Books with author Lorraine Anderson

Fourteen year old Angel is looking forward to her first summer job, working for a Native American biologist on a local farm. Things change, though, when she visits the farm's ancient forest and is given a liminal stone by the Spirit of the Forests that allows her to travel in her dreams. Angel uses the stone and enters Limbo, an 'in between' world, where she meets Caleb, a teenage boy from Thera, the world of magic and mythology that was separated from Earth centuries ago. Caleb can do magic and tells Angel that she can, too. Although she has no idea how to use her powers, Angel’s boss wants her and three other teenagers to form a Spirit Council and use their new-found abilities to help save animals from extinction and protect the Circle of Life.As they are pushed into facing a world of evil magic that endangers all life on Earth, Angel’s potential for powerful magic makes her a target. She's tricked into the Nagin Chante, a black heart spell, and as a result has to train with two evil wizards. It’s a chance to develop her powers, but immersed in their world for two months, if she’s not careful the black heart will make her a permanent servant of evil. This was not the summer she had planned.

What could be more entertaining and magical than putting food into a cardboard box outdoors on a sunny day and taking it out fully cooked a few hours later? Solar cooking — a safe, simple cooking method using the sun's rays as the sole heat source — has been known for centuries and can be done at least during the summer in just about any place where there's sun. In Cooking with Sunshine, Lorraine Anderson and Rick Palkovic provide everything you need to know to cook great sun-fueled meals. They describe how to build your own inexpensive solar cooker, explain how solar cooking works and its benefits over traditional methods, offer more than 100 tasty recipes emphasizing healthy ingredients, and suggest a month's worth of menu ideas.

Freak. Ugly. Jaimie Murphy and her friend, Bennie, have been called all sorts of names.What their classmates don’t know is that she and Bennie can read minds and can make the other students believe whatever they want – temporarily – a talent Jaimie sometimes uses to amuse herself at the expense of her enemies. However, when strange Shadows start threatening them, she’s the first one to realize that lives are in danger – friends and enemies alike. Aided by Bennie and her friend Katelyn, she follows the clues given to her by a strange ghost who she calls Disco Dude. At the end, she discovers her courage and her true heritage after being accused of murder.Excerpt:I looked back at the girls, who were looking at me and pointing. With what Disco Dude told me, I didn't dare do anything, which sucked, big time. I now could imagine what Bennie went through before he learned how to hide."I really hate being a 10th grader," I said under my breath.There was someone looking at me.It was someone I had never seen before.It was something I had never seen before.Its skin was black. Its eyes were blacker. And when I say black, I mean dead of the night black, no brown tones in this skin at all.It smiled and licked its lips. Its tongue was black.I felt a huge chill and backed up into my locker, which was still open. If I could have managed it, I would've crawled in and closed the door, like I did when I was a toddler. Kids just flowed around the guy, without noticing him, like they didn't even see him. Somebody walked through it. Holy… It smiled again --- --- and disappeared. Crap. Somebody touched me, and I bolted out of the locker and across the hall.

It's Time to Give God a Piece of Your Mind What's on your mind? Is it your biology final? Is it the fight you just had with your best friend? Is it Jesus? Staying close by Him is the best way to make it through this crazy life, but it can be hard to keep Jesus on your mind morning, noon, and night, especially when so many people think that being a Christian means you're weak, naïve, or uncool. As a result, maybe you find yourself at the most exclusive parties just to prove that you're not the boring loser your classmates think you are. But you don't need to prove yourself to them, and here's why: God's opinion of you is the one that really matters. He is the only one who completely understands you, and He wants to help. This book, filled with enough devotionals for an entire year, equips you to hold fast to values like maintaining sexual purity, having a good work ethic, and being a great friend. Rediscover the power of God's love, and you'll remember why it was so important for you to stick by Him in the first place.

Dying of Embarrassment & living to tell about it squarely faces the primary issues confronting teens at school, on the job, with friends and family:Feelings of inferiorityLack of self-acceptanceConstant lies from SatanPressure from society and peersBestselling author Lorraine Peterson helps teens develop a healthy self-image by:Focusing on seeing themselves as God sees them.Discovering the truth of a person's value in Christ.Applying biblical truth to their circumstances.Thirteen weeks of challenging and inspiring readings promise to build foundations for new patterns of thinking and action, freedom and joy.

It's Time to Give God a Piece of Your Mind What's on your mind? Is it your biology final? Is it the fight you just had with your best friend? Is it Jesus? Staying close by Him is the best way to make it through this crazy life, but it can be hard to keep Jesus on your mind morning, noon, and night, especially when so many people think that being a Christian means you're weak, naïve, or uncool. As a result, maybe you find yourself at the most exclusive parties just to prove that you're not the boring loser your classmates think you are. But you don't need to prove yourself to them, and here's why: God's opinion of you is the one that really matters. He is the only one who completely understands you, and He wants to help. This book, filled with enough devotionals for an entire year, equips you to hold fast to values like maintaining sexual purity, having a good work ethic, and being a great friend. Rediscover the power of God's love, and you'll remember why it was so important for you to stick by Him in the first place.

Freak. Ugly. Jaimie Murphy and her friend, Bennie, have been called all sorts of names. What their classmates don’t know is that she and Bennie can read minds and can make the other students believe whatever they want – temporarily – a talent Jaimie sometimes uses to amuse herself at the expense of her enemies. However, when strange Shadows start threatening them, she’s the first one to realize that lives are in danger – friends and enemies alike. Aided by Bennie and her friend Katelyn, she follows the clues given to her by a strange ghost who she calls Disco Dude. At the end, she discovers her courage and her true heritage after being accused of murder. Excerpt: I looked back at the girls, who were looking at me and pointing. With what Disco Dude told me, I didn't dare do anything, which sucked, big time. I now could imagine what Bennie went through before he learned how to hide. "I really hate being a 10th grader," I said under my breath. There was someone looking at me. It was someone I had never seen before. It was something I had never seen before. Its skin was black. Its eyes were blacker. And when I say black, I mean dead of the night black, no brown tones in this skin at all. It smiled and licked its lips. Its tongue was black. I felt a huge chill and backed up into my locker, which was still open. If I could have managed it, I would've crawled in and closed the door, like I did when I was a toddler. Kids just flowed around the guy, without noticing him, like they didn't even see him. Somebody walked through it. Holy… It smiled again --- --- and disappeared. Crap. Somebody touched me, and I bolted out of the locker and across the hall.

Squarely facing the issues that confront teens every day.For thousands of teens surrounded by a post-Christian culture of permissive values, confusion, emptiness, and temptations, these powerful devotionals of Lorriane Peterson Have stood the test of time and proven to be a great source of Biblical help in discovering God's solutions for problems and needs.Showing young people how to put faith to work in everyday life, Peterson confronts the issues that teens must face. For example: Why don't things go the way I want them to? Do I have to forgive my sister for ruining my good jeans? Does the Bible have anything to say about dating? How can I get rid of self-consciousness? What's wrong with sex before marriage? Is it all right to date an unbeliever so I can witness? How can I control what I say? Are my parents always right?Thirteen weeks of inspiring devotionals promise to help teenagers grow in their Christian lives.A Teacher's Guide is available for class use.