Books with author Caroline Williams

Carol Lynch Willams' The Chosen One is a dazzling novel about a young teenager's rebellion from the polygamist cult that would have her become the seventh wife to her 60-year-old uncle Thirteen-year-old Kyra has grown up in an isolated community without questioning the fact that her father has three wives and she has twenty brothers and sisters, with two more on the way. That is, without questioning them much---if you don't count her secret visits to the Mobile Library on Wheels to read forbidden books, or her meetings with Joshua, the boy she hopes to choose for herself instead of having a man chosen for her. But when the Prophet decrees that she must marry her sixty-year-old uncle---who already has six wives---Kyra must make a desperate choice in the face of violence and her own fears of losing her family forever.

Fifteen-vear-old Sage Olivar is writing a Romance novel-with a capital "R." The book's heroine, Angelica, is Sage's idealwornan-sensitive, strong, and sexy. There is only one small problem with Sage's novel-it's absolutely dreadful!Enter George, Sage's would-be boyfriend and unwilling reader of Angelica stories. When she decides to enter her masterpiece in the school writing contest, George is frantic. How can he save Sage from public humiliation?Told in chapters alternating Sage's and George's point of view, this hilarious story is also a nuanced portrait of teenagers trying to make sense of their feelings and relationships.

Glin, a normal human boy, was born on a planet where genetically modified humans live as slaves. Arztlan, a beautiful and temperate world, is a carefully managed game park and religious pilgrimage destination for a predatory species of aliens, called the Hrast. The human slaves on Arztlan have been genetically modified for size and strength, to have claws and night vision, and for aggression. Glin was born without any of these qualities, so he’s a freak to them. He serves the Hrast, but he can’t hunt, so he’s not much use to them or to the human hunters. In their primitive society, freaks don’t live very long. To avoid a violent end, Glin leaves the hunting lodge where he was born and sets out to escape, and then to explore. Arztlan is beautiful, but dangerous. Glin faces challenges, both physical and mental, as he is learns to survive on his own. If he lives, will it all have been worth it? Or will always feel alone?

In trying to reunite with her mother, Winston discovers the many meanings of family and finds friendship in an unexpected place in this “warm, humorous, and poignant story” (Publishers Weekly) from the author of Waiting, which Kirkus Reviews, in a starred review, called “exceptional” and Glimpse, which Booklist called “gripping.”Life is just fine for fourteen-year-old Winston. She loves her dog, Thelma, and although she never knew her dad, and her mom left ten years ago in search of Hollywood fame, Winston has family with Nanny, who isn’t old at all! But a “just fine” life gets a lot more exciting when a letter arrives from Skye Harper, aka Judith Fletcher, aka Winston’s mother. She needs help, and Nanny says the best way to give it is to take a cross-country road trip—in a “borrowed” motor home—to go find Mama once and for all. Winston’s not so sure about this plan, but with a cute stowaway named Steve along for company and an adventure on the horizon, this is sure to be a summer to remember.

"IT WAS ME" takes us into the life of a young scared mother raising her teenage boy in the city of Baton Rouge, La. where the spirit of murder was running rampant. Nightly she would sit on the edge of the bed and watch the news, observing the violent crimes (homicides) being committed almost every night.Some of these crimes were in her area. Silently she would whisper to herself a prayer for all the mothers and families that were hurting due to the loss of their loved ones. The life of a mothers pages turn who had been given a new journey. This was a journey that she didn't expect and wasn't quite sure that she was ready to take. This was a journey in which she questioned if she could even survive. "IT WAS ME" will take you down a path of traveling grace, and up a mountain of Great Faith. Journey along and see how through this mothers unwavering faith, and through her journey of endless days and sleepless nights of tears she made it. Turn the pages of an inspiring story that unfolds how she turned her tragedy into a victory.

Fifteen-vear-old Sage Olivar is writing a Romance novel-with a capital "R." The book's heroine, Angelica, is Sage's idealwornan-sensitive, strong, and sexy. There is only one small problem with Sage's novel-it's absolutely dreadful!Enter George, Sage's would-be boyfriend and unwilling reader of Angelica stories. When she decides to enter her masterpiece in the school writing contest, George is frantic. How can he save Sage from public humiliation?Told in chapters alternating Sage's and George's point of view, this hilarious story is also a nuanced portrait of teenagers trying to make sense of their feelings and relationships.From the Trade Paperback edition.

Caity and her sister Kara get along well, considering their home life. By sticking together and keeping out of their mother's way, they eat, go to school, and protect each other from their mother's terrifying and seemingly random verbal and physical attacks. Some friends help and make a difference. But when their mother storms off with a suitcase and doesn't return, the girls realize they can't cope on their own for long. Yet, as Caity comes to realize, there is a lot they can do to take control of their future.

For as long as she can remember, Sarah’s family life has revolved around her twin sister, Annie—the pretty one, the social one, the girl who can do anything. The person everyone seems to wish Sarah—with her crippling shyness—could simply become.When Annie suddenly chops off her hair, quits beauty pageants, and gains weight, the focus changes—Annie is still the star of the family, but for all the wrong reasons. Sarah knows something has happened, but she too is caught in her own spiral after her boyfriend breaks up with her and starts hanging out with one of Annie’s old friends.Annie is intent on keeping her painful secret safe. But when she and Sarah start spending time together again for the first time in years, walls start to break on both sides … and words that had been left unsaid could change everything.