Books with author Lonna Lisa Williams

Cool sharks is next up in the series by Lisa Williams. This book talks about a number of different sharks, including the Great White as well as the Tiger Shark. Have you ever thought about how sharks sleep? Find out here. Extra real life pictures included in this super cool shark book to give you a good idea of what to expect if you do bump into one of these amazing creatures some day!

Penguins are amazing animals - they are birds, but they can't fly - but do you know how fast they can swim? Do you know how high they can leap out of the water? Do you know that there are some penguins that are just as big as you and others you can can hold in your hand. Find out more fascinating facts and see some cool pictures as well.This is a great book for children to learn the basic facts about penguins

'Like a Tree Planted' is an environmental science fiction novel about Miranda, a teenager from future San Diego which is enclosed in a Dome because chemicals destroyed the natural world. The daughter of scientists, Miranda is Keeper of The Last Tree which is dying. She is also great-granddaughter of famous twentieth-century environmentalist Gabrielle Leigh who foresaw the trees' destruction. By means of The Archives, a futuristic multimedia library, Miranda studies Gabrielle's life. Each 'visit' through The Portal becomes more real, and Miranda gradually materializes in twentieth-century Oregon to explore--with Gabrielle--the Pacific Northwest evergreen forests. As Miranda gets more involved in the past, she watches Gabrielle fall in love with a logger who gets caught in the battle between loggers and 'greens.' Back under the future Dome, Miranda's family and boyfriend try to keep her from being trapped in the past as local anti-nature opposition hunts them down. Miranda and Gabrielle struggle, between two places and times, to reintroduce trees to the future and lead people outside The Dome. For teens and adults.

It may take a miracle—or a hurricane—to save this family vacation.Stepsisters Stephanie and Diana undergo another adventure when they embark on a Grand Cayman cruise with their extended family to celebrate their grandmother’s 80th birthday. But the vacation gets complicated with the addition of an eccentric Granny and a video-taping manic cousin. Plus Stephanie’s growing interest in boys makes Diana’s Mood-o-Meter swing like a pendulum. When the girls discover a plot to smuggle a rare, endangered Blue Iguana, Diana’s fury rages to the surface and threatens to ruin the entire birthday party—or unite the clan for a rescue mission.The third installment of Sisters in All Seasons is full of humor, heartache, friendships, and very real family drama aboard a cruise-ship—where there’s no escaping if you want to run away! Join Stephanie and Diana once again as they tread the wavering waters of step-sisterhood.Lisa Williams Kline is the author of Floods, The Princesses of Atlantis, Write Before Your Eyes, and Eleanor Hill, winner of the North Carolina Juvenile Literature Award. She has written for Cricket, Cicada, Spider and Odyssey magazines, and lives in North Carolina with her veterinarian husband, where they are frequently visited by their grown daughters. Besides writing, Lisa has been a disc jockey, copywriter, waitress, and veterinary hospital office manager. Recently she learned to drive a forklift.

It may take a miracle―or a hurricane―to save this family vacation.Stepsisters Stephanie and Diana undergo another adventure when they embark on a Grand Cayman cruise with their extended family to celebrate their grandmother’s 80th birthday. But the vacation gets complicated with the addition of an eccentric Granny and a video-taping manic cousin. Plus Stephanie’s growing interest in boys makes Diana’s Mood-o-Meter swing like a pendulum. When the girls discover a plot to smuggle a rare, endangered Blue Iguana, Diana’s fury rages to the surface and threatens to ruin the entire birthday party―or unite the clan for a rescue mission.The third installment of Sisters in All Seasons is full of humor, heartache, friendships, and very real family drama aboard a cruise-ship―where there’s no escaping if you want to run away! Join Stephanie and Diana once again as they tread the wavering waters of step-sisterhood.Lisa Williams Kline is the author of Floods, The Princesses of Atlantis, Write Before Your Eyes, and Eleanor Hill, winner of the North Carolina Juvenile Literature Award. She has written for Cricket, Cicada, Spider and Odyssey magazines, and lives in North Carolina with her veterinarian husband, where they are frequently visited by their grown daughters. Besides writing, Lisa has been a disc jockey, copywriter, waitress, and veterinary hospital office manager. Recently she learned to drive a forklift.

