Books with author Pamela Dell

It is more and more apparent that it is hard to tell the difference between real and fake news. If teachers flunk tests about it, how can they teach their students to understand what's what? Fake and real news items are thrown at us daily, on tv, on the internet, on the streets of our cities; everywhere we look and even when we don't think we're looking. Easy-to-understand text, simple infographics, quizzes, and lots of examples helps kids learn how to crack the code of real vs. fake news.

First Place winner of the prestigious 2017 Royal Palm Literary Award for Young Adult or New Adult...Fearing the dark and animals, a beautiful young woman faces her fears while finding romance and mystery in this coming-of-age novel set in current-day northern New Hampshire. A summer job at an Olympic and therapeutic riding academy finds our protagonist, Diana Knox, dealing with not only her life-long fears, but ultimately finding out she is living among a coven of witches. After her initial job interview at the academy, she encounters a strange "local" man warning her of things to come. This does not deter her as she feels she must confront her fears head-on if she is to finally conquer them. With a positive attitude, she jumps head first into her new job while getting to know the other employees and students at the academy. Soon, her relationship with the head trainer, Micca, becomes more than just friendly, much to the dismay of another trainer who feels Micca is hers, and jealousy prevails. Mysterious things keep happening around the stables, and although Micca's and Diana's romance blossoms, Diana soon realizes she has become part of a witch coven with mystical powers. Little does she know that she will end up becoming an important part of the coven as well, while developing her own mystical powers. Along the way, Diana works to conquer her fears of animals, and befriends two dogs, a crow and a beautiful black stallion, who all seem to have powers of their own and who seek to protect Diana.Ultimately, the academy falls on hard times due to a rival coven causing havoc at the stables, and reviving rituals at an old ceremonial site, making a local religious leader spearhead action to close down the academy and run the witches out of town. It is only when Diana faces what she has become, and fights her fears of the darkness and animals again, that she feels she can save not only the academy but her true love, Micca from the evil obstacles that lie before them.

A few days after Christmas 1890, U.S. cavalry troops surrounded and fired on a band of Lakota Sioux near Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota. The Indians had already surrendered, but when someone fired a shot while the band was being disarmed, chaos broke out. No one knows for sure who fired that first shot, but in the end nearly 300 Lakota lay dead. The massacre at Wounded Knee marked the final conflict between the Sioux and the U.S. Army. How would it affect the lives of the Lakota and change the United States?

In the past year, Jenna Connors has discovered she’s a Nephilim, been pursued by angels and demons, and faced a devastating betrayal that left her no choice but to agree to the angel's ultimatum in order to save someone she loved. Just when life is getting back to normal, Jenna discovers a shocking secret that threatens to destroy her world once again. Defying the angels to keep them safe, Jenna is thrust into her worst nightmare.