Books with author D. Flowers

Sequel to The Divide Book 1: UnityThe revolution has begun, and 18-year-old Malaki Cheyenne is spying on the U.S. government.In the midst of training on a rebel military base, Malaki can’t decide whether she wants to be in infantry or intelligence. She is also torn between her feelings for three girls, including Serenity Blackwater, who left on a refugee plane to The Nation of California Islands. Malaki is impatient at being low-ranked, but raises her status by creating a program to deactivate U.S. military drones. The base gets attacked after the government finds out members have allied themselves with the revolutionary Human Equality Organization. Malaki is captured and taken to a detainment center, where the same man who tortured Serenity last year says he’s going to convert Malaki from Gay to Normal. Malaki is beaten and starved, and forced to undergo experimental injections which are supposed to change her mind and body so she fits into the mold of what the government says is “normal.”The rebels who survived the raid at the military base are imprisoned in the crumbling remains of an old Gay Community, living under the watch of guards with no means of contacting the outside world. Meanwhile, Serenity and the other California refugees are under nuclear assault, waiting out the attack in underground bunkers.Malaki learns secrets about government which will end The Divide, if only she can get out of prison ... and if she doesn’t go insane from brutal torture. Will Malaki be able to free herself from her captors? Will any of her friends survive this war?

Mary Poppins Retires is an exciting, fun and funny take on the original story... After having spent the bulk of her life force fixing kids, Mary Poppins discovers she faces the diminishing powers that come with age. It is, she decides, time to retire. She and her parrot Longjohn go about the happy business of building a dream house made of seashells on the seashore. Meanwhile, Jeremy Abrams, African American, eight and three quarters years old, faces seemingly insurmountable problems. His dad died in the war, and his mom, a once popular math teacher, but now burdened with a broken heart, succumbs to drug addiction. Jeremy lives with his grandmother, Adeline, who unfortunately has “the Alzheimer’s.” Our hero suffers from night terrors, experiencing frightening visions in his sleep. Perhaps the young man’s biggest problem arises from his terrifying encounters with the gang comprised of the three meanest kids in town.Jeremy’s grandmother has always loved Mary Poppins (since the long ago release of the popular movie and the books before that.) Realizing that Jeremy needs help, she begins writing letters addressed to her heroine. Longjohn, the parrot, delivers Adeline’s letters to his mistress, though he argues (rather passionately) against intervening in Jeremy’s troubled life. Of course Mary Poppins has to help. She arranges for Jeremy’s mom—quite far gone now--to find a giant puppy and leave this incredible present on Jeremy’s doorstep on Christmas Eve. Jeremy’s mom hopes the dog provides her boy with the love she cannot give him.It is indeed love at first sight; Jeremy names the dog Oso. At first it seems the remarkable canine has solved all of Jeremy’s problems. Jeremy is no long bothered by night terrors. The gang admires Jeremy’s big and courageous dog, and at last they leave Jeremy alone. Jeremy is able to concentrate on school and his beloved math club until—Jeremy’s grandmother dies.Overwhelmed with grief, Jeremy is thrown into foster care. Worse, Oso is taken to the pound. Jeremy’s new foster ‘mother’, Ms. Rail, is a four hundred pound woman who does nothing but eat ice-cream and cake and watch TV. She won’t let Jeremy outside and even insists on ‘homeschooling’ him. She only humors Jeremy’s extreme anxiety to get Oso back. Desperate to save his beloved dog, certain he could survive anything if only he could get Oso back, Jeremy tries to escape, to no avail, until…From the kitchen window, he notices his new next-door neighbor moving in. An older woman with gray hair and a parrot, she arrives in an old station wagon. Despite her troubling power surges and black outs, Mary Poppins sets about helping Jeremy. This involves soliciting support from the gang, an old purple bike with hidden exhilarating and dangerous powers, a special Mary Poppins app on one of the boy’s phones, giant magic balloons, all mixed together in adventure of hair raising excitement. The ending of the story packs a powerful emotional punch. With a little help from our heroine, Ms. Rail becomes as dedicated to fitness as she once was to ice-cream and cake, the three boys in the gang are individually transformed by the adventure and a bit of Mary Poppins’ magic. Still, suddenly, the wind changes. Jeremy knows what this means. Terrified of being abandoned again, he rushes home. Mary Poppins and Longjohn are indeed gone. Unbeknownst to Jeremy, Mary Poppins had maneuvered Jeremy’s once loved mom toward help and just as he begins to experience this loss, a knock comes at the door and he opens it to find his mother at last…

