Books with author Jamar Humphrey

In 1885, thirteen-year-old Ben Wright and his sister, Charity, travel to the New Mexico Territory under a cloud of grief. In the aftermath of their mother’s death from consumption, their father took his own life. Now orphaned, Ben and Charity are to live with their grandfather on his cattle ranch.When their stagecoach is attacked by outlaws, Ben and Charity are abducted and held for ransom. The bandits obviously intend to kill their captives, but thanks to Ben’s resourcefulness, the two escape and make it to their new home.There Ben learns to ride and herd cattle and forms a strong friendship with Kwahu, the Hopi stepson of the ranch foreman, Ted Colby. To Charity’s chagrin, Ted teaches Ben to use firearms—a skill he’s going to need sooner than anyone suspects.Someone has it in for the Wrights, and his eyes are set on their hundred-thousand-acre ranch. Frighteningly, this criminal is a cold-blooded killer and will stop at nothing to attain his goals. Whether this dastardly enemy succeeds or fails depends on how quickly a thirteen-year-old boy can become a man.

When Runt Shelby is released from prison, his second sentence, he knows what he did wrong the other times - going it alone. He will organize a gang, and nobody will send him back to prison. After stealing a horse, he rides into a small town and immediately befriends an orphan in his mid-teens, Luke Carter. And the gang is started.At the Double Bar W ranch, Ben is concerned about his grandfather's increasing forgetfulness and tells his sister, Charity. After driving a wagon into town to pick up supplies, Ben successfully assists a lady who is being accosted by two drunks. After finding out that the woman, Fiona Sullivan, will be his new teacher when school starts, he invites her out to the ranch. She and the kids' grandfather take an immediate liking to each other. Ben is thrilled. But Charity suspects something is wrong, and she will watch the woman. Unknown to Charity, her suspicions are correct. Miss Sullivan is a blackmailer and a murderess. And Andrew Wright will be her next victim.Runt Shelby adds more people to his gang. Patch Harris and a gunman known only as "Puma" join up with Runt. A bar maid, Big Sal Hudson, also joins. Only problem, Luke is having second thoughts about being an outlaw. But he knows Runt would kill him before letting him leave. Luke is eventually able to sneak away from the gang. He is replaced by a renegade Indian, "Sioux Nape."Ben has no prejudice toward Mexicans or Indians. When he finds a wounded Apache boy a couple of years older than him, Ben takes the boy, Gray Wolf, to a cabin on the ranch and begins to nurse him back to health. He brings the boy food every day, and the Apache begins teaching Ben words in the Apache language. Gray Wolf wants to go to Canada, where he can live in peace. But Ben wants him to remain on the ranch until spring. Gray Wolf agrees.Ben's first encounter with Shelby's gang is partially successful for him. When he comes upon a stagecoach being held up, he runs them off with accurate rifle fire, but not before they abscond with the contents of the strong box. After pulling a few more jobs, the Shelby gang attacks Little Black Water, taking some kids and their teachers hostage. Charity was helping out, and she is one of the hostages. When Ben finds out that the gang will be leaving the town with seven hostages - one of them Charity - he and his best friend, Kwahu (a full-blooded Hopi boy two years older than Ben), set an ambush. But can two boys, one thirteen and the other fifteen, defeat five outlaws who just as soon kill the boys as look at them?

AAAAHHH....HELP! HELP! SOMETHING’SGOT ME!” screamed Flop. Horrified, Diz watchedas the ground swallowed his best friend, replacinghim with a cloud of dust. He could hear him but hecouldn’t see him! The others heard Flop screamingand dashed to the edge of the slope to see what hadhappened. Logan almost slid down the slope just asFlop had but Jackson grabbed him in time, pullinghim back…Hang on as you experience thisroller coaster ride for dear life! This sometimes-brave group of seven friends dodges death at every turn while learning about true friendship, courage, truth, and hope...as in the hope of getting out alive!

Theodore Andrew McCall has spent his entire life (twelve years, to be exact) moving from place to place. When he starts his 8th grade year at Fulbright School for Boys, Theodore begins to think that things may finally be looking up. But when an unexpected phenomenon occurs, Theodore happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, becoming witness to some very classified, top-secret information. He quickly finds himself face-to-face with the SCAB Division, a secret division of the FBI that is solely dedicated to keeping the real life existence of cartoons under wraps. Given an ultimatum, Theodore reluctantly embarks on a new mission that, if failed, could jeopardize the entire world as he knows it.

Rocky is an ill treated dog who meets Bumbles in a rescue centre. They are rehomed together and soon realise they have unique abilities. They establish that an individual is badly abusing a dog and based on their own experiences decided to employ their friends to effect a rescue.The mission becomes more complicated when they realise the owner has obtained another puppy who is next in line for ill treatment and they come up with a cunning and in depth plan to make sure the dogs can be rescued from suffering for good but in order to do so they need to take some serious risks and challenge themselves as never before

In 1885, thirteen-year-old Ben Wright and his sister, Charity, travel to the New Mexico Territory under a cloud of grief. In the aftermath of their mother’s death from consumption, their father took his own life. Now orphaned, Ben and Charity are to live with their grandfather on his cattle ranch. When their stagecoach is attacked by outlaws, Ben and Charity are abducted and held for ransom. The bandits obviously intend to kill their captives, but thanks to Ben’s resourcefulness, the two escape and make it to their new home. There Ben learns to ride and herd cattle and forms a strong friendship with Kwahu, the Hopi stepson of the ranch foreman, Ted Colby. To Charity’s chagrin, Ted teaches Ben to use firearms—a skill he’s going to need sooner than anyone suspects. Someone has it in for the Wrights, and his eyes are set on their hundred-thousand-acre ranch. Frighteningly, this criminal is a cold-blooded killer and will stop at nothing to attain his goals. Whether this dastardly enemy succeeds or fails depends on how quickly a thirteen-year-old boy can become a man.

