Books with author Jen Taylor

“I’m a Ninja.”“They only assign Ninjas taller than 1.3 meters.”---Maxine is sarcastic, gorgeous, intelligent and a wanted criminal… and Max sure knows how to pick a partner in crime. But then again, who could blame her? After all, she was pulled into a different world! Working with friends like Leo, a telepath, and Begera, a leopard lady shape shifter. Max tries to help save this world from a terrible fate. But the darkness is cunning. Who knows, even her friends could be her enemies.---Suitable for both Young Adults and Adults who are still young at heart - come along with Max and her new friends including Clinton... An ex-Unicorn ...as they meet intrigue and danger.

The heavens — the sun, the stars, and the moon — have inspired, intrigued, and mystified us from the beginning of time. We’ve always searched for ways to comprehend their beauty and their meaning. Mohawk artist and author C. J. Taylor has drawn from First Nations legends from across North America to present a fascinating collection of stories inspired by the night skies.The legends — Salish, Onondaga, Blackfoot, Netsilik (Inuit), Wasco, Ojibwa, and Cherokee — are by turns funny, beautiful, tragic, and frightening, but each one is infused with a sense of awe.From the Ojibwa legend of the great hunter, White Hawk, and his love for an unattainable maiden, or the Salish legend of a magical lake that is threatened when human beings turn greedy and lose their respect for its gifts and for the sun’s power, to the delightful Cherokee legend of Grandmother Spider who brought light to the world, this is an important collection that is enhanced by Taylor’s glorious paintings.

When the buffalo herds fail to appear one spring, a village in the Black Hills of South Dakota finds itself in turmoil: the people grow selfish and the elders lose their authority. But a beautiful woman comes, bearing a message. Only if the people learn to cooperate in the building of a great tipi, will she return with the first peace pipe and the rules of how it must be offered to the earth. Her message delivered, she returns to the hills and is transformed into a white buffalo, which in turn becomes a grazing herd.

Magic lessons are starting up for Brian: a much-needed distraction from the tragedy over the summer. But the dead rising from their graves is perhaps too much of a distraction. Now Brian and his friends must work out what is happening and why. Does it have something to do with the Stone of Surzaal, a fabled emerald with the power to grant near-immortality? Who is the six-fingered man? And what exactly is the 'silver dragon'?

This book, Our First Rodeo, is a story about three boys about to attend their first rodeo. They are excited, and in spite of the fact that they hate shopping, they spend all day with their mother buying western duds to wear to the rodeo. Imagine their shock when Daddy and Mother both appear in western duds, as well. The rodeo grounds,entertainment attractions, souvenirs, and autographs are discussed. There is a description of each rodeo event, calf roping, bronc riding, barrel racing, and bull riding. The clowns are entertaining and keep the boys laughing throughout the activities. The boys dreamed about the events, chalked up memories for the future and continued to talk about the events the following morning at breakfast. The younger of the three painted his face like a clown and came to breakfast, making everyone laugh.

As Jacob struggles to come to terms with his sexuality, his choice of partners make for a very difficult and confusing few months. He is left wondering whether coming out of the closet was the best thing that ever happened to him, or the worst. After his first relationship doesn't go as planned, Jacob delves into the waters of casual sex, depression and self harm.

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