Books with author Rebecca Rowell

A #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Ya-Yas in Bloom reveals the roots of the Ya-Yas' friendship in the 1930s and roars with all the raw power of Vivi Abbott Walker's 1962 T-Bird through 60 years of marriage, child-raising, and hair-raising family secrets. When four-year-old Teensy Whitman prisses one time too many and stuffs a big old pecan up her nose, she sets off the chain of events that leads Vivi, Teensy, Caro and Necie to become true sister-friends. In love and at war with convention, through crises of faith and hilarious lapses of parenting skills, brushes with alcoholism and glimpses of the dark reality of racial bigotry, the Ya-Ya values of unconditional loyalty, high style, and Cajun sass shine through.

Their only chance of survival is to kill the Beast King. Decades have cost the people of First Kingdom too much. Their welfare is at stake, and they can't seek any help from the Second Kingdom thanks to their illustrious, invisible king. If only they could actually see him, they might be able to kill him and end their suffering. Out of desperation, the people of First Kingdom devise a plan, and for a full decade, they resolve to train assassins. Their children become the answer. Roz is part of a team that knows how to wield a knife, shoot a gun, and take down a man with their bare hands. She grew up knowing what her mission is and has no qualms about killing the creature who caused her whole community's suffering. When another loved one begins to show signs of the sickness, Roz hopes their only plan will succeed.Betrayal leads to an inconceivable alliance.Double-crossed, Roz is left face to face with the Beast King. He isn't at all what she expected, and he isn't as easy to kill as she'd hoped. No matter what she does, he's always one step ahead of her. As time goes on, Roz gets to know the myth and begins to see the Beast King as more than a curse. Now, Roz has to make a decision: kill him and set her people free, or let him live.

From the urban teen studying in Nairobi to the young Maasai warrior who has never seen a television, Kenyan teens hope to balance modern influence and technologies with their tribal traditions and values. As more young people receive educations, they will be better prepared to deal with the challenges Kenya faces, including the growing AIDS crisis and devastating drought. Teens in Kenya is part of Global Connections, a series that uncovers the challenges, pastimes, and customs of teens around the world.

The king is murdered. Princess Wren Snow is being set-up. Her father is killed, and the two main suspects are her and her stepmother. Obviously, Wren knows who did it, but the evidence isn't quite pointing in the direction of the evil queen. Hoping for help, she enlists the assistance of Private Detective Ioan Hunter. He's searching for the truth. PD Hunter is willing to take the case for the princess. He likes watching her eyes flash at his offhand attitude, and he's willing to bet she couldn't be the killer. Taking on his own line of questioning, Hunter looks into an obscure link which might have nothing to do with the case. However, he's unwilling to leave any lead unscrutinized because lives are at stake. She's the next target. Unsure if the conceited, gorgeous PD is going to help clear her name, Wren finds herself almost assassinated by the killer. While evidence is mounting, assassins are confusing the police by shooting at their suspect. As a complete monarchy take-down seems to be in bloom, Wren struggles to find any answers that will confirm her stepmother's involvement. The killer isn't ready to stop.With each new death threat, Wren finds herself having to rethink her previous theories and trust PD Hunter to find the culprit. However, in the end, she might not want the answers she was so eager to find. Sometimes, being in the dark is the safest place to hide.

From the urban teen studying in Nairobi to the young Maasai warrior who has never seen a television, Kenyan teens hope to balance modern influence and technologies with their tribal traditions and values. As more young people receive educations, they will be better prepared to deal with the challenges Kenya faces, including the growing AIDS crisis and devastating drought. Teens in Kenya is part of Global Connections, a series that uncovers the challenges, pastimes, and customs of teens around the world.

Magic destroyed the world, and four kingdoms emerged to pick up the pieces.Living simply, as the new kingdom dictates, Cassie is used to the days of cleaning up after her annoying stepmother and diabolical stepsiblings. For the most part, she's been able to ignore her father's flighty dismissal. However, an approaching war and a new friend have reminded her of how much she misses the family she used to have. Decisions might make or break some families. Simon is on his way to enter the war and gain his father's approval. He doesn't want to sit on the sidelines while others fight the battles he's more than capable of joining. When he meets Cassie, he begins to wonder what his life will look like after the war ends. War is waging at the border of the Kingdom of Dalry, but Cassie is about to engage in her own battle. With her father and Simon gone, Cassie becomes involved in another war. An evil witch, set on revenge, takes her hostage. She's the key to a spell more than two decades in the making. Her only choice is to go along with the plan until she can get free. Now, Cassie must find a way to defeat the malevolent witch and her resurrected adversary before she loses far more than her glass slippers.

When theatre director Siddalee Walker inadvertently reveals some of the less-savory facts of her Louisiana childhood to the New York Times, the article brands her mother, Vivi, a tap-dancing child abuser. Vivi virtually disowns Sidda, but Vivi's intrepid gang of lifelong friends, the Ya-Yas, sashay in and conspire to bring everyone back together. The Ya-Yas persuade Vivi to send Sidda a scrapbook of their girlhood mementos entitled Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. Through a series of flashbacks from Sidda's current crisis to Vivi's youth and early motherhood, the "Divine Secrets" reveal themselves through Rebecca Wells' vibrant, irresistible voice, and provide an incisive look a the tangled and emotional relationship between mother and daughter.

An emotionally charged addition to Rebecca Wells' award-winning bestseller Little Altars Everywhere and #1 New York Times bestseller Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Ya-Yas in Bloom reveals the roots of the Ya-Yas' friendship in the 1930s and roars through sixty years of marriage, children, and hair-raising family secrets.When four-year-old Teensy Whitman prisses one time too many and stuffs a big old pecan up her nose, she sets off the chain of events that lead Vivi, Teensy, Caro, and Necie to become true sister-friends. Ya-Yas in Bloom shows us the Ya-Yas in love and at war with convention. Through crises of faith and hilarious lapses of parenting skills, brushes with alcoholism and glimpses of the dark reality of racial bigotry, the Ya-Ya values of unconditional loyalty, high style, and Cajun sass shine through at a time when the dynamic web of sisterhood is the only safety net strong enough to hold families together and endure.Performed by Judith Ivey

When mother and daughter Vivi and Siddalee Walker get into a savage fight over a New York Times article that refers to Vivi as a “tap-dancing child abuser,” the fallout is felt from Louisiana to New York to Seattle. A successful theater director, Siddalee panics and postpones her upcoming wedding—so Vivi's intrepid gang of lifelong girlfriends, the Ya-Yas, sashay in and conspire to bring everyone back together. In 1932, Vivi and the Ya-Yas were disqualified from a Shirley Temple Look-Alike Contest for unladylike behavior. Sixty years later, they're still making waves. They persuade Vivi to send Sidda a scrapbook of girlhood mementos titled “Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood”—an album that will reveal more questions than answers as it leads Sidda to encounter the legacy of imperfect love and the unknowable mystery of life.