Books with author A C Jenkins

Don't call me a demon. I prefer the term Fallen Angel. Everybody deserves a vacation, right? Especially if you have a pointless job like tormenting the damned. So who could blame me for blowing off my duties and taking a small, unauthorized break? Besides, I've always wanted to see what physical existence is like. That's why I "borrowed" the slightly used body of a slacker teen. Believe me, he wasn't going to be using it anymore anyway. I have never understood why humans do the things they do. Like sin—if it's so terrible, why do they keep doing it? I'm going to have a lot of fun finding out!

This house is mine and I am its beating heartShe is a momentary chill in warm sunlight, a shadow glimpsed from the corner of an eye, and a memory of secret kisses and hidden passion.He is seventeen years old, waiting for the start of his senior year, and ever since his family moved into this big old house -- abandoned for decades -- he has dreamt of her. Hot, wordless dreams that turn more intense and darker each night.Ghost and boy fascinate each other -- until her memories and his desire collide in a moment that changes them both forever.

The Netherlands has been created by its people in a centuries-long fight against the sea. Their ancient pledge to build a "golden band" of defenses to shut out the sea has grown into a fantastic project for reclaiming hundreds of thousands of acres of rich land from the seabed itself. In this exciting and authoritative book for young people, Alan C. Jenkins tells the story of the pioneers: of Jan Adriaanszoon, who used windmills to drain huge lakes, and Cornelius Lely, who built the great Barrier Dam. He describes in vivid, nontechnical terms the vast feats of engineering undertaken in reclaiming the Zuyder Zee and now, in the Delta Plan, the most ambitious scheme of all. Illustrated with photographs, maps and old prints.

Baseball. I'm very good at baseball. Baseball is the only part of my life I have any control over. Baseball is the only reason I'm still in school. Problem: I'm not out on the field. I'm in here. There's no way you can think about baseball when your body's trapped in a hard chair in a quiet room, and you can't move at all. When you can't feel the shock of the bat running up your arm into your shoulder. When you can't feel the whump! of the ball in your glove. When the girl you've been in love with since seventh grade walked off mad, and as usual she's going to stay that way till you crawl like a dog. In this new novel from the acclaimed author of Damage, Colt Trammel's life is falling apart. His girlfriend has dumped him (again), and his mother has told him that unless he can raise his GPA to a C, she won't let him play baseball anymore. The next six weeks will test Colt in a way he's never been tested before, and how he gets through them is hilarious, poignant, and powerfully believable.

For a heme like Cole, life is a tightrope existence in which sunlight is his deadly enemy and one mistake could trap him underground, staring at the inside of a coffin lid, for eternity. After a century of wandering he may still look like a teenager, but he's known in the heme community for being observant, meticulous, and controlled—a master of life on the road.When Cole is asked to take a newly created heme out for training, however, his usual caution may not be enough. If Gordon, the rookie who really is in his teens, can't cut ties with his old life and accept his new limitations, Cole will have to discreetly dispose of the kid—the same way a mad dog would be put down for the safety of society.Cole thinks he can handle it. But no matter how carefully he plans, or how much he thinks he's in control, accidents still happen. . . .