Books with author Pat Z. Davis

This book is a collection of sayings, phrases, and short poems that have been shared by a family in Massachusetts and passed down for over five generations. Within this book, you’ll find some sayings you recognize, some you’ve never heard before, and some that have been uniquely created by the family. This book is intended not only to inspire you, but remind you of the special uniqueness of your own family. Oral traditions of this kind are living history, and these little proverbs warn us, help us to laugh, and remind us that our problems are shared more easily with the support and love of family.

In Earth year 2200, twelve-year-old Steve Merrit lives in a cold, barren Mars with his parents and twin sister. The windows of his community apartment do not open to the poisonous Martian air, but Steve is able to enjoy watching young trees grow along the Marineris Valley. The northern Martian factories produce not only metal furniture, but methane gasses to form a thicker Martian atmosphere that will keep water from vaporizing into space. Giant mirrors are melting the northern arctic snows as they direct sun beams onto the North Pole. In the past, this put more liquid water onto Mars. Martians hope the mirrors will again fill the Kasei River, more permanently this time. The crash of a comet pushes the melting of Mars into a faster frenzy that causes new problems. Uprooted from their home in the Marineris Valley, Steve's family and their neighbors flee to other cities on Mars.

As the jungle rains diminish, a feud breaks out between Mesi’s Ashanti tribe and their neighbors, the Kienese. As tensions grow high, Mesi finds a friendship she must keep a secret. But she is faced with the decision as to what cost she’s willing to pay in order to keep the secret—and her new friend. Will she lose her best friend Kwasi? Anger her family? Or even bring destruction to her entire village? About the Girls ‘n Grace Collection Similar to the American Girl series model, Girls ’n Grace follows several characters who are set in modern decades. The unique aspect of this series is not only will girls from other continents be featured but all of the characters in their series of books will come to know fully the grace that only God can provide.

Thirteen-year-old Estelle lives with her cousins, Ray and Harry, under the care of their guardian, Uncle Graylon. In the year 2300, Estelle enjoys living at the beautiful Lakeside apartments on Mars. The air has been breathable for almost fifty years. She has fun, playing with the fish in their beautiful lake. Estelle and her cousins are always ready to travel to different parts of Mars. Once they visited the ¿face¿ formation. They didn¿t even know the formation until they saw it from an airship ¿ with the light shining on it in just the right way. Estelle even tolerates the Sun-Storm drills that they have every week. She remembers, four years ago, a Solar Wind only dug up a few bushes and snapped a few trees. This one is different. Now they must begin a new adventure ¿ how to get out of Mars, with no airships.

Frank and the Future of Mars tells the Martian adventures of twelve-year-old Frank Wilson, in the year 2185. Frank lives in underground Saganville on Mars where his parents are gardeners. Frank must choose his life work. His father expects him to choose gardening, but Frank wants to try other occupations. He sneaks out of Saganville illegally, by himself, to look for diamonds in a crater on Mars. He discovers that diamonds are not important on Mars, so Frank changes his quest to find rare, Martian limestone. Failing to find limestone, Frank faces trouble from three boys in his class, from a friend’s sister using blackmail against him, and a father who grounds him. Frank and his friends try to plant wheat. After his initial failures, Frank is determined to try again, with different tactics and struggles to do something to make his parents proud of him.

When industrious Sydney Clair Wilcox finds herself lonely in the summer of 1965, she determines to do something about it. With her best friends, Vicky and Ann, Sydney Clair sets off on an enterprise to make money to purchase her heart’s desire: a fun-loving golden retriever. Join Sydney Clair as she finds for herself mishaps, merriment and meaning. Similar to the American Girl series model, Girls ’n Grace follows several characters who are set in modern decades. The unique aspect of this series is not only will girls from other continents be featured but all of the characters in their series of books will come to know fully the grace that only God can provide.

Sydney Clair Wilcox is a determined, curious ten-year-old trying to keep up with all the changes around her. The year is 1965 and her beloved, big sister, Penny, is moving away to college. In the middle of the civil rights, women’s rights and environmental movements, Sydney Clair’s world is changing. Discover how her heart is made ready for the next season of her life and how she prepares for a fragrant friendship that blooms. Similar to the American Girl series model, Girls ’n Grace follows several characters who are set in modern decades. The unique aspect of this series is not only will girls from other continents be featured, but all of the characters in their series of books will come to know fully the grace that only God can provide.

With pride and without equal, Amy Jackson and best friends, Brit and Kristen, are the three nosiest seventeen-year-olds in their Great Smoky Mountains hometown of Sugar Liquor, North Carolina. Amy revels in the reputation she earned as a hot-shot detective when she, with the aid of Brit and Kristen, beat the police at solving a string of burglaries. She sees her crime-detecting success as a giant step toward her future career as an international investigative journalist. The police chief sees her as a naïve nuisance and issues a stern warning for her to steer clear of police business. When a tragic murder stuns the town, Amy ignores the chief’s butt-out order and, with Kristen and Brit in tow, once again embraces her investigative persona. Operating on the sly, she gleans tips and clues through unorthodox snooping skills and elicits secrets and gossip from the victim’s friends and foes. Will Amy’s sleuthing lead her to the killer? Or will the chief, alert for signs of Amy’s meddling, stop her before she, Brit and Kristen wind up in the killer’s path?

In Earth year 2200, twelve-year-old Steve Merrit lives in a cold, barren Mars with his parents and twin sister. The windows of his community apartment do not open to the poisonous Martian air, but Steve is able to enjoy watching young trees grow along the Marineris Valley. The northern Martian factories produce not only metal furniture, but methane gasses to form a thicker Martian atmosphere that will keep water from vaporizing into space. Giant mirrors are melting the northern arctic snows as they direct sun beams onto the North Pole. In the past, this put more liquid water onto Mars. Martians hope the mirrors will again fill the Kasei River, more permanently this time. The crash of a comet pushes the melting of Mars into a faster frenzy that causes new problems. Uprooted from their home in the Marineris Valley, Steve's family and their neighbors flee to other cities on Mars.