Books with author Andrea Campbell

When Andrea Louise Campbell’s sister-in-law, Marcella Wagner, was run off the freeway by a hit-and-run driver, she was seven-and-a-half months pregnant. She survived—and, miraculously, the baby was born healthy. But that’s where the good news ends. Marcella was left paralyzed from the chest down. This accident was much more than just a physical and emotional tragedy. Like so many Americans—50 million, or one-sixth of the country’s population—neither Marcella nor her husband, Dave, who works for a small business, had health insurance. On the day of the accident, she was on her way to class for the nursing program through which she hoped to secure one of the few remaining jobs in the area with the promise of employer-provided insurance. Instead, the accident plunged the young family into the tangled web of means-tested social assistance. As a social policy scholar, Campbell thought she knew a lot about means-tested assistance programs. What she quickly learned was that missing from most government manuals and scholarly analyses was an understanding of how these programs actually affect the lives of the people who depend on them. Using Marcella and Dave’s situation as a case in point, she reveals their many shortcomings in Trapped in America’s Safety Net. Because American safety net programs are designed for the poor, Marcella and Dave first had to spend down their assets and drop their income to near-poverty level before qualifying for help. What’s more, to remain eligible, they will have to stay under these strictures for the rest of their lives, meaning they are barred from doing many of the things middle-class families are encouraged to do: Save for retirement. Develop an emergency fund. Take advantage of tax-free college savings. And, while Marcella and Dave’s story is tragic, the financial precariousness they endured even before the accident is all too common in America, where the prevalence of low-income work and unequal access to education have generated vast—and growing—economic inequality. The implementation of Obamacare has cut the number of uninsured and underinsured and reduced some of the disparities in coverage, but it continues to leave too many people open to tremendous risk. Behind the statistics and beyond the ideological battles are human beings whose lives are stunted by policies that purport to help them. In showing how and why this happens, Trapped in America’s Safety Net offers a way to change it.

When Andrea Louise Campbell’s sister-in-law, Marcella Wagner, was run off the freeway by a hit-and-run driver, she was seven-and-a-half months pregnant. She survived—and, miraculously, the baby was born healthy. But that’s where the good news ends. Marcella was left paralyzed from the chest down. This accident was much more than just a physical and emotional tragedy. Like so many Americans—50 million, or one-sixth of the country’s population—neither Marcella nor her husband, Dave, who works for a small business, had health insurance. On the day of the accident, she was on her way to class for the nursing program through which she hoped to secure one of the few remaining jobs in the area with the promise of employer-provided insurance. Instead, the accident plunged the young family into the tangled web of means-tested social assistance. As a social policy scholar, Campbell thought she knew a lot about means-tested assistance programs. What she quickly learned was that missing from most government manuals and scholarly analyses was an understanding of how these programs actually affect the lives of the people who depend on them. Using Marcella and Dave’s situation as a case in point, she reveals their many shortcomings in Trapped in America’s Safety Net. Because American safety net programs are designed for the poor, Marcella and Dave first had to spend down their assets and drop their income to near-poverty level before qualifying for help. What’s more, to remain eligible, they will have to stay under these strictures for the rest of their lives, meaning they are barred from doing many of the things middle-class families are encouraged to do: Save for retirement. Develop an emergency fund. Take advantage of tax-free college savings. And, while Marcella and Dave’s story is tragic, the financial precariousness they endured even before the accident is all too common in America, where the prevalence of low-income work and unequal access to education have generated vast—and growing—economic inequality. The implementation of Obamacare has cut the number of uninsured and underinsured and reduced some of the disparities in coverage, but it continues to leave too many people open to tremendous risk.Behind the statistics and beyond the ideological battles are human beings whose lives are stunted by policies that purport to help them. In showing how and why this happens, Trapped in America’s Safety Net offers a way to change it.

In Arcadia, being different is heresy. Heresy is DEATH. To survive, citizens must live, dress, and even love according to the United Council's will. Their power is absolute-until a rebel bomb ignites at a national ceremony and unites the lives of three unlikely people.When the bombing goes wrong, Nicolette Howell, a young heretic, finds herself alone and on the run, bearing secrets that Arcadia would kill for. When she's captured, she must escape, but how can she, when her best chance lies with the son of her sworn enemy?Driven by the execution of an innocent, Jacob Osgood, a United Councilor's son, hunts for the truth about the heretic movement that Arcadia has hidden. But truth could cost him the one thing he cannot stand to lose: the girl who saved his life at the bombing.Shiloh Haven, the orphaned daughter of heretics, is forced to become Arcadia's spy in a sinister plot to destroy the heretic army. She faces a terrible choice: survive or risk everything to save the boy she might just love and the rebels who are her only chance of being free.As their fates entwine, the three must answer an impossible question. WHAT WOULD YOU DIE FOR?

Gracie is an older, unwanted cat who has trouble finding a forever home. Fed up with being overlooked for younger cats and kittens, Gracie decides to become the best pet for her new adopters. That very day a woman walks into the animal shelter looking for a very specific cat, but has trouble finding one. She eventually chooses Gracie and introduces herself as Dr. Anna. Dr. Anna then informs Gracie that she has a job for her at her new home. Well to Gracie's surprise her new home is a veterinarian clinic with all sorts of people and animals coming and going. Anna kneels down and tells Gracie that her new job is to make people happy. Gracie thinks that her new job is not up to her caliber, so she decides to find a more important job. However, she gets a little too determined and causes some trouble. Join Gracie on her journey through mishaps as she discovers her purpose in life. This book teaches kids about the importance of animals and their effect on humans. It's about having faith in yourself and your capabilities. This book will also teach children that when assigned a task, even mediocre ones, it helps everyone in the end.

