Books with author Garry Jenkins

Although Tara Chadwick is smart, popular, and can run faster and throw harder than most boys, she has a big problem: her family is in trouble. As Tara struggles to understand her parents’ crumbling marriage, Dallas and his best friend, Jimmy Calabresi, help Tara learn that a year filled with heartbreak can hold exciting and life-changing discoveries as well.

Where’s Yolanda??? Yolanda is missing! Where has she gone? Why has she gone? The Bradfords are on vacation with their friends the Hubers. They have been at the ocean together before. Why is it so different this time? Why are Daniel and Tom out on the water in a rowboat during a terrible storm? Where are they going? Do they make it? Is Yolanda finally found? Is she in trouble with her parents for going off without permission? The answers to all these questions and a lot of exciting reading are in this book! Read for yourself and find out!

Max Carney doesn't look like a man with a secret. But he has a big one, and Toby Andrews is going to find out what it is. Mr. Carney works at the Lake Farm Home, where Toby's friend Thomas lives. But when Toby goes to a camp several hours away, Mr. Carney's there. Well, the man looks like Mr. Carney. But he says he's not Mr. Carney. What's going on? Toby is determined to find out. Come along as Toby, Thomas, and Toby's deputy sheriff dad trail the man with the terrible secret and learn what he's trying to hide.

Sometimes nothing seems to go right! The weather was clear, the church bus had left, but Jim Bradford had decided that he, Daniel, and Yolanda were not going to risk it. A blizzard had been predicted, and Jim was playing it safe. But Daniel was angry. He wanted to go on the retreat. And he let Jim know about it. Why was Jim being so unreasonable? Finally, Jim gave in. They loaded the Camaro and started out. Then the blizzard hit. Did they make it? Find out in Blizzard! number 6 in the Bradford Family Adventures series. Find out about a flat tire, Jim’s injury, Daniel’s bravery, and answers to prayer. Read this exciting book!

Some secrets are fun—but some aren’t. Marty Martin was a tough guy at Daniel Bradford’s school. He was only in the fifth grade, but already, he has a bad reputation. Even the sixth-graders didn’t mess with Marty. Marty’s behavior bothered Daniel. Not just because he was so mean, or because he lied so much. Daniel knew he was hiding something. Some terrible secret he dared not let anyone know. But Daniel learned Marty’s secret. Marty’s father was beating him—and his sister, too. Then Daniel and Jim Bradford had to decide—help Marty, or stay out of it. Would they keep Marty’s secret? Find out in Marty’s Secret, number 5 in the Bradford Family Adventures series.

Something special has happened to Tara Chadwick, and she knows her life will never be the same again. She longs to tell someone about it, but her mother is busy and angrier than ever at Tara’s dad for the divorce. On the day her life seems most miserable, Tara’s softball team, the Pandas, must play a key game in deciding whether they’ll go to the city championships. Her newfound faith gets a workout both at home and on the mound, and Tara makes an exciting discovery about her coach that just may be an answer to prayer.

When you’re a good sport because your family is watching, that’s reputation. When you’re a good sport because it’s right, that’s character! Daniel Bradford was an excellent cyclist. In only three weeks he had gone from novice to class A race. Three weeks after that, he was proving he was among the best of racers. But some of the best racers weren’t happy about that. They threatened Daniel, trying to make him afraid to do his best. But Daniel would do his best—and deal with them later. The question was this: how would he deal with them? Would they make him lose his temper? Would he be as bad a sport as they? Would he be able to do the right thing when he was confronted—even if his family couldn’t see? Not even Daniel knew all those answers. But you can find out in Good Sport, Bad Sport, number 8 in the Bradford Family Adventures series.

“I want her back!” Yolanda had been in a children’s home when Daniel first met her. She had been placed there by her aunt, who was not able to provide for her. The Bradfords adopted her, and she became a part of their family. In this adventure, Yolanda’s aunt wants her back. Circumstances have changed for the aunt, and she is able to provide for Yolanda now. How do the Bradfords react to this? What do they do about it? Do they get to keep Yolanda, or does the aunt get her back? Read the book to find out!

The Pandas are on their way to the city championship tournament for the first time ever, with Tara Chadwick as their star pitcher. But doing well at softball is about the only thing Tara has left to enjoy. Her best friend, Suzanne, still isn’t speaking to her, and now her dad blames Tara for the mess he’s in. Just when things can’t seem to get any worse, Tara discovers something about her mother that nearly tears her in two.

“Let’s use the buddy system.” Daniel goes to a big league ball game with his church team and their sponsor. Because of the size of the team, the sponsor sets up a “buddy system” to keep track of everyone. Daniel’s buddy is a younger boy called Chad. Chad lives with his mother and three-year-old sister. His father left them shortly after his little sister was born. On a trip to the concession stand, Daniel sees a man kidnapping Chad. This, of course, sends Daniel off on a wild adventure. Is he able to rescue Chad? There’s a lot of good reading on the way to an answer.