Confederate Army, choosing to face ordeal by fire, yet determined not to back down in their commitment to their moral beliefs, to their friends, and to the abolitionist woman with whom both have become infatuated. One of the most compelling characters in the story, and the catalyst for much of its drama, is Flower Jamison, a beautiful young black slave befriended, at great risk to himself, by Willie and owned by -- and fathered by, although he will not admit it -- Ira Jamison. Owner of Angola Plantation, Ira Jamison is a true son of the Old South and also a ruthless businessman, who, after the war, returns to the plantation and re-energizes it by transforming it into a penal colony, which houses prisoners he rents out as laborers to replace the slaves who have been emancipated. Against all local law and customs, Flower learns from Willie to read and write, and receives the help and protection of Abigail Dowling, a Massachusetts abolitionist who had come south several years prior to help fight yellow fever and never left, and who has attracted the eye of both Willie and Robert Perry. These love affairs are not only fraught with danger, but compromised by the great and grim events of the Civil War and its aftermath. As in all of Burke's writings, White Doves at Morning is full of wonderful, colorful, unforgettable villains. Some, like Clay Hatcher, are pure "white trash" (considered the lowest of the low, they were despised by the white ruling class and feared by former slaves). From their ranks came the most notorious of the vigilante groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan, the White League and the Knights of the White Camellia. Most villainous of all, though, are the petty and mean-minded Todd McCain, owner of New Iberia's hardware store, and the diabolically evil Rufus Atkins, former overseer of Angola Plantation and the man Jamison has placed in charge of his convict labor crews. Rounding out this unforgettable cast of characters are Carrie LaRose, madam of New Iberia's house of ill repute, and her ship's-captain brother Jean-Jacques LaRose, Cajuns who assist Flower and Abigail in their struggle to help the blacks of the town. With battle scenes at Shiloh and in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia that no reader will ever forget, and set in a time of upheaval that affected all men and all women at all levels of society, White Doves at Morning is an epic worthy of America's most tragic conflict, as well as a book of substance, importance, and genuine originality, one that will undoubtedly come to be regarded as a masterpiece of historical fiction.

In an adventurous, whimsical romance novel comes the prequel to The Doughnut Tree. Catherine L. Knowles has written White Dove, an epic story of love, betrayal, hate and survival set against the tumultuous background of the Civil War and General Sherman's "Scorch the Earth" campaign. At the center of the tale is a former bordello business manager, Mollie "Sissy" Greenleaf, a "spitfire" loud out-spoken woman. Sissy finds herself in the middle of a heated courtroom battle to defend the honor of her deceased best friend and confidant, Mollie Teal, and her estate. Forced into the life of prostitution at a very young age, Mollie Teal grows up in the midst of the Civil War and quickly learns that the Union soldiers aren't always the good guys. Enter Union Brigadier General John Basil Turchin, a battle-harden former Russian who becomes infatuated with the beautiful young Mollie Teal, aka White Dove, and fights to capture her love at all costs.Mollie's friends, Herman Deeley, a young former black slave and her guardian angel and confident sworn to protect Mollie and C.C. Taylor, a wounded Confederate soldier who gets his dying wish to return to his burned plantation, both find an unexpected life adventure with the to be notorious Madam Mollie Teal. Against all odds this group of companions find many twists and turns in this romantic tale of love affairs fraught with danger and compromised by the epic and grim events of the Civil War and its destructive realities that can turn love into hate and romance into revenge. White Dove is a heart-warming historical fiction novel that's sure to entertain and touch your heart.

Four year old Tom is sad and lonesome. His older brother has started school and is gone all day. Tom passes the time playing alone and watching the birds in his backyard. He makes a wonderful discovery that cheers him up. This is a heart-warming, low-key story that is targeted for youngsters from three to six years old.