AAAAHHH....HELP! HELP! SOMETHING’S GOT ME!” screamed Flop. Horrified, Diz watched as the ground swallowed his best friend, replacing him with a cloud of dust. He could hear him but he couldn’t see him! The others heard Flop screaming and dashed to the edge of the slope to see what had happened. Logan almost slid down the slope just as Flop had but Jackson grabbed him in time, pulling him back... Hang on as you experience this roller coaster ride for dear life! This sometimes-brave group of seven friends dodges death at every turn while learning about true friendship, courage, truth, and hope... as in the hope of getting out alive! “I’ve used many children’s novels to teach students as an elementary educator of 31 years. I certainly wish I had been able to use this one. Jackson’s Raiders has adventure, action, a treasure hunt, and a bit of the supernatural - and teaches some history as well! What more could a teacher or parent ask of a book?” —Debbie Phillips, MA Literature, Editor

Theodore Andrew McCall has spent his entire life (twelve years, to be exact) moving from place to place. When he starts his 8th grade year at Fulbright School for Boys, Theodore begins to think that things may finally be looking up. But when an unexpected phenomenon occurs, Theodore happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, becoming witness to some very classified, top-secret information. He quickly finds himself face-to-face with the SCAB Division, a secret division of the FBI that is solely dedicated to keeping the real life existence of cartoons under wraps. Given an ultimatum, Theodore reluctantly embarks on a new mission that, if failed, could jeopardize the entire world as he knows it.

When Runt Shelby is released from prison, his second sentence, he knows what he did wrong the other times - going it alone. He will organize a gang, and nobody will send him back to prison. After stealing a horse, he rides into a small town and immediately befriends an orphan in his mid-teens, Luke Carter. And the gang is started.At the Double Bar W ranch, Ben is concerned about his grandfather's increasing forgetfulness and tells his sister, Charity. After driving a wagon into town to pick up supplies, Ben successfully assists a lady who is being accosted by two drunks. After finding out that the woman, Fiona Sullivan, will be his new teacher when school starts, he invites her out to the ranch. She and the kids' grandfather take an immediate liking to each other. Ben is thrilled. But Charity suspects something is wrong, and she will watch the woman. Unknown to Charity, her suspicions are correct. Miss Sullivan is a blackmailer and a murderess. And Andrew Wright will be her next victim.Runt Shelby adds more people to his gang. Patch Harris and a gunman known only as "Puma" join up with Runt. A bar maid, Big Sal Hudson, also joins. Only problem, Luke is having second thoughts about being an outlaw. But he knows Runt would kill him before letting him leave. Luke is eventually able to sneak away from the gang. He is replaced by a renegade Indian, "Sioux Nape."Ben has no prejudice toward Mexicans or Indians. When he finds a wounded Apache boy a couple of years older than him, Ben takes the boy, Gray Wolf, to a cabin on the ranch and begins to nurse him back to health. He brings the boy food every day, and the Apache begins teaching Ben words in the Apache language. Gray Wolf wants to go to Canada, where he can live in peace. But Ben wants him to remain on the ranch until spring. Gray Wolf agrees.Ben's first encounter with Shelby's gang is partially successful for him. When he comes upon a stagecoach being held up, he runs them off with accurate rifle fire, but not before they abscond with the contents of the strong box. After pulling a few more jobs, the Shelby gang attacks Little Black Water, taking some kids and their teachers hostage. Charity was helping out, and she is one of the hostages. When Ben finds out that the gang will be leaving the town with seven hostages - one of them Charity - he and his best friend, Kwahu (a full-blooded Hopi boy two years older than Ben), set an ambush. But can two boys, one thirteen and the other fifteen, defeat five outlaws who just as soon kill the boys as look at them?

What happens when you're far too inquisitive for your own good? When you talk to strangers and follow your instinct? You arrive in an unfamiliar world where sorcery has control of the weather and whose unusual inhabitants do all they can to survive. Luckily Emily and her trusted friend are quick witted and determined. But can they avoid the sorceress's traps and restore natural order before it's too late? Anschuan is a world not restricted by ordinary time and space. It has become dominated by Toraina, an evil sorceress who has seized control of the country's weather. Emily embarks on a journey to restore the rightful Queen Aurora but her quest is full of dangers. Assisted by friends new and old - a mysterious Boatman, a family of wolves, and a blind ranger with a bottomless backpack, she learns and develops from each new experience and adventure. Toraina's use of the weather to intimidate and cause physical harm, the guidance of a trio of very familiar sentinels, and her beloved Sammy, are the only things which remain constant throughout. But the boundaries between the two worlds aren't always quite as clear as they first appear.