For once Stephanie and Diana want the same thing. That’s the problem. Diana and Stephanie are still trying to decide if they like each other when their blended family goes to the Outer Banks of North Carolina for spring break. They’re headed in opposite directions―Diana is crazy about the wild horses and Stephanie is crazy about the boys―until one guy catches both their interests. Soon they’re butting heads―again. But when their crush is accused of committing a crime against the horses, can the stepsisters band together to prove his innocence?

TWELVE-YEAR-OLD GRACIE IS always flying under the radar of her overworked parents and outspoken siblings. But when she buys an old journal at a yard sale, Gracie is stunned to realize that everything she writes in the journal comes true—though sometimes in unexpected ways.At first Gracie uses the journal selfishly, controlling her mother’s BlackBerry and eliminating the dress code at school. But then she starts to think about bigger issues: what about world hunger? Global warming? World peace Unfortunately, before she can make headway on any of those issues, the journal falls into the wrong hands—and soon Gracie and her best friend/crush Dylan are rushing around town trying to undo the damage! This fun, warm, emotionally honest novel is both a fantastic adventure and a testament to the power of writing to change the world.

One family, three sisters.GRACE, the oldest: straight-A studentAUDREY, the youngest: future Olympic swimming champion.And MIA, the mess in the middle.Mia is wild and daring, great with hair and selfies, and the undisputed leader of her friends – not attributes appreciated by her parents or teachers.When Grace makes a shock announcement, Mia hopes that her now-not-so-perfect sister will get into the trouble she deserves.But instead, it is Mia whose life spirals out of control – boozing, boys and bad behaviour – and she starts to realise that her attempts to make it All About Mia might put at risk the very things she loves the most.

Like a Tree Planted is an environmental science fiction novel about Miranda, a teenager from future San Diego which is enclosed in a Dome because chemicals destroyed the natural world. The daughter of scientists, Miranda is Keeper of The Last Tree which is dying. She is also great-granddaughter of famous twentieth-century environmentalist Gabrielle Leigh who foresaw the trees' destruction. By means of The Archives, a futuristic multimedia library, Miranda studies Gabrielle's life. Each "visit" through The Portal becomes more real, and Miranda gradually materializes in twentieth-century Oregon to explore--with Gabrielle--the Pacific Northwest evergreen forests. As Miranda gets more involved in the past, she watches Gabrielle fall in love with a logger who gets caught in the battle between loggers and "greens." Back under the future Dome, Miranda's family and boyfriend try to keep her from being trapped in the past as local anti-nature opposition hunts them down. Miranda and Gabrielle struggle, between two places and times, to try and reintroduce trees to the future and lead people outside The Dome. For teens and adults.

This is the story of Diana and Stephanie, new stepsisters on a vacation at a ranch with Diana's mom and Stephanie's dad, who are newlyweds. Diana has a "mood disorder" for which she takes medication. In her estimation, Stephanie is just too perfect. But Stephanie has some secrets of her own. The girls band together to free two captive wolves, an action that has unexpected and unintended consequences. Told in the alternating voices of Diana and Stephanie, the book explores themes of family, friendship, mental health, and nature.

Norm and Lynn are having problems. Big problems. Rather than hide from the issues, they go on a marriage retreat together while Stephanie goes to cheerleading camp and Diana stays with her father. But when everyone returns, things seem worse than ever. So bad, in fact, it looks like Stephanie and Diana may not have to put up with each other anymore, which is what they wanted all along.This final book in the Sisters in all Seasons series brings the story of Stephanie and Diana to a close, and shows what happens when two opposites become friends, and maybe sisters.

On a long weekend with Diana’s grandparents, Stephanie and Diana face what could be their greatest fear: another divorce in their family.Diana and Stephanie find a hidden brochure for a marriage counseling retreat in Norm and Lynn’s room, and their suspicions flare when they’re dropped off at Diana’s grandparents’ home on Lake Norman for a “long weekend.” Will there be another divorce? Things go from bad to worse when Diana hits a deer while practicing driving. Then Stephanie’s mom shows up unexpectedly, and the girls are separated. Is it for good? Isn’t that what they wanted? As the girls wonder what it would be like to not have to put up with each other, Diana finds something in the woods, and everything changes.This final book in the Sisters in all Seasons series brings the story of Stephanie and Diana to a close, and shows what happens when two opposites become friends, and maybe sisters.Praise for Summer of the Wolves:“This funny, gentle and compassionate story feels fresh, thanks to appealing, closely observed characters, both major and minor, and a compelling setting”–Kirkus Reviews