Books with author Mary Shepherd

Roses brother Gabe disappeared while they were playing hide-and-seek. His body was eventually discovered, but Rose never believed it was really him. Everyone thought she was insane, and her stability took a further hit when her parents died. After living through a nightmare, shes now ready to continue her desperate search. Shes lucky to have a friend like Cameron, especially since she feels like someone is always watching. Rose suspects Aberumthe man who attacked the people she cares for most. As her search continues, Rose hides from her past and her own secrets, but secrets have a way of being revealed, especially in the chaos of crisis. All Rose wants is to find Gabe, and nothing will stop her. She will fight the officials and the doubters. Despite DNA findings, she knows Gabe is still alive, and Aberum knows something about it. How far will she go? Rose will go to the edges of sanity to find her baby brother. She might be crazy, but shes right about one thing: she is Gabes only hope.

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In many ways, Allison Anderson is like most girls. In others, she's very different. The differences aren't immediately obvious but have caused misunderstandings and avoidance from others in the past. Starting high school in a new town, she expects the same experiences—until she meets the Calderas. David Caldera, charismatic son of a local rancher, adopts Allison into his social circle. He and other new friends introduce her to their world of horses and extreme sports. Along with a lost horse she befriends, they help her to trust, gain confidence, and venture beyond her previously isolated world. She also falls helplessly but hopefully in love. Navigating through confusing emotions, over-protective parents, and jealous classmates is difficult, but Allison's overriding fear is losing the people she's grown to love. To prove her determination to keep up, she enters a race—a dangerous decision that could cost her everything.

Set in Newfoundland, One for Sorrow chronicles a pivotal year in the life of Issy Heffernan, one of the most complex and appealing young heroines in YA fiction. Saddled with a mean and bedridden mother; an older, increasingly bitter schoolmarm of a sister; and a lovely but mainly absent father, Issy dreams of leaving her miserable life behind for a life on the mainland, maybe even in a big city such as Toronto.What reason is there for her to stay? But there's one thing holding her back: Issy is illiterate. She can't read at all and never could. How far can she really go?

In many ways, Allison Anderson is like most girls. In others, she's very different. The differences aren't immediately obvious but have caused misunderstandings and avoidance from others in the past. Starting high school in a new town, she expects the same experiences - until she meets the Calderas.David Caldera, charismatic son of a local rancher, adopts Allison into his social circle. He and other new friends introduce her to their world of horses and extreme sports. Along with a lost horse she befriends, they help her to trust, gain confidence, and venture beyond her previously isolated world. She also falls helplessly but hopefully in love.Navigating through confusing emotions, over-protective parents, and jealous classmates is difficult, but Allison's overriding fear is losing the people she's grown to love. To prove her determination to keep up, she enters a race - a dangerous decision thatcould cost her everything.

Allison Anderson is a normal but not average fourteen year old girl. She knows she's different, but it hadn't bothered her too much until now. New house, new neighborhood, and new school are bad enough, but it's her first year of high school. She becomes more aware of her social and physical limitations than ever before. And the new people she meets are perplexing: the tough-looking girl from her home room, the dangerous-looking but charming boy she can't help liking, the quiet older girl who keeps to herself, and the sullen junior that doesn't seem to trust or like her at all. She's been the victim of bullying in the past and doesn't know whether to trust them. She also begins to learn that things - and people - are not always what they seem. Her world is turned upside-down by these and other new friends, human and otherwise. Her world soon becomes complicated and much more interesting!Allison is a teen affected by autism; she experiences things and thinks differently from most other kids. The series has emphasis on relationships, assumptions, and equine activities. Themes also include bullying and prejudice, and coming of age choices.

Sixteen-year-old Rose Mendez has the same dream every night. Shes at a playground with her little brother Gabe. Gabe wants to play hide-and-seek, so she tells him to go hide. The problem is, she never finds him. Her parents tell her to call the cops. A body is eventually discovered, but Rose doesnt believe its little Gabe. She wakes up screaming.Its too bad the dream really happened. Now, her parents are dead, too, and Rose is being fostered by the Johnson family and their creepy son. Despite her bad luck, her first day at Riverview High School starts out all right. She finds a friend in Cameron, and a friend is what she needs since she thinks Gabe is still alive and shes made it her mission to find him.There are people who think shes crazy. After all, they found Gabes body, and the DNA was a match. Rose has a theory, though, about what really happened that day at the playground. As she copes with the loss of her parents and brother, she becomes more and more obsessed with the investigation. Question is: who will believe her story?