Books with author Michael A Harrison

The tale of growth and family among the small animals in your backyards. Like with all children, there are lessons learned and friendships found each day. In this tale Hailey, a Fence Lizard in Corona California helps train her brother Noah, makes a friend of an Alligator Lizard, and overcomes challenging events as she grows. Her brother also blossoms. And then there is the great battle.Extended description The tale of growth and family among the small animals in your backyards. Like with all children, there are lessons learned and friendships found each day. In this tale Hailey, a Fence Lizard in Corona California helps train her brother Noah, makes a friend of an Alligator Lizard, and overcomes challenging events as she grows. Her brother also blossoms. And then there is the great battle.This is not just a story about the big sister. Noah also has a story, the way siblings do, separating from her and coming back from his own adventures to find her. In the way of his adventures he meets a California Mouse, Daniel. Together they wander into part 2 of this book, encountering their challenge of finding meaning in their aging lives, suddenly thrust by their adolescence into a different, more dangerous world.

James is no ordinary teenager. He is a very smart, nerdy Brit recently relocated to California who thinks big strategic thoughts about everything from dating to healthy eating and marriage. He has decided he is not going to be digging the other guy's ditches,he will be a CEO of a multinational corporation,earning mega bucks,but first he will be a millionaire before he leaves his teens. His head is bursting with brilliant new business ideas and he forms a company with his best friend Dave. The appointment of a new board member Emma, brings him face to face with his first true love and their developing relationship is hilarious and heartwarming. Part two jumps forward four years and follows James as a young man attending UCLA completing an internship with a private detective. Young adults will fall in love and identify with James and older readers will wish they were young again.

Martin is kidnapped in his own house by a mysterious stranger. He is taken to a canal boat to await ransom money from his father.The twist is that the person behind the kidnap is Martin's own mother. She's doing it for the money she thinks Martin's father has won on the National Lottery. But he says he hasn't won anything. Who is right? And how will Martin escape from his kidnapper? The plot twists and turns as time startsrunning out for Martin.This is a gripping and unusual thriller for 10-11 year olds.

Succumbing to restlessness, at the age of 33 Michèle Harrison quit her City job, bought an Enfield motorbike and set off to tour the Indian subcontinent. Until then, she had only ridden scooters around London. Her 17,000-mile journey took her through the mayhem of Delhi traffic, the mountains of Kashmir, the desert of Rajasthan, the beaches of Goa, the southern tip of India, the remote tracks of Nepal and the eerie Himalayan barrenness of Ladakh. She wanted an adventure to spice up her life and fulfil her wanderlust: she got that...and much more.

This is a stunningly packaged anthology of poems for the whole Christmas season from Advent, through Christmas and the New Year and ending with the promise of spring. The collection is reflective, celebratory, thought-provoking, and humorous, with a particular focus on well-known modern poets,such as John Betjeman, John Masefield, Walter de la Mare, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Dylan Thomas, Wendy Cope, Seamus Heaney, and Benjamin Zephaniah, among many others. With beautiful colour illustrations throughout, this collection makes a perfect gift at Christmas.

Learn life lessons with the Heavenly Hares, as Gramma teaches the kids how to deal with Sly, whose out to prevent the well being of these "heavenly" rabbits. In Chapter One, Hair Pin has trouble with the school bully. See how Gramma's advice helps him apply God's Word to this daily occurrence. In Chapter Two, Hopscotch's daily role-play gets him into a sticky situation. How will Gramma's advice put God's Word into his predicament? In Chapter Three, Holly Dove is left on her own to babysit. See how she puts into practice what she's learned from God's Word when she's faced with fear, being patient, and a most unwelcome visitor. In Chapter Four, we discover how stubbornness and pride can lead to a fall, as God's Word says. Hat Head learns the hard way when showing off doesn't give him the results he was hoping for.

I don’t see why I have to become this new person just because I like guys. Most of who I am has nothing to do with who I hump.Will's never been obvious about being gay. Not like Daniel, who takes the heat -- and the beatings -- at Spencer High. But then Will's best friend outs him on Facebook, and his small-town life starts to spin out of control. If he's not like everyone else, and he's not like Daniel, then who is he?[Fry reading level - 4.3