Books with author Margaret W. Morley

People can't always tell everything. Sometimes they have to leave things out so that they can recover. Start over. So that people will still be able to love them. Seventeen-year-old Pete Shelton's life revolves around helping his friend Abe McMichael build Riverside, a nature preserve dedicated to the memory of Abe's brother, Paul. Then one summer a troubled runaway shows up―a girl named Nora who claims to be Paul's daughter. All her life, Nora has lived with secrets and lies, never knowing anything about her father. Although enemies at first, Pete and Nora slowly begin to piece together their shadowy pasts . . . and discover that their lives intertwine in a way they never imagined. "A Summer of Silk Moths gives us the bewilderment and wonderment that real growth always brings, in a setting as fresh and tender as a new green leaf."―Kathe Koja, bestselling author of Buddha Boy "A thoughtful, complex and moving story about loss and discovery of identity, love and the ability to change and the restorative powers of nature."―Kirkus Reviews An Honor Book for the 2010 Green Earth Book Awards in the category of Young Adult Fiction.

Samantha has been unhappy since she was six; when her parents split up. Now fourteen, she is sulky and resentful of mother's 'secret' new love. A freak accident causes her to re assess her behaviour. She realizes the fantastic Headmistress needs cheering up. That she achieves her goal is due in no small part to her bossiness. In the end her wildest dreams come true.

When he was seven, Charlie Porter never intended to become the world's youngest published author. He just wanted his father to stop crying. So he told him a story about a talking beetle―a dumb little story his mother made up to make him feel better. (That was before she left and feeling "better" became impossible.) But Charlie's story not only made his father stop crying. It made him start planning. The story became a book, and then it became school events and book festivals, and a beetle costume, and a catchphrase―"I was born to write!" Because of the story, Charlie stayed seven until he was ten. And then it all ended. Or it should have. Now Charlie is eighteen, and the beetles still haunt his dreams. The childhood he never really had is about to end . . . but there's still a chance to have a story of his own. Beetle Boy is a novel of a broken family, the long shadow of neglect, and the light of small kindnesses.

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Know how two teen siblings manage to succeed despite of life tragedies.Settled New Forest gypsies, Marie Scott 14 and her brother Tom 11, run away from a temporary children’s home placement, near Dorchester, after their mother dies suddenly and their estranged father is being found. This mistrust of authority exposes them to risk. They take a coach to their grandparents in Evesham with their new official guardian, ‘Uncle’ Daniel Doe. To cheer them up Daniel takes them to Appleby Fair, driven by their real Great Uncle Dick. They watch gypsy horses being washed in the river; Tom joining in. Next they man a stall at the Fair for their hosts. Everyone goes to the Sulky races, and later there is a hog roast and dance. The night ends with Marie going for a walk with a handsome stranger, who, when rejected, rips her shirt open. What will happen to Marie and Tom now? Will they ever be able to get out of this kind of life?

Excerpt from Little WanderersN o doubt the Pilgrim Fathers were glad of this, for daisies and buttercups often cover the fields and spoil the hay, and while daisies in the meadow seem very lovely to the city people who go to the country for the summer, daisies in the hay are another matter, and the farmers do not think them lovely at all.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A Love Story You'll Definitely Fall in Love With...Melanie or Mel (14 years old) lives with her parents on a fruit and vegetable farm in Essex. Pickers from Romania visit every year to pick the crops. This year a family of mother, stepfather and her family of older children visit. Darko is the youngest child and Melanie’s age. The new stepfather is hated by Darko, as he punches him. The stepfather grabs Mel’s bottom, as they are trimming vegetables and her father punches him. He leaves immediately and the family continue working until the crops are harvested. Darko won’t return with them, so they leave him for an extra week, to come back after late apple picking, with the last pickers.Of course, he refuses to leave, so Mel hides him in the old loft, feeding him when she can. She has managed to sneak him a sleeping bag and other needs. As it is cold and damp at night, he develops a hacking cough.Her father hears him and decides to investigate. Darko attempts to escape but collapses in tears. A doctor and family friend arrives. Darko has bronchitis and is put to bed. The authorities have to be involved, which makes Darko edgy.Mel’s parents take all the responsibility from her shoulders and it feels great. Darko keeps saying he loves her, ‘te iubesc’ but she can cope with that. With all the twist and turns in their lives, will Mel and Darko finally prove that their love of each other is true and lasting?

Would you exchange the safety of your kid due to inheritance?Shoba is a British Pakistani schoolgirl, living in the East End of London. The only upsetting thing to happen repeatedly, is her paternal grandparents insistence on taking her to Pakistan for an operation. This she has heard about in dread whispers at school. The ‘cut’ it is called. Her parents absolutely refuse to let her go and screaming matches ensue, which she listens to in bed, as everyone shrieks in her family.Shoba’s grandparents own many restaurants locally and her parents do the all the maintenance and décor. I addition, they have a café at the front of their house. Shoba trusts them until the couple upstairs, Raj and Gunny, tell her of her parents change of heart. They will let her go with her grandparents, as they’ve been threatened with disinheritance. Gunny encourages her to run away, by hiding her. They drive her not to the police, but to the Cargill’s house in Camberley, where she is to be their live in nanny, to three small children. She is numb with shock, but cannot contact anyone, for fear of her grandparents and the operation.Will Shoba finally be free with the help of Raj and Gunny? Or will she will be more in danger?

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