Books with author Charlotte Huang

Excerpt from Their Mariposa Legend: A Romance of Santa CatalinaWith eyes rapt, her breath scarcely stirring the folds of softest fawnskin drawn across her breast, the princess bent her gaze to where the waves ran silver on the ocean's distant rim. There she knew the sun must rise and, as the first dazzling ray sparkled across the water, she rose Slowly until she stood erect, a slender, graceful figure against the dim, gray rocks, and stretching her arms toward the East, spoke in the musical words of her people.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

I wish Barney BookhousenWould just disappear.If he would go away,Oh, how my friends and I would cheer!Barney Bookhousen is a bully whose only talent, or so it seems, is making everyone miserable. Will a bit of curiosity on the part of a classmate confirm Barney's reputation? Should we just accept “once a bully, always a bully”? This story teaches that amazing things can happen when we find and focus on something good in people.

A girl forced out of her comfort zone finds that being true to herself is the best way to live her life, in this second novel from the author of For the Record.It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Skylar Hoffman’s senior year at her preppy East Coast boarding school should have been perfect: amazing boyfriend the coolest friends the most desirable dormBut it’s far from it. To her dismay, Skylar’s not going to rule senior year because she’s stuck in Abbot House, a tiny dorm known for, well, nothing. Living with a group of strangers everyone thinks is lame is bad enough. Worse is that Skylar wasn’t exactly truthful about how she spent summer break in Los Angeles—and her little white lie is causing her once rock-solid romance to crumble fast. And when it turns out that Skylar’s best friend is the one responsible for having her booted from Lincoln? It’s an all-out war. Stepping out of her comfort zone never felt so scary—or necessary. But everything is different now. Including, maybe, Skylar herself . . .

Back cover summary:They laugh at my nameAnd poke fun at my size,And just look at this hair and saucer size eyes!Seymore Synopolis is trying very hard to get into the Christmas spirit, but unkind words said to him by neighborhood children are making it very difficult. However, a bit of holiday magic and the "creation" of a special new friend will make this Christmas Eve one of surprise and adventure for Seymore. This story of celebration and feelings is sure to touch the hearts of children and their families.