Have you ever marveled at the wisdom you see in the eyes of a dog? Or at the compassion and patience an old dog will show a puppy? Ordinary Dogs, Extraordinary Friendships shares the positive canine character traits explorer Pam Flowers has observed in her thirty-two years of working with dogs. Eleven spellbinding and valuable stories of wisdom, joy, friendship, concern, loyalty, courage, sadness, and even good judgment fill the pages of this book for middle readers.

BUSTER GOES TO A VERMONT FARM with his mom to visit her friends. He gets to see real farm life with chickens ,goats, horse, cows and gardens. He meets a farm dog named Barkley and together they find a stash of freshly laid eggs in a straw nest. Buster learns where milk, eggs, vegetables come from and it is not the grocery store.This is a sweet read that children can use their imagination to visualize a day on the farm all done in lovely photos.Buster sincerely hopes you enjoy it!.

Rosita, The Journey Home tells the story of how a tiny Chihuahua, born in Mexico, was rescued by a missionary and how she came to live in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. She longed for two things: a name that belonged only to her and a family to love and care for her. Along the way she faced permanent separation from her native home and family, loneliness, fear, and an encounter with danger in the desert. She was also introduced to an invisible, wonderful friend named God.

Teenage Corky helps her aunt and uncle train wild mustangs for the horses’ owners. This year she gets to train a mustang on her own. Challenged by the difficulties of training the feisty mare she names Glitter, Corky often feels her life is like riding a roller coaster with no brakes on uneven tracks. While working with Glitter, Corky must also deal with her own shortcomings, like taming her quick temper. This is evident after she bloodies the nose of the new boy at school for taunting her and calling her “mustang girl.”Corky is determined to show everyone she has what it takes to become a real horse trainer in her own right, but does she? Can she train the mustang according to the owner’s unusual demands? Or will her beloved Glitter be doomed to face the owner’s rejection—and possibly the slaughter auction?

2017 eFestival of Words Best Fantasy Finalist!Details at bardsandsages.com/efestivalofwords/2017-finalistsAzrael's a wingless angel, and if that wasn't bad enough, she's the only one with a functioning conscience. Her bi-color eyes mark her as a moral hybrid, and when she breaks her enslavement to Manor Saffron by making a deal with a demon, she doesn't expect to become Queen. She’ll have to survive her new royal magic, convince a legion of angels she’s worth fighting for, and find the breach in her Faustian deal, or risk a new master with horns. This is the 2017 Cover Edition

The punishment for a seventh-grade dropout runaway is probably pretty harsh, but Ash Barker doesn't care. She can’t waste time or emotions on anyone but her brother, Matt. They were placed in separate foster homes, so Ash runs away to find him. If she fails, she’s headed back to juvenile detention.Everything is going right on schedule until two kids, Dayna and Kevin, barge into her hideout -- which just happens to be in their house. She ditches the pair fast, but can’t stop thinking about those bruised, skinny kids.Dayna and Kevin live with abusive parents who force them to stay in their room most of the time. If they go to the authorities for help, they’ll be split up, too. Ash knows how that feels, and she goes back to help, taking the two with her. With any luck, they’ll all help each other along the way.Meanwhile, as Matt waits for Ash, he can’t resist telling his foster brother and best friend, Jon-Allen, about the plans. They stash food, earn money, and keep watch for the night Ash appears at their bedroom window.Ash is so happy to be reunited with Matt and to discover she’s falling in love with Dayna that, at first, she doesn’t worry about what they’ll do next. But life on the road begins to take its toll -- they have to resort to shoplifting and scavenging to survive. Ash feels a growing sense of guilt at the disaster she’s made of everyone’s lives. Can she somehow keep her newfound “family” together despite hunger and sickness? Or will she be able to find the strength to reach out for help?