Books with author Catherine Storr

A mysterious drowning, a beautiful terrorist and a desperate search for a magical hybrid. What if only your worst enemy could help you save the world? The year is 2089 on earth with soaring heat, toxic waters, tricked-out amphibious vehicles, ice-themed dance clubs and fish that grow up on vines. Varik Teitur inherits a vast sea farm after the suspicious death of his marine biologist father. When Marisa Baron, a beautiful and shrewd terrorist, who knows way too much about Varik's father's work, tries to steal seed disks from the world's food bank, Varik is forced to put his dreams of becoming a doctor on hold and venture with her, into a hot zone teeming with treacherous nomads and a Fireseed cult who worships his dead father, in order to search for Fireseed, a seemingly magical hybrid plant that may not even exist. Fans of Divergent and Under the Never Sky will likely enjoy this YA dystopian romance.People are saying:“Emotional thrill ride!” - Electrifying Reviews“Extremely clever plot!” - Parafantasy

Fireseed One is a futuristic thriller that can be enjoyed by both teens and adults. The year is 2089. Temperate climate has replaced Arctic ice, and much of what is now the United States is a lethal Hotzone, cut off by an insurmountable border from its northern, luckier neighbors, Ocean and Land Dominion. It is rumored that roving Hotzone nomads will kill for a water pellet or a slice of insect loaf, and that the ZWC, a dangerous Hotzone activist group, has infiltrated the border to the northern Dominions. Up in Ocean Dominion, all eighteen year-old Varik Teitur wants is to party on SnowAngel Island with his friend Audun and flirt with college girls he dreams of joining next year in his quest to become a doctor. Instead, he inherits a vast sea farm, following the death of his father, famous marine biologist Professor Teitur. Five weeks later, ZWC member Marisa Baron breaks into the farm’s secret seed vault and a fellow activist poisons the farm’s agar crops, the world’s food source. In order to save the last agar seedlings Varik is forced to journey to the Hotzone in search of Fireseed, a plant his father supposedly developed with magical hybridization properties. Varik takes Marisa along. Aside from being a terrorist, she’s the daughter of Melvyn Baron, the biggest real estate mogul in Land Dominion, and the professor’s old rival. Oddly, she knows lots about Fireseed, and what Hotzone land Professor Teitur bought to test the crop, before becoming embittered and trashing the project. No one except Varik knows whether Fireseed once existed off the drawing board. Might the refugees in Vegas-by-the-Sea have answers, or the bizarre Fireseed cult in the Chihuahua desert? Varik, the reluctant hero, must risk burning in the Hotzone, as his mother did, to save the ailing agar, and the world. Praise for Fireseed One: “Extraordinary thriller with a fascinating setting and rich, engaging characters who feel recognizable and human.” –Katia Lief, international bestselling author of You Are Next and Soul Catcher "Fully imagined, fast-paced, and thoroughly captivating, Catherine Stine's Fireseed One sucks you into its fascinating world on page one and doesn't let go until the very end." –Dale Peck, award-winning author of Sprout and The Drift House series “FIRESEED is so full of startling ideas that I couldn't stop reading! Recommended for fans of science fiction, thrillers, or for anyone looking for a story full of big surprises.” -- Amy Kathleen Ryan, author of Glow, the first novel in The Sky Chasers series “Action, adventure, love, and loss plus superb world building all adds up to an incredibly imaginative story – one that should not be missed.” -Carolyn MacCullough, author of Once a Witch and Always a Witch *Illustrated by the Author

When Monsieur Monmouton hears chanting coming from his barn—“Noo Yowk, Noo Yowk!”— he knows something is up. Sure enough, one morning he finds the barn empty and a note saying “Bak in a few days.” In this much anticipated sequel to A Spree in Paree!, Monsieur Monmouton’s animals take New York City by storm. Hot on their hooves are Monsieur Monmouton and his loyal dog, Cabot. From Blooming Dells and MOOMA. to an Oval Line cruise and dinner in Chinatown, Monsieur Monmouton gets a hurried and harried tour of the Big Apple. As if the whirlwind trip around Paris last summer wasn’t enough!

Samantha is a curious type, always asking questions. One day she asks her mother if God loves her. Her mother re-assures Samantha that God loves her and that she is special in this colorful pre-school children's picture book.About the Author: Catherine Burr is a best-selling author of children's books, novels, and parenting humor. Visit her site at CatherineBurr.com.