Books with author Arthur M. Johnson

2019 IAN Outstanding Fiction Winner for LGBTQ Fiction **Not a Cliff Hanger**His world was water and rhythm. Hard work and drive kept Royal O'Connell one step ahead of his competition. His spot on the swim team, keeping his scholarship, was the only plan that mattered. His world was ebony and ivory. Natural talent and ambition set Camden Morgan apart from the other music majors. His dedication scoring him a full ride. Normally, their paths would have never crossed….But when Royal meets his best friend's new roommate, his big plan and Camden’s controlled environment faces a variable that could destroy it all. Attraction. The world they live in had no room for error. That undeniable pull between them was dangerous and neither one of them could've prepared for the choice they'd have to make. Love isn't always an easy road and, when everything they've worked for is on the line, they'll have to decide if being together is worth the risk.

**Stand Alone**Her world was color. Canvas and paint. Indie O’Connell lived inside her head. Her voices the muse. And as a freshman at St. Peter's College, all she wanted, was to create a name for herself with the brush in her hand.His world was over. Despite his humble upbringing, Kai Carter seemed to have it all. Captain of the swim team and a full scholarship. His golden boy status a mask he had to wear to keep his dream and his family afloat. All the pieces of his life dangled precariously from his fingertips.Forced to fight a battle he’d never signed up for, Kai’s loyalty turned out to be his undoing, and like a good captain, no matter what the cost, he’d gone down with the ship. They never planned for their worlds to collide.He was her brother's best friend.She was supposed to be invisible.Off limits.Being together, regardless of how much they wanted it, was a line they'd never cross. But when lives get messy, lines get blurred, and in love, nothing is ever black and white.

The Runner – the first book in the young adult dystopian Avi Bloom series…Ten years ago the president of the United States declared that global warming had reached a tipping point from which it would not recover. In answer to this dilemma, modern technology was shut down. The elderly and other volunteers could opt to live out the rest of their lives in a virtual world, but all others were left to fend for themselves.Avi Bloom lives in a world in which each family must contribute one child as a runner. A runner risks life and limb to travel from village to village delivering news and other small items. Avi is one run shy of retiring when she discovers that whole villages are disappearing, leaving only a few dead bodies and the youngest children behind. Now, Avi must find out who or what is responsible for these missing people as she goes on a journey and discovers friendship, love, and betrayal. She also discovers that the forces behind these disappearances are much larger and more frightening than she could ever have imagined. This is a young adult novel with mild violence.

New World Island is the second book in the Avi Bloom series.How has one island remained virtually untouched by the shift away from technology? Avi Bloom and her friends will do anything to uncover the truth.After learning that the missing villagers have been forced into a virtual world—a world where they no longer have control over their minds or bodies—Avi Bloom and her friends decide the best way to get some answers, and stop this unknown force, is to pretend like their minds are still inside the program. When a boat docks in front of their group and the others plugged into the program line up to board this vessel, the group is taken away from the world they know. They’re taken to an island that has somehow been left untouched by the shift away from technology. The island forces the group to question everything they once thought to be true.

Peach and Plum opens with seven year-old Mayfair Tootle, who steps into the world of Maverick Elementary as a new student on the first day of school. And things like: Fifth graders who hog the kickball court, snooty school yard cliques, a Pop Star girl, school yard games like High Jump and One Fly Up, a dog named Monster, googlie-eyed school yard crushes, a substitute teacher, the Harvest Moon Potluck, a couple of birthday parties, and a crazy school yard brawl on the first day of school, all set the story of Peach and Plum in motion as the school year rolls itself out. Mayfair easily makes new friends at Maverick Elem (what the children call it), and everything is fine until the leader of The Snootish Girls, Kiara Campbell, gets kicked out of her own clique. When she highjacks Mayfair's litle circle of friends, Kiara banishes Mayfair's BFF from the group simply because Xembi reminds Kiara of another girl she can't stand. Fed up with Kiara's mean-girl ways and holding everybody hostage during lunch and recess, Mayfair stands up to Kiara when she finds out that Xembi might go to home school because of the bullying. And just when things get back to normal, Mayfair has one last show down with Kiara Campbell on the last day of school.