Tina and Riley, her faithful dog, share memories together on a cold, snowy night. As Tina looks on an electronic tablet, Riley remembers in a "child-like" variation. They share memories like the first time they met at the animal shelter, the time Riley was in a doggy fashion show, and much more. Though the memories are the same, their perspectives and feelings are a little different. This book will teach children about emotions, and to see things from another point of view. Take a stroll down memory lane with Tina and Riley on March 31, 2019.

Gracie is an older, unwanted cat who has trouble finding a forever home. Fed up with being overlooked for younger cats and kittens, Gracie decides to become the best pet for her new adopters. That very day a woman walks into the animal shelter looking for a very specific cat, but has trouble finding one. She eventually chooses Gracie and introduces herself as Dr. Anna. Dr. Anna then informs Gracie that she has a job for her at her new home. Well to Gracie's surprise her new home is a veterinarian clinic with all sorts of people and animals coming and going. Anna kneels down and tells Gracie that her new job is to make people happy. Gracie thinks that her new job is not up to her caliber, so she decides to find a more important job. However, she gets a little too determined and causes some trouble. Join Gracie on her journey through mishaps as she discovers her purpose in life. This book teaches kids about the importance of animals and their effect on humans. It's about having faith in yourself and your capabilities. This book will also teach children that when assigned a task, even mediocre ones, it helps everyone in the end.

Tina and Riley, her faithful dog, share memories together on a cold, snowy night. As Tina looks on an electronic tablet, Riley remembers in a "child-like" variation. They share memories like the first time they met at the animal shelter, the time Riley was in a doggy fashion show, and much more. Though the memories are the same, their perspectives and feelings are a little different. This book will teach children about emotions, and to see things from another point of view. Take a stroll down memory lane with Tina and Riley.

In Arcadia, being different is HERESY. Heresy is DEATH. To survive, citizens must live, dress, and even love according to the United Council’s will. Their power is absolute—until a rebel bomb ignites at a national ceremony and unites the lives of three unlikely people.When the bombing goes wrong, Nicolette Howell, a young heretic, finds herself alone and on the run, bearing secrets that Arcadia would kill for. When she’s captured, she must escape, but how can she, when her best chance lies with the son of her sworn enemy?Driven by the execution of an innocent, Jacob Osgood, a United Councilor’s son, hunts for the truth about the heretic movement that Arcadia has hidden. But truth could cost him the one thing he cannot stand to lose: the girl who saved his life at the bombing.Shiloh Haven, the orphaned daughter of heretics, is forced to become Arcadia’s spy in a sinister plot to destroy the heretic army. She faces a terrible choice: survive or risk everything to save the boy she might just love and the rebels who are her only chance of being free.As their fates entwine, the three must answer an impossible question. WHAT WOULD YOU DIE FOR?

They’re the hottest characters on TV: crime scene investigators who hunt for evidence to nail the culprit. But what does it take to solve a real crime? By going step by step through the detection process, kids will discover that you need more than mere deduction to catch a thief, forger, or murderer: you need smart science. Budding detectives will meet the people who help bring a perpetrator to justice and learn what makes up hard evidence. They’ll check their ability to separate fact from opinion, test their powers of observation and memory, try to recognize sounds and smells, and gather the tools of the trade. Fingerprinting, chromatography, even tracing a bullet’s trajectory are all covered, along with intriguing true crime stories.The author lives in Hot Springs Village, AR.

“Annie Campbell's The Whore Next Door is simply magical. Part road story part confessional, The Whore Next Door is a tender, joyful, heartbreaking and hilarious illustrated memoir about sex, drugs, work, motherhood, mistakes and triumphs, men and boys. This visually rich and compelling coming of age tale will keep you laughing and enthralled and sometimes cringing. Campbell's subtly powerful tale will draw you in, like sitting at the table with your favorite wild, baby-boomer aunt while she tells you about her youthful travels, romances and struggles. I'm convinced the secrets to survival are contained in these pages.” —Cara Hoffman, author of Be Safe I Love YouWho except for Annie Campbell tells stories with such a winning matter-of-factness and paints paintings with such a comic and baroque exuberance? No one I know of. The Whore Next Door is a double-barreled delight. —Lamar Herrin, author of FracturesA Journey depicted with wonderful illustrations. It leaves an indelible impression of a positive take on life's ups and downs.—Bob Potts, Kinetic SculptorAnnie Campbell, a self-taught painter and writer, lives with her husband Harley, in Trumansburg, New York.

The mesmerizing debut novel from a new author!Every villain is the HERO of their own story...Fifteen-year old Catarina Perez wakes up in one of the city’s alleys covered in blood and lying next to the corpse of a man she has never met before. And it turns out that isn’t the strangest thing she’s going to go through this night. Within hours of waking up, her body begins to develop superhuman abilities that cause her to become faster, stronger and more agile than any person she’s ever met.But the use of these new powers brings with them a horrifying handicap: an uncontrollable desire to feast on the sweet, red nectar that is the life force of other humans. The more she uses her powers, the greater her desire to attack people.With her moral beliefs telling her that suicide is the greater sin, she tries to make peace with her need to feed on humans as a way of sustaining herself. Determined to see her affliction as a blessing and not a curse, Catarina begins to systematically hunt down the city’s drug dealers. If she has to feed, then it should be from those who deserve it most.With the hope of meeting a glorious death in battle and having her curse end, she instead becomes more powerful with each dealer she destroys. But power corrupts, and for Catarina, absolute power is bound to get somebody killed.