Books with author Rebecca Donner

Sidney plans to be the director of the Juicebox Theater when he grows up. For now, he handles the props, his best friend Folly works the concession stand, and his sister May hangs out in the spotlight. But the theater is in danger of closing, and the kids know they need a plan to save it and fast. When they join a local commerce club to earn money, Sid and Folly uncover some immoral business practices, and it gives them a great idea for saving the theater. That is, if you can call extortion a great idea. Hilarious and heartwarming, the mission to save a failing community theater unites a riotous cast of characters in this offbeat middle-grade novel.

A new YA suspense series from the best selling author of The Breathing Series."Trust no one. Everyone lies. You can only save yourself."It was supposed to be a Friday night like any other for Lana and her best friends. Three girls out to cause a little trouble. Break a few hearts. And try not to get caught. Except on this night, Lana Peri is the sole witness to a horrific crime, and she can't say a word. Not if she wants to protect her friends. No one will believe her word over his, so he gets away with it. And she's forced to pay for her silence.Instead of serving time in juvie, Lana is sentenced to a boarding school for privileged teens. Removed from everyone she knows and cares about, she's abandoned at Blackwood School in Vermont, where everything is an illusion, including the lives of those who attend the elite institution. Lana isn't wealthy or privileged. The only thing she has in common with the sons and daughters of celebrities and politicians is that she's a delinquent, just like them. And they've all been forced to grow up much too fast.Just when Lana begins to feel accepted, mysterious notes start showing up in her belongings and ominous threats are painted on her wall. Only someone she knows could have done it. Someone she thought was a friend. As the pieces fall into place, secrets begin to emerge, leaving Lana with too many questions and not enough people to trust.The Cursed Series is a thrilling and tangled mystery that explores the sacrifice of love and the secrets kept to protect friends. How do you know who to trust when no one is telling the truth?

From the bestselling author of The Breathing Series comes a story that keeps you guessing and leaves you speechless - unveiling issues that deserve to be talked about."Trust no one. Everyone lies. You can only save yourself."It was supposed to be a Friday night like any other for Lana and her best friends. Three girls out to cause a little trouble. Break a few hearts. And try not to get caught. Except on this night, Lana Peri is the sole witness to a horrific crime, and she can't say a word. Not if she wants to protect her friends. No one will believe her word over his, so he gets away with it. And she's forced to pay for her silence.Instead of serving time in juvie, Lana is sentenced to a boarding school for privileged teens. Removed from everyone she knows and cares about, she's abandoned at Blackwood School in Vermont, where everything is an illusion, including the lives of those who attend the elite institution. Lana isn't wealthy or privileged. The only thing she has in common with the sons and daughters of celebrities and politicians is that she's a delinquent, just like them. And they've all been forced to grow up much too fast.Just when Lana begins to feel accepted, mysterious notes start showing up in her belongings and ominous threats are painted on her wall. Only someone she knows could have done it. Someone she thought was a friend. As the pieces fall into place, secrets begin to emerge, leaving Lana with too many questions and not enough people to trust.The Cursed Series is a thrilling and tangled mystery that explores the sacrifice of love and the secrets kept to protect friends. How do you know who to trust when no one is telling the truth?

The most dangerous lies are the ones we tell ourselves. Exiled at a boarding school in Vermont, Lana is tormented by cryptic messages and pictures from her mother’s past. Seventeen years ago, something unspeakable happened. A pact of silence was forged. Now, the lies are unraveling. The closer Lana gets to the truth, the harder it is to accept. And someone’s willing to kill to keep that secret buried. To protect her friends, Lana’s forced to trust the one person who’s been lying since the beginning. When the secret is finally revealed, it can’t be unknown. They're forced to face the horrifying truth...the monster behind it all. Every curse has an origin. This is theirs… The conclusion of The Cursed Series is a powerful and complicated story that bravely gives voice to the choices that are taken away and the fight to get them back. Who’s to blame when everyone is at fault?

ACT 1: The Juicebox Theatre is about ready for the recycling bin. ACT 2: Sidney and Folly consider a crime. [You have to read it to see if we commit a crime - that's called suspense.] ACT 3: Sidney and Folly save the Juicebox Children's Theatre! [It's not giving anything away to tell you that. We just don't want you to worry.] Sidney Camazzola plans to be the director of the Juicebox Theatre when he grows up. But the theatre is in danger of closing, and he and his friends know they need a plan to save it - and fast. Hilarious and heartwarming, the mission to save a failing community theater unites a riotous cast of characters in this offbeat middle-grade novel.

Sidney plans to be the director of the Juicebox Theater when he grows up. For now, he handles the props, his best friend Folly works the concession stand, and his sister May hangs out in the spotlight. But the theater is in danger of closing, and the kids know they need a plan to save it and fast. When they join a local commerce club to earn money, Sid and Folly uncover some immoral business practices, and it gives them a great idea for saving the theater. That is, if you can call extortion a great idea. Hilarious and heartwarming, the mission to save a failing community theater unites a riotous cast of characters in this offbeat middle-grade novel.

This book will teach young explorers about 21 spring wildflowers common in eastern broad-leaf forests of the United States. Photographs and text will help children and their parents learn how to tell the difference between a trillium and a spring beauty. Read this book at home, or use it as a field guide on your next spring hike in the woods.Wildflowers included: skunk cabbage, liverleaf, bloodroot, rue anemone, Dutchman's breeches, squirrel corn, trout lily, mayapple, spring beauty, trillium, cut-leaved toothwort, blue cohosh, wild geranium, Virginia bluebells, wild blue phlox, Jack-in-the-pulpit, wild ginger, violets, wild columbine, squawroot, and garlic mustard. Fiddleheads and flowering trees are also discussed.

'But it is not so, nor was it so. And God forbid it should be so!'Plunge into a world of cunning heroines and hapless heroes, where the charming fair-folk will guide your way, and where evil will have you for dinner (or, at the best, steal your soul). Including retellings of ‘Snow White’, ‘Rumpelstiltskin’ and ‘Cinderella’ (or ‘Ashputtel’, if you prefer), as well as original tales of the fiendish and fair. Here be adventure, romance (well, sort of), brilliant guile and fabulous idiocy. Here you shall encounter witches, warlocks, cannibalistic half-ogresses, princes, Death, fairies and demons with (literally) unspeakable names.Journey into the woods in search of little men, or else dive into the depths of hell alongside the most cynical of sinners. Make a pact with Death, or the Devil, if you fancy your chances, and keep your fingers and toes crossed for that happily ever after...

[Read by Noelle Kayser] A new novel by the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the 'Breathing Series' What if you had a second chance to meet someone for the first time? Cal Logan is shocked to see Nicole Bentley sitting across from him at a coffee shop thousands of miles from their hometown. After all, no one has seen or heard from her since they graduated over a year ago. Except this girl isn't Nicole. She looks exactly like Cal's shy childhood crush, but her name is Nyelle Preston and she has no idea who he is. This girl is impulsive and daring, her passion for life infectious - the complete opposite of Nicole. Cal finds himself utterly fascinated - and falling hard. But Nyelle is also extremely secretive. And the closer he comes to finding out what she's hiding, the less he wants to know. When the secrets from the past and present collide, one thing becomes clear: nothing is what it seems.