Books with author David Yowney

For ages 14 and up.Fara has the kind of pain that never goes away. Hurt but from what? It is a secret. Fara is sixteen-years-old and dresses in black. She has Goth blue eyes and straight black hair and snakebites. Everyone thinks she is, weird and depressed, someone to avoid. Nothing could be further from the truth. Fara, on the outside says leave me alone, but in her heart, she says I want love. Fara St Michaels hates her room, name and life. She is not good at anything, or so she thinks!! One day while she fooled around on a MX bike, the owner of an automotive dealership noticed her talent. She competes in Motocross now. And then wow, you would be surprised on how a simple event can create such an enormous catastrophe.In the fast motocross circuit, Fara must learn to jump. And she is forced to face her greatest fear: herself. Then a horrible murder threatens her fragile hopes and dreams. They blame her. And that’s not all...a dramatic event challenges Fara’s confidence during a race against a mysterious rider in the night on a dangerous road. What happened after the break in at the automotive dealership? What is her true wish to beat the boys at their own game? Is this a conspiracy to get her off the team? Is she that good? Witness the mysterious life of Fara St Michaels and her going nowhere life doing extraordinary things.

For ages 10 and up.CAMP CATS: The Girl Who Wouldn't Eat Mice is a fur-raising and humorous ghost story.The Head Chronicler Mouse, Knib, tells the story of Lacette, Princess of the Tigers, who did not eat him for dinner.Set in an enchanted forest near the creepy White Bone Lake, the beautiful Lacette Gordon attends Camp Cat. When the high-minded ten-year-old refuses to act like a conventional cat, she is transformed by an evil spell and sent off to rescue an injured, impossible to find, dark bird.Under the spell of the powerful Whistling Goddess, Lacette is cursed to meet friends and is forced to be social. How horrible. She will have to accept help from a troop of comic mangy marauders who have taken a liking to her despite her unsocial attitude and being a tiger. Two of the followers are mice and this cat refused to eat them too! Oh how unheard of!She slides into a lower world of warring ghostly birds and ghoulish cats. After her encounter with Thunder, a moody boy swamp-cat-prince, Princess Lacette's heart races for joy, but he is her enemy. He wants to kill the bird she must save.As self-reliant as this Princess thinks she is, her beliefs are quickly tested at a ghostly trial where she must defend the enemy and risk losing her new friend Thunder.In the mean time, her furry followers are in the blood covered claws of death... What will she do?Knib, Head Chronicler Mouse.

For ages 10 and up. CAMP CATS: The Girl Who Wouldn’t Eat Mice is a fur-raising and humorous ghost story. The Head Chronicler Mouse, Knib, tells the story of Lacette, Princess of the Tigers, who did not eat him for dinner. Set in an enchanted forest near the creepy White Bone Lake, the beautiful Lacette Gordon attends Camp Cat. When the high-minded ten-year-old refuses to act like a conventional cat, she is transformed by an evil spell and sent off to rescue an injured, impossible to find, dark bird. Under the spell of the powerful Whistling Goddess, Lacette is cursed to meet friends and is forced to be social. How horrible. She will have to accept help from a troop of comic mangy marauders who have taken a liking to her despite her unsocial attitude and being a tiger. Two of the followers are mice and this cat refused to eat them too! Oh how unheard of! She slides into a lower world of warring ghostly birds and ghoulish cats. After her encounter with Thunder, a moody boy swamp-cat-prince, Princess Lacette's heart races for joy, but he is her enemy. He wants to kill the bird she must save. As self-reliant as this Princess thinks she is, her beliefs are quickly tested at a ghostly trial where she must defend the enemy and risk losing her new friend Thunder. In the mean time, her furry followers are in the blood covered claws of death... What will she do? Knib, Head Chronicler Mouse.

For ages 13 and up.While researching the pioneers in Amber County, Miss Sahara Washington, a thirteen-year-old waitress at the Wooden Witch Cafe, probes the smoldering and sinister truth about the quiet hamlet of Harrowton.Everyone thinks that Sahara will never amount to anything. They say, “Just look at her. Her hands are too big. She looks too young for her age and the Washington’s, who own the cafe, aren’t regular people to the area. In fact, Sahara is nothing at all like the local girls who have well established and important parents in the community.”They don’t think she will ever be good enough for any of the outstanding teenagers of the county and she shouldn’t even try. They certainly will not introduce her to any of the right boys; instead, they keep her away from the best boy in the land Jim-Jim Harbinger. They insist that Sahara doesn’t count as a girl friend for such a well-known boy of the county.Jim-Jim works as a mechanic for the prominent and eminent Mr. Papa Joe Cobber. Since the prosperous Nitro Motors Garage is across the street from the cafe, Jim-Jim and Sahara walk to school together. She feels comfortable around him, but she isn’t in love. In fact, Sahara hasn’t decided if she likes Amber County or wants to move back with her parents in the city. She has a lot on her mind.Suddenly, the king of the county, Papa Joe Cobber, is found murdered and the young mechanic Jim-Jim is the main suspect. The town believes him crazy and dangerous and sent him out of Harrowton to work with the ex-slave Skeleton Jack and the witch Baba Yaga. The whole town is suspicious of Jim-Jim; Sahara becomes suspicious of Jim-Jim and wants to believe he is innocent, not violent or crazy. Besides she doesn’t like the idea of the town picking on anyone.As she sets out to do research for the class project on the town’s pioneers, she investigates Papa Joe’s murder and secretly hopes to uncover the mysterious facts of the orphan Jim-Jim.Defiantly, Sahara sets out to establish whether Jim-Jim is good boyfriend material or not. But can Sahara’s heart withstand the bewitching magnetism concealed in Jim-Jim’s eyes?