Books with author Reina Martinez

Billy loves his older brother Nick. He also fancies Clara, a girl in his class at school. When Nick gets a new job, he gives Billy some cash, so that finally Billy has enough money to ask Clara out. Only Nick's new job involves stealing cars and robbing money and when Nick messes up, it's not long before Billy is in trouble too. Billy must choose between helping his older brother or hanging onto the girl he loves. And sometimes, you think you know someone, you think you have them pegged and you realise you were so wrong....The original version of this book (Dirt Tracks) won a Bisto Book merit Award and was short listed for an RAI reading award. This is it's new, cooler cousin with an even better ending...:)

Two years ago, Hannah's life was going great. OK, so it had it's downside - like Alice, her best friend, hanging out with the cool, bleach-haired new girl. Or the fact that the guy Hannah liked, liked Alice instead. Or even worse, being back in school after a brilliant summer. But all that was liveable with.But then one night everything changed .... Three friends, two stories and one diary that might change everything....."It's like Home and Away in a book." Caoimhe Murphy (14)

He is a legend. He is a mystery. And he can only be seen by children. He is the Gray Man.Ten year old “TJ” is about to embark on a journey that no one in this small Florida town has ever taken – and lived. Strange things are going on and it all leads to one thing for TJ and his family: a one on one encounter with the most feared Urban Legend in town. Will he be the only person who has ever seen the Gray Man and lived?

It’s tough being fat; it’s even tougher being a fat vampire. Once you’ve been turned, you’re stuck with the body you’ve got for all eternity; the classic vampire deathstyle, with its elegantly tailored clothes and throngs of willing, waiting, winsome victims, is forever beyond your reach. At least, that’s what Luis, a morbidly obese Colombian vampire, has always heard. When he and his best friend Carlo see an ad for the New Blood Diet, which promises that they, too, can be slender, sexy, swoon-worthy vampires just like in the movies, they’re convinced their deaths will never be the same again. They may be right, but possibly not the way they think. Follow Luis, and other vampires with a craving to change, for a fang-in-cheek adventure that will take you through the perils of the jungles of Colombia, the graveyard shift at a burger joint, and everywhere in between, as you enjoy this first short episode of the Red Cerberus series.

A trip through Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America leads Rob Martinez to rethink "absolute truths" and, on the way, discover where all the smiles of the world are kept; how the Dutch experience the power of the wind; what is the price we must pay to achieve our goals, and how much do we know about inspiration, dreams, and our capabilities. Also, you will get to know the ups and downs of living together with some teenagers in Buenos Aires, which will give rise to reflection on love, friendship, and ultimately, our way of relating. The tour is completed with stories that address -from humor, while always leaving the door open for debate- the process of spiritual, creative and professional growth. The articles that make up the "Time and the Place of Things" are not simple stories without an exact chronology. If the texts sound different from each other it is because they were written years apart, along which the ideas mutated, the capacity for observation was sharpened and a voice, with which we can identify at all times, was consolidated.

People are dying in Danica. An age old historical event that brought this rural Florida town together is slowly tearing it apart, an event that bonds six fifth graders together on a quest. These kids from different backgrounds and families are brought together by one linking fact - they are children of dead people. And this fact pushes these friends to take on a mystery that might very well make them the next victims, of the Curse of Danica. Daphne, the new girl in town who is still adjusting to life in a new state and a new school, is thrust into a group of what she refers to as 'misfits', but she realizes that she has a bond with them since she too is an "orphan". Together as a group they attempt to solve the age old curse that has ripped into the fabric of this 'perfect' little town.

This story is about a girl who lived near the beach during a time when there had been lots of change with our country, communities, and households. Some referred to this time as the Age of Aquarius. Despite all that was happening such as the anti-Vietnam War protests, Civil Right movements, drug abuse, Chicago 68, just to name a few, she was willing to be used by God to go reach out to a group of people with the gospel of Jesus Christ and pray for them. Izzy was a girl who was courageous. She loved Jesus with all her heart and was obedient to the call that she had on her life. Because she allowed God to use her life in a mighty way, it would start a revival among the hippies and those who had been to the Vietnam War. The love of her life would eventually come alongside her to reach out to the hippies, love them, and preach Jesus to them and to all who were willing to come and hear the gospel. God is still continuing their labor of love to this day.