**Stand Alone**Her world was color. Canvas and paint. Indie O’Connell lived inside her head. Her voices the muse. And as a freshman at St. Peter's College, all she wanted, was to create a name for herself with the brush in her hand.His world was over. Despite his humble upbringing, Kai Carter seemed to have it all. Captain of the swim team and a full scholarship. His golden boy status a mask he had to wear to keep his dream and his family afloat. All the pieces of his life dangled precariously from his fingertips.Forced to fight a battle he’d never signed up for, Kai’s loyalty turned out to be his undoing, and like a good captain, no matter what the cost, he’d gone down with the ship. They never planned for their worlds to collide.He was her brother's best friend.She was supposed to be invisible.Off limits.Being together, regardless of how much they wanted it, was a line they'd never cross. But when lives get messy, lines get blurred, and in love, nothing is ever black and white.

Jenna Sheffield is an average girl from Savannah, Georgia. However, this year her life is about to change. She's starting at a new, all-girls boarding school in the middle of high school. She's having to learn how to deal with a roommate who seems more inclined to torture her than be friends. And on top of all that, she learns she has inherited her family's ability to communicate with the dead, when the ghost of Christine Wedge starts to haunt her. All Christine wants is her body to be found, but this mystery is shrouded by 60 years of local legends and feuds. Can Jenna crack this cold-case, or will Christine drive her insane, or worse, kill her chances at getting into a good college?

Sundance wants to get high. Every single day. Smoking crack is the most important thing in his life. His family is the drug. Crack cocaine ran through every large city and small town in the late 1900s. It destroyed lives, hopes and desires of the minds of both men and women. Some people had enough sense not to try it. Sundance wasn’t one of them. His journey is not unlike many men in America. He wants to have nice things. The drug takes them away. He would like to have a bank account. The drug will not allow it. Sundance would like to have a decent female companion in his life. The drug will only attract the worst women on the street. Time and time again, he subjects himself to this misery. It’s a vicious cycle.

Rescue Me: Kitty Let your Hair Down is a humorous fiction book that will make you smile and even laugh. It’s an old story with a new twist.Kitty has spent all of her teenage years locked away by an old woman magician. Because of her isolation she is overwhelmed by her loneliness and she has no idea that she will be rescued. But everything changes and in spite ofthe loneliness she has become to know, there is a Happy Ending. Come take a journey with Kitty.

Brigid James is haunted. Her first day of senior year is spent hiding the gnarly scar on her wrist and hoping the whole school doesn’t know she spent her summer vacation in a wellness center after attempting to take her own life. With a detached and overworked mother and a pathetic excuse for a best friend, Brigid’s arsenal of emotional support is lacking.When Brigid meets Tunnel, the handsome new guy who literally makes her lose her senses, she is introduced to the underground world of ghosts and demons—a world that exists in plain sight if you’ve had a brush with death and when you know what to look for. Brigid recognizes one of these ghosts. He showed up at her school, obviously out of place, speaking utter nonsense. When one by one Brigid’s enemies suffer freak horrific accidents, the ghost seems the obvious culprit, but Brigid can’t shake the fact that her new boyfriend is growing increasingly possessive and his choice of vocabulary exactly matches the voice in her nightmares that claims, “You are mine.” **This book is for mature teen readers for strong language, attempted teen suicide, drug and alcohol use, and intense situations. This book is the first book in the Brigid's Ghosts series and it does not have a cliffhanger ending**

This book “Waffles Cookbook: Delicious 25 Waffles Recipes to Enjoy Breakfast” is a great guide for you to learn different flavored waffles. There is one traditional way of making waffles which everyone follows but how about eating a different flavor every day?That sounds exciting for sure. You will be able to find amazing waffle recipes in this cookbook which you would surely love. Waffles are easy to make and considered to be a healthy quick breakfast. If you are running late for work then waffles is the best breakfast to have with a cup of coffee/tea.Here are some of the chapters which you will find in this chapter:- Getting Started with Waffles Recipes- Variety of Waffles Recipes- Fruity Waffles RecipesGet this book now and enjoy various recipes at one place. You won’t be able to find so many recipes at one place and that too with delicious flavors. The tasty waffles recipes will make you collect all the ingredients of your favorite recipesand get started with them right away. If you have children at home then this book is a must have because your kids are going to love waffles every morning. Try it and you will see it by yourself how easy it is and how much happiness it would bring in your home when your kids would be excited to have waffles every morning.