Books with author James Chambers

Told entirely in email messages, the way i see it captures the raw emotion and angst of high school.Sarah is caught between two guys. One, named Eric, is sweet and smart, and she's head over heels for him. One, named Mick, is her father's boss' son. He wants Sarah bad. When Sarah picks Eric over Mick, Mick uses his position as the son of a powerful man to get revenge on Sarah. One by one, her friends turn against her, until there's only one obstacle in Mick's way--Eric. Loosely based on The Illiad, this novella chronicles a conflict between high school friends.--------------------------EXCERPT:From: Dana Hellerman To: Sarah Rook Date: Fri 31 Jan 2003 10:09:38Subject: (none)sarah, what's up? i am in ms. cooke's class but she can't see that i am typing. i'm supposed 2 be working on some dumb short story. this will have to be quick. are u going 2 the party this weekend? Tristan and Eric are going to be there, atleast that's what Tristan told me yesterday on the phone. if u check this during study hall e-mail me back. I will be on the computer at lunch and then we can talk about it after school. did u see what cara wilson is wearing? i was going to buy a shirt like that at the mall, but now that i see it on her, i am not sure. she is alot thinner than me and she looks horrible!! i don't know. what do u think? well, i will see u after school, girl. hope ur coming this weekend.l8er,danaFrom: Sarah Rook To: Dana Hellerman Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 12:44:01Subject: Where is the party?Dana,I don't know if I can get out this weekend. My dad says that I can only have the car once every two weeks and you know I took it last week. You would have to pick me and then someone would have to get me home by curfew. I will try. Where is the party? Is it in Reetown again? I don't know why you keep telling me about Eric, because you know I don't like him. He is a huge dork and I don't care if he IS your boyfriend's best friend, that does not mean you have to foist him on me. I thought Cara looked cute. You think she looks horrible? Anyway, even if she is thinner, you are much better proportioned, if you know what I mean, and I'm sure the shirt would look fine on you. Cara looks like a clothes hanger. We have had this discussion before. You know that you are really hot and stop being such an idiot about the whole thin thing. You know that you look bigger because you are bigger--where it counts!! Ask Tristan.Okay, well, this is study hall, and I have a major test in Trig next period. So I have to go. See you after school!!LYLAS,Sarah

Emma Wood, Events coordinator at a Luxury Hotel in Galveston will be spending Halloween in a Haunted Inn. She and her co-workers travel to the rustic pleasures of a legendary hotel where most of the legends center on murder, scandal and a malevolent spirit with mayhem and fright at the top of its resume.Not unlike "Abbott and Costello meet the Monster" Emma, her co-worker Shelby and macho boyfriend Travis, set out to prove there are no ghosts at River Inn and all those things going bump in the night and a disappearing elevator are all in the mind.Pitted against unworldly forces keep the entire staff on edge laughing in the face of terror and trying to keep their sanity. Emma and company find that the boundary between fear and humor is very narrow indeed.

Fourteen year old Frank Nightingale and his fifteen year old sister Lucy are heading for Midnight Island as passengers on a cargo boat, when they should have been spending the summer holidays at their boarding school. According to a plan found in the school library, there's a book of magic spells hidden in a castle on the island. The voyage is far from being a luxury cruise and when they get to Midnight Island things get a lot worse. In charge is the evil,self-styled Count Drago who has been searching for the book but can't find it. Frank and Lucy aren't superheroes with special powers - just ordinary kids who come up against the chaos on Midnight Island. this is an action and adventure story with contemporary themes - written for young teenage readers. It also makes a great bedtime story for mums or dads to read to younger children. Will Frank and Lucy be forced into finding the book for the Count? Does the book really have magic powers? Will they manage to get back to the boat before it leaves without them? And that's just a flavour of this exciting, fast moving story.

Excerpt from Pioneering in New Guinea: 1877-1894New Guinea, and to our accurate acquaintance with the ways of thinking, the habits, superstitions, and mode of life of the various tribes of natives.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Cassandra Knight does not do fairies! She does detentions! But when she meets Bertha and Midge (The Book Fairies) she finds out that a young boy who has been murdered needs her help. Cassie goes into the story, becoming part of it, and deals with some unusual characters in the town of Cyril’s Crossing… So begins The Story Fixer’s first adventure. A book for eight to 12 year olds.

Cassandra Knight does not do fairies! She does detentions! But when she meets Bertha and Midge (The Book Fairies) she finds out that a young boy who has been murdered needs her help. Cassie goes into the story, becoming part of it, and deals with some unusual characters in the town of Cyril’s Crossing… So begins The Story Fixer’s first adventure. A book for eight to 12 year olds.

As long as Nora Sparrow can remember, Owen has protected her. He’s been there through years of miserable foster homes and snobby mean girls, always whispering to her that she doesn’t belong here. Telling her that this is the mundane world, and someday, he’ll get them back to Helicon, the world of the muses. The world where they belong. But Nora’s fifteen years old, and she isn’t sure she quite believes it anymore. When he begs her to try another ritual to open the dimensions, she agrees mostly to humor him. Owen’s rituals never work. But this one does, and Nora is flung into the whimsical, bohemian land of Helicon, where she’s expected to do nothing more than create and inspire. With the help of her new muse friends, Nora sets out to discover who is creating holes in the fabric of Helicon and draining away the muses’ energy. Everything would be perfect, if only Owen’s protectiveness wasn’t starting to seem so... obsessive.

What if the messiah and the anti-christ fell in love? Azazel is seventeen and sexually frustrated. Her biggest issue is trying to figure out why her seemingly normal boyfriend won't sleep with her. Then Jason races into her life. He won't say where he came from or who's chasing him. He's a delicious puzzle, a boy who has no problem using his fists to solve arguments or quoting Plato to justify his actions. Azazel is drawn to him. She's obsessed with finding out his secrets. What she doesn't know is that Jason's secrets are entwined with her own town's secrets. Her friends and family have conspired to use her as a pawn in a violent scheme. Soon, she will have to choose between protecting Jason and staying loyal to everyone she's ever trusted. A story about forbidden love, fate, and free will, Breathless is Rosemary's Baby meets The Da Vinci Code.

Nora Sparrow wants to feel safe now that her crazed ex-boyfriend Owen has been exiled from Helicon, the land of the muses. She wants nothing more than to sculpt, dance, and play, the way a muse should. But her fear of Owen casts a shadow over everything. She can’t even commit to a relationship, because she fears being smothered and controlled. Everyone else thinks the threatening message in the snow was a joke. They think Nora’s anxious mind conjured up the bouquet of dead flowers in her tent. But Nora knows that Owen is still after her. Nothing will stand in the way of his obsessive desire to possess her. Not even exile.

Owen Asher is back in Helicon, and Sawyer Snow doesn’t like it. Sawyer doesn’t believe Nora Sparrow when she says that Owen deserves another chance. Owen’s not a good person. He’s manipulative and cruel, and there’s no way he can be rehabilitated. When Sawyer sees Nora kissing Owen, he’s convinced beyond the shadow of a doubt that Owen has done something horrible to Nora to make her behave this way. Sawyer doesn’t know what’s happened, but he knows it can’t be good. With help of his friends, Sawyer will do whatever it takes to save Nora—to save all of Helicon—from whatever scheme Owen has planned.