Books with author Janis Hansen

Before one fateful April day, Jeanne lived the life of a typical Rwandan girl. She fought with her little sister, went to school, and teased her brother. Then, in one horrifying night, everything changed. Political troubles unleashed a torrent of violence upon the Tutsi ethnic group. Jeanne’s family, all Tutsis, fled their home and tried desperately to reach safety. They—along with nearly 1 million others—did not survive. The only survivor of her family’s massacre, Jeanne witnessed unspeakable acts. But through courage, wits, and sheer force of will, she survived. Based on a true story, this haunting novel by Jeanne’s adoptive mother makes unforgettably real the events of the 1994 Rwandan genocide as one family experienced it. Jeanne’s story is a tribute to the human spirit and its capacity to heal.

Before that fateful April day, Jeanne lived the life of a typical Rwandan girl. She bickered with her little sister, went to school, teased her brother. Then, in one horrifying night, everything changed. Political troubles unleashed a torrent of violence upon the Tutsi ethnic group. Jeanne's family, all Tutsis, fled their home and tried desperately to reach safety. They did not succeed. As the only survivor of her family's massacre, Jeanne witnessed unspeakable acts. This haunting story was told to Jeanne's adoptive mother, and here she makes unforgettably real the events of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Jonas is a sixteen-year-old farmer who just wants to join the priest academy and play Boingo Ball, his favorite sport. However, an attack on his hometown of Shetra and the encounter with a great godlike-being named Garud force him to face the unbelievable truth that he is the potential seventh Savior of his Earth Age. This realization takes him on an incredible journey with a dangerous challenge at its end; to face the skeleton king from the Underworld, Khapre-Tum, who is firmly bent on stopping him at all costs.

Jonas is a sixteen-year-old farmer who just wants to join the priest academy and play Boingo Ball, his favorite sport. However, an attack on his hometown of Shetra and the encounter with a great godlike-being named Garud force him to face an unbelievable truth, that he is the potential seventh Savior of his Earth Age. This realization takes him on an incredible journey with a dangerous challenge at its end; to face the skeleton king from the Underworld, Khapre-Tum, who is firmly bent on stopping him at all costs.

Initially, Kip falls through an enormous rock on the prairie and encounters the kingdom of Roxsthroe. After his first adventure in Roxsthroe, Kip discovers that his father, Lester, fell through the same rock during the 1930s. In this book, Kip and the reader learn Lester's tale of adventure in Roxsthroe and in Faulk county. Like Kip, Lester meets not only Queen LInn, Prince Laird, and Elva with the green-apple eyes; but also, Ernst the magical elf and Geirrolf the shape-shifting gopher. Lester and his new friends (Lester and Laird do not see eye-to-eye but cross-eyed on most matters) must escape the boot of a giant, battle giant piranhas, survive a dust storm, solve a riddle, stop a flood, and survive a grasshopper bite in order to save both domains -- Roxsthroe and Faulk county -- from opposing perils.