Books with author Millie Miller

How far would you go to be free—to make your own choices without being subjected to punishment for doing what you felt was right? Could you kill for it? After being abandoned by her father as a child, Aster spent ten years of her life as a servant for the leader’s House in the broken city of New Bethel. She’d known, even as a child, that the cities of her world were corrupt places with human monsters—assassins—running rampant between their high walls. Thinking everything will remain the same as it always has there, Aster is startled to discover that one day . . . the cycle breaks. As a young new leader takes a strange and—at times—horrifying interest in her, will she be capable of discovering the reasons behind his actions and orders? In a world where nothing is as it seems and all things are never anywhere near as simple as they appear at first glance, will she be capable of making the distinction between what is real and what is not? Will she find anyone at all she can trust? More importantly . . . Does she have the strength to do what is necessary to survive in a world filled with evil?

How We Pray, is a story written by a mother for her daughter. It showcases the inspirational way a daughter asks her mother how to pray. This beautiful short story brings forth the relationship between mother and daughter, and how daughters learn their way of life by way of their mother's teachings. Our children see what we do, and try their best to imitate. Let us, as parents, give them the best example and foundation possible.

Escaping is hard. Surviving is harder.Aster has lived a life of servitude for ten years, but now she is determined to be free. Countless Reapers stand between her and the gate to New Bethel, and more await just past the walls. She’s spent her life being invisible, but in a world full of assassins, becoming close to any of them only makes you a target for the rest. Every step she takes puts her in more danger, closer to Reapers with unknown intentions. Unexpected friendships develop, but can she really trust any Reaper when they’ve all been trained to deceive? Aster and Chase know what awaits them outside the city, but can they get past it?In Aster’s journey for freedom, she learns there are some things in life you can’t ever truly escape from, and that some steps can’t ever be taken back.

(Previously published as The Girl With the Half & Half Face)A mysterious knowledge buried deep inside …A powerful foe who would take it from her by any means …Kayli-el has trained long and hard to be able to access her Core—but she’s refused to believe in its wisdom or trust its dictates. And she’s not the only one. The ruthless Cronin Hegemony is determined to learn the secrets of the Core and subvert them for its own purposes. When they murder her Teacher, Kayli-el flees, leaving behind the only other person she loves, her best friend Serene. Now she must depend on her Core to survive. It guides her to the hiding place of two brothers, Tamber and Tryan, who’ve traveled halfway across the world on a mysterious quest. For Kayli and Tamber, it’s fire at first sight. He can’t stop staring. She can’t stop blushing. When her Core gives her a new dictate—to follow the brothers back to their homeland—Kayli-el is finally ready, willing, and eager to trust its guidance. But when she learns the Cronin Hegemony has abducted Serene, Kayli-el faces a devastating choice: Escape her pursuers with Tamber and Tryan . . . or defy her Core to try to save Serene and risk losing its power forever. The Core Listener is a YA fantasy with a smoking dose of romance, adventure, danger, and fun. It will appeal to fans of Rick Riordan, Ally Carter, and Marissa Meyer.

An Earth without bees... A civilization on the edge of starvation... A hidden journal that might hold the key to humanity's survival. The year is 2031. Bees and other natural pollinators vanish, leaving a panicked population fighting for food and resources. Seventeen-year-old Keeley’s parents force her into the Army, believing the military will keep her safe and fed during the worsening crisis. She’s assigned to a government research installation where covert experiments are underway to alter the human genome.The year is 2180. Much of the world’s food crops are gone, along with the wildlife that was hunted to extinction. Migrant colonies crisscross the countryside, hand-pollinating the remaining crops in a desperate effort to keep the human race alive. It’s seventeen-year-old Hannah’s job to feed migrant workers the Nectar, a nutrient that allows them to survive without real food. Hannah is devoted to her duty, until she finds Keeley’s century-and-a-half-old journal and discovers the Nectar is far from the blessing she believes it to be. The information in the journal blows her world apart. But it might also hold the secret to saving mankind...The Nectar is a thought-provoking YA science fiction novel that will appeal to fans of Lauren Oliver, Maggie Stiefvater, and Veronica Roth.

Thirteen - Voyage of the Indigo Children - is an epic adventure of twin siblings in a race against time to unravel the secrets of ancient legend and revive the mystical energy needed to restore balance to the people of the earth, and the poles that hold them together.It is the first novel in a trilogy, that charts the adventures of 12-year-old Mason and his twin sister Kai, as they unravel the secrets of a mysterious rock discovered in the desert on a class field trip.A sudden increase in solar flares and reports of strange noises from the sky, have re-ignited the panic of the 2012 prophecies - and landed them half-way across the globe, in a race against time.They must learn to use the technology of today, and the voices of the ancients, to restore balance to a world, that is literally about to be turned upside down...It is a light-hearted and comical quest that challenges our current knowledge and perceptions of; history, science, and legend - and exploits the gaps in logic that continue to peak our human curiosity.