Books with author Heather Baker

Adults insist that you never completely remember your childhood. They say that as the years pass by, those little details that once captured your undivided attention become fuzzy around the edges. As time marches on, the sharp memories start crinkling up like a piece of newspaper burning in a campfire; first you can just make out the sentences, and then, the white hot fire laps at the pages, blurring them and obscuring the actual words. Until all that you are left with is a fine white ash and the vague memories of what used to be.As long as I’m breathing, I know I will never forget my sixteenth summer. It’s been years, but that summer is etched finely in my memory. That was the summer I finally kissed a boy, found the body in the basement, and discovered that keeping secrets just might kill you. And believe me, that isn’t something you forget too easily, no matter how hard you try. And I sure as hell have tried.Kennedy Ryan is a normal fifteen year old girl with a best friend who tells her what to do, an agoraphobic mother, a crush on an inappropriate boy...and a body in her basement. Totally normal, right?

Lexie Maxwell JUST wants to finish writing her detective story for the town's short story contest at the end of the month. But her mom keeps asking her for help, her two best friends are fighting, AND she's pretty sure there's a ghost in the abandoned house across the street. What's a sleuth like Lexie to do? She needs to solve the mystery before it's too late!

Lexie Maxwell is back at it again. School has started and after winning her town's short story contest, she's trying to come up with a new mystery to write about. Except, she's drawing a blank. Nothing seems to happen around her neighborhood. Until...two new kids, a boy and a girl, move in down the block. The girl is Isabella and her and Lexie soon become friends, despite the fact Isabella is a little mean to Lexie's best friend, Emily. But Max, the boy, is a little strange. And now Lexie has a whole new mystery to figure out...her favorite necklace is missing and she thinks Max is the culprit!

Women rock, and they have for a very long time! This book profiles 10 inspiring women who have triumphed in bringing their love of music to the world, singing, playing and composing despite all the obstacles placed in their way. From power-chord guitar, classical violin or contemporary opera to old-time jazz, all have succeeded despite the odds. That's a tune any girl can snap her fingers to!

The magical truth about Peaches has been buried for long enough.The truth is that Peaches were not always grown in fields by farmers and sold by supermarkets. As you will soon discover, the truth about Peaches is far more extraordinary than that.Farmers and supermarkets will rally together to ban this story, so read it while you can! I don’t for a minute expect everyone to believe me— for it has been drummed into us for too long that fruits and vegetables are simple things grown in the ground— but I know for a fact that there are people out there who are desperate for the truth. So for you people, here it is.

Lily moves to a new city with her father. She meets a girl from her new school named Abby. The two girls were like sisters, had so much in common and the same plans for the future. Abby gets Lily a job with her at a local record store. One day at work Lily got a vision, but wasn't sure what to think about it. Not knowing anything about her mother who died when she was three may be the key to the odd things that are starting to happen to her. The girls saved their money for their summer trip to Italy. The day after graduation the girls get on a plane for Venice to start their biggest summer of their lives. They arrive in Venice, make their way to the villa, their home for the summer, and get everything unpacked. On the walk back to the car a dark stranger comes out of the shadows and grabs Abby and another man appears, but not soon enough, the dark stranger disappears with her. Lily is left with the other man who introduces himself as Ayden. He offers to take her home and help her find her friend. Ayden tells her that the world as she knows it is not as it seems and that it won't be as easy as she thinks it will be to get her friend out of the caves.

The acclaimed Women’s Hall of Fame series continues with profiles of ten women wordsmiths who made history in their own uniquely creative ways. From L.M. Montgomery and George Eliot to Margaret Atwood and J.K. Rowling, Ball covers a wide range of both time periods and styles. Remarkable Women Writers inspires even reluctant scribes to pick up a pen or sit down at a keyboard and put their experiences into words.

The magical truth about Apples has been buried for long enough.The truth is that Apples were not always grown in orchards by farmers and sold by supermarkets. As you will soon discover, the truth about Apples is far more extraordinary than that.Farmers and supermarkets will rally together to ban this story, so read it while you can! I don’t for a minute expect everyone to believe me— for it has been drummed into us for too long that fruits and vegetables are simple things grown in the ground— but I know for a fact that there are people out there who are desperate for the truth. So for you people, here it is.