Books with author Al White

From the acclaimed author of Nightbooks and The Thickety comes a spooky series, perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman, Adam Gidwitz, and Stranger Things!Cordelia Liu knew Shadow School was going to be different. Still, she didn’t expect the school grounds to be filled with ghosts.Cordelia soon realizes she’s not the only one who can see the ghosts; her new friend Benji can too. Together with super-smart Agnes, the trio are determined to find out why the ghosts are there, and whether there’s a way to set them free.But the school was created with more sinister intentions, and someone is willing to go to extreme lengths to ensure that the ghosts remain trapped forever.Check out the book that School Library Journal called a “delightful blend of friendship, suspense, and spectral sightings [that] belongs on most shelves!”

An escaped slave stranded in a land where the monsters are only slightly more terrifying than the people…Rima has always feared Kergulen, a country shrouded in mystery and rumors of death, but with no better options, she flees for her life into Kergulen's dark forests. Unfortunately, the rumors are true. Facing aggressive creatures and a hostile culture, Rima must find allies and uncover her own secrets to survive.

Forced to leave the safety of Rivers Crossing, sisters Lori and Virginia, along with their vigilant guard dogs, Zeus and Perseus, find themselves on the road again, following Old Bob’s map. Surviving the dangers of the zombie apocalypse has become second nature to them in this, the third installment of their adventure. Still, the ever changing virus, producing new and varied strains of horrors, continues to endanger them and their traveling companions. Perhaps the greatest danger travels with them, as Lori struggles to come to terms with her nature. The changes occurring within her threaten to tear the sisters apart, and destroy their search for a safe haven.

Have you or anyone you know ever been a victim of sexual trauma? At the age of eleven, Alisha White was left alone with her two siblings by her mama for the very first time. She lacked direction as to what she should do while being alone. So she decided to walk up the street to get her favorite uncle to come and sit with them until one of her parents returned home.He would ultimately walk into their living room and walk away with her innocence. Not knowing how to feel after the sexual trauma took place, she would go through many emotions. After being sexually violated, she was left to deal with abandonment issues, anger, rage, and thoughts of suicide. Alisha takes you on a journey through her world of an emotional rollercoaster. After she had done everything under the sun, she decided that it was time for a change. Putting her faith in God would help her ease the pain and finally learn to forgive those who wronged her. From there, she began the process of mending broken relationships that kept her filled with agony, and she learned how to triumph over every obstacle that would try to get in her way. In this book, Alisha will show you how to smile after the pain of sexual abuse.

It’s 1949 in Tennessee Smoky Mountain–country, and everything in twelve-year-old Salina’s life seems suddenly different. Her sister is engaged, her brother Paul is absorbed in caring for his foal, Sugar-Boy, and Salina feels she has nothing in common anymore with her best friend. This novel for young people captures the insular spirit of the mountain people, the breathtaking country itself, and a girl’s struggle to accept the inevitability of change.

The text of this fairy tale was found as a manuscript, near a very old oak, while traveling through the endless fields and forests of Britain. The tale was written in several ancient European languages, alternating between each from one sentence to the next without any apparent logic, though there was probably some fabulous meaning hidden in it. The last sentences were written in modern Russian. Translators and linguists easily translated the manuscript, and, after reading the fairy tale, one teenaged girl painted pictures for it. But all this was probably not in such way, and perhaps everything had happened completely in another way...

Nefertem books one and two.Twenty billion people live on the Earth in a city with no end. Pollution, corruption, high unemployment, and the lack of clean water leave the population scratching out a meager existence. Easton Miller Takes a chance on a job in the colonies on a new world. Expecting to find a better life he is faced with knowledge of a horrifying secret buried deep inside of him. A secret that will change the existence of mankind and the very perception of what and who we are.