Books with author I. R. Johnson

The stories in Delicate Men explore the socialization and cultural norms men and boys in contemporary society face and what happens when an individual fails to live up to those expectations. And though these are individual lives and stories, a strong, common thread unites them all in their frustration, sometimes even guilt, for not being the men they think they are supposed to be

What happens when a girl, homeschooled by her counterculture mother, decides to spend her senior year in public school? First friendship, first love―and first encounters with the complexities of authority and responsibility.Evie is different. Not just her upbringing―though that’s certainly been unusual―but also her mindset. She’s smart, independent, confident, opinionated, and ready to take on a new challenge: The Institution of School.It doesn’t take this homeschooled kid long to discover that high school is a whole new world, and not in the way she expected. It’s also a social minefield, and Evie finds herself confronting new problems at every turn. Not one to sit idly by, Evie sets out to make changes. Big changes. The movement she starts takes off, but when her plan begins spiraling out of control, Evie is forced to come to terms with a world she is only just beginning to comprehend.J.J. Johnson’s powerful debut novel will enthrall readers as it challenges assumptions about friendship, rules, boundaries, and power.

Gilded Girls is a tale of four friends, Missy, Hazel, Poppy and Countess, all living in Washington, D.C. during the Gilded Age. It is autumn 1883 and the girls are determined to become members of the Firebirds Club, the city's leading social organization for ladies. But before the girls can join this sparkling set, they must prove themselves capable of putting on the club's annual masquerade ball. While planning the extraordinary affair, the girls each meet a suitor who tickles her fancy, including a real life prince from the Ashanti Kingdom in West Africa. As the girls discover the complexity of planning a ball, they are also faced with the challenge of balancing newly found social pleasures with their responsibilities for the masquerade. But, will the girls' enchantments prove too distracting? And their biggest challenge of all: How to remain friends through everything. This gilded tale explores friendship, love and coming of age among Washington's African-American bourgeois after the Civil War.

A Talented Young Hockey Player and a Dangerous Injury… Ten-year-old Timothy Trainor is a typical happy kid who loves his family and friends. He’s lucky enough to have a special talent: he’s a great hockey player, and he is close with his teammates on the Chelsea ThunderCats. But things change unexpectedly when a dirty hit to the head during a game gives him a concussion. All of a sudden, Timothy’s future as a player is at stake as Timothy, his friends, and his family work through his recovery from an injury that happens all too often in youth sports, and which must be taken seriously. Timothy Trainor draws you into the vivid world of hockey, sending a strong message about how to play the game right, and giving realistic information about the increasingly serious issue of concussions. Full of fast-paced hockey action, warm moments with friends, love and good advice from family, and expertise from an ex-pro hockey playing grandfather, Timothy Trainor is an engaging and educational read for the whole family. Will Timothy recover from his injury? Will he be able to play again…and will he be able to meet or exceed his past performance? Find out, and experience the thrill and challenges of youth hockey along with Timothy.

Children of Military families face stress and difficulty at higher rates than do their civilian counterparts. This stress has been found to increase resiliency in the lives of children as they encounter adolescence and adulthood. What adds to the life of the military child is the rich growth they experience as they enhance their world view through interaction with children of other cultures. Look through the eyes of children of various cultures as they share how they feel about their mothers leaving them to support a major facet of military life-deployment. Find enjoyment as these children share openness with their mothers of their life as a military child.

A superb collection of books which children will enjoy and want to read again and again.Aimed at children around 6 to 11 years old, Hop Step Jump is not a reading scheme, but aset of absorbing, child-centred stories, rhymes, riddles, songs and fact books, collected fromdiverse sources and excitingly illustrated in a variety of styles. The books are arranged atthree language levels: Hop, Step and Jump.All titles are set in the Caribbean and written by Caribbean authors.Sally's WayOne early morning in May, as Sally sat hunched underthe gushing water at the village stand pipe, she sangher multiplication tables to herself. "End of term examssoon, I feel a nervous wreck!"

To survive, she must elude an ancient vampire queen.Cadence Findley never gave much thought to vampires until one night when a dark encounter changes her life forever.When her friend Drew is lured into the woods by a handsome stranger with steel-gray eyes and pale skin, Cadence instinctively knows he is dangerous, so she follows at a distance. Shocked at what she discovers unfolding before her eyes, she intuitively reacts. Seconds later, she finds herself alone in the forest, a decapitated head in her hands and the body of her friend at her feet.Out of the shadows steps a man dressed all in black who insists she flee immediately. It seems the gray-eyed monster has friends of his own-the bloodsucking kind.Now, they are coming for her.Swept into a world full of creatures she never dreamed existed, Cadence is left with a choice. Can she outrun the clan of vampires who've marked her for death, or should she follow the advice of the one in black who saved her in the woods and transform into a vampire hunter?Get ready to experience a world you've never known before, one full of Vampire Hunters, Guardians, and sinister Vampires who, if left unchecked, will destroy humanity. The Clandestine Saga follows Cadence Findley's journey as she discovers the world isn't always what it seems, and we are capable of much more than we've ever imagined when we are forced to choose between becoming the victim or the victorious.Book 2: Resurrection, Book 3: Repercussion, Book 4: Absolution, and Book 5: Illumination are now available!

This little book will save your life one day.This little book is a small collection of funny thoughts, amusing anecdotes, and telling quotes about Woman, or to be more specific, the subject is this: Man's Superiority to Woman.(To the politically correct girly men reading this: You read it correctly: S-U-P-E-R-I-O-R-I-T-Y)I know what you are thinking. You are asking yourself: How can a little book of amusing anecdotes and funny thoughts and so on and so forth about man’s superiority to woman save my life?Answer: It will save your life the same way that it saved mine.One day, not that long ago, a certain lady whose name I choose to forget, was driving me insane … making me angry and furious and pissy too … well, then, what did I do? Did I kick her in the butt, good and hard? Did I slap her in the face? Did I … do her great violence?Did I end up in jail doing 20 to life?No!Instead of doing great violence, instead of ruining my life, I picked up this little book that I had just finished writing. I read several of the anecdotes and quotes in this book. It made me laugh. It cooled me off.I survived to live another day.One day, dear sir, you too will be driven to near insanity by a woman of the female sex! Your wife! Or your mom! Or you sister, or whatever! Don’t off the biatch! Don’t slap her! Don’t kick her! Don’t rip her pretty little head from her shoulders! Don’t do it, dude!Pick up this book instead. Read a few of the quotes and anecdotes in this book.It will make you laugh. It will make you think. It will make you say, “Yes, sir, it’s true. Man is better than woman!” And you will feel better.It will save your life.Okay?You may thank me now.— H.H. JOHNSON