Books with author Lisa Harris

No one needs to push Nikki Boyd to excel on the Tennessee Missing Persons Task Force. The case of her own missing sister, still unsolved after ten years, is the driving force in her work. When a Polaroid photo of a missing girl shows up at a crime scene, Nikki quickly recognizes similarities to the past. The closer she gets to the abductor, the more she feels that this case is getting personal, and that she is not the hunter at all — but actually the one being hunted.

Fifth-grader Louis Moore had one heavy question to ask his gym teacher Miss Mayberry. The answer to his question, and a handful of quarters, changed his life in a way he never thought possible. With the help of Miss Mayberry, a few neighbors and the most popular girl in fifth-grade, Louis finds himself on the startling line of the Bunker County Bike Racing Championship! The odds are against him, but they believe he can win. Can he?

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This brand-new devotional, written especially for girls like you, is packed with inspiration and guidance to help you manage everyday issues and ultimately live God's way. With relevant topics including beauty and self-esteem, to faith, friends, family, and obedience - and dozens more - each day's reading will direct you to the ultimate authority of God's Word. Whispers of Wisdom for Girls offers just the right amount of encouragement and biblically based wisdom. . .and the short daily readings and portable package make an ideal fit for your busy life.

Outside In is a unique book, written from the point of view of Lisa Meryl, a precocious and perceptive 5th grader. As Lisa learns more about her teachers and their lives, she realizes that they are more than just the persona she meets in the classroom. Outside In tackles a wide range of disabilities and differences, including physical handicaps, sexual orientation, xenophobia, racial and age discrimination, and religious prejudice. It reminds readers that much of our education happens beyond the bounds of academic lessons. A book for students, teachers, parents, and friends of all ages, Outside In reminds each of us that tolerance begins by seeing people as human, by looking beyond what they present on the outside and finding out who they are on the inside.

The students at Lizzie's high school are notoriously terrible at breakups. Forget awkward conversations―they're dumping each other via text. Inspired by the terrible breakups around her, sixteen-year-old Lizzie, strapped for cash and itching to go on the school's band trip to NYC, teams up with her best friend, Willa, to create a genius business: personalized gift baskets―breakup baskets―sent from dumper to dumpee. The Goodbye Girls operate in secret, and business is booming. But it's not long before someone begins sabotaging The Goodbye Girls, sending impossibly cruel baskets to seemingly random targets, undermining everything Lizzie and Willa have built and jeopardizing their anonymity. Soon family, friendship, and a budding romance are on the line. Will Lizzie end up saying goodbye to the business for good?

Penny Fletcher is an ordinary girl with an extraordinary secret.When a genie is taken prisoner and punished for his crimes, Penny Fletcher saves him from a life worse than boredom, but is the genie thankful? The answer to that would be a spectacular no!At a flea market, Penny is swindled into buying an old chamber pot, when she takes it home she soon releases a genie and he is not happy about it. Being trapped in a thunderpot is so 'beneath' him and he is mad about it - he needs to get his revenge but first he needs to get rid of Penny. Right from their first meeting they do not like each other and some things may never change. A cantankerous genie will make Penny's life a misery designing each wish granted a farcical fail. When the two find themselves taken prisoner (again), can Penny and the genie stop their wisecracking squabble long enough to get along and escape?Be careful what you wish for.... The first in a witty and magical fantasy series by Lill Harris.A perfect book for children aged 8 to 13 years old or the young at heart.'Lill Harris is so funny...' -Half the People Who Have Met Lill'I loved this book and can't wait for the follow up..' -Marija J'Mum, do I have to read all of it, can't you just tell me what happens?' -M.H..'When you start writing more like Andy Griffiths, then I'll read it." -T..H.'Thoroughly enjoyed the characters, a very funny read....now will you pass me back my cake?." -S. Harris.

The students at Lizzie's high school are notoriously terrible at breakups. Forget awkward conversations—they're dumping each other via text. Inspired by the terrible breakups around her, sixteen-year-old Lizzie, strapped for cash and itching to go on the school's band trip to NYC, teams up with her best friend, Willa, to create a genius business: personalized gift baskets—breakup baskets—sent from dumper to dumpee. The Goodbye Girls operate in secret, and business is booming. But it's not long before someone begins sabotaging The Goodbye Girls, sending impossibly cruel baskets to seemingly random targets, undermining everything Lizzie and Willa have built and jeopardizing their anonymity. Soon family, friendship, and a budding romance are on the line. Will Lizzie end up saying goodbye to the business for good?