Books with author Rian Johnson

What happens when a girl, homeschooled by her counterculture mother, decides to spend her senior year in public school? First friendship, first love―and first encounters with the complexities of authority and responsibility.Evie is different. Not just her upbringing―though that’s certainly been unusual―but also her mindset. She’s smart, independent, confident, opinionated, and ready to take on a new challenge: The Institution of School.It doesn’t take this homeschooled kid long to discover that high school is a whole new world, and not in the way she expected. It’s also a social minefield, and Evie finds herself confronting new problems at every turn. Not one to sit idly by, Evie sets out to make changes. Big changes. The movement she starts takes off, but when her plan begins spiraling out of control, Evie is forced to come to terms with a world she is only just beginning to comprehend.J.J. Johnson’s powerful debut novel will enthrall readers as it challenges assumptions about friendship, rules, boundaries, and power.

Parker wishes he could be a mouse on safari. When he finds his wish has been granted, he meets a very silly giraffe who gets himself into astounding predicaments by wishing that parts of his body could be like that of a different animal. The giraffe looks particularly silly with his rhino horn stuck in the mud! This book will have you and your young friend laughing at the results of the giraffe's wishes.

A Talented Young Hockey Player and a Dangerous Injury… Ten-year-old Timothy Trainor is a typical happy kid who loves his family and friends. He’s lucky enough to have a special talent: he’s a great hockey player, and he is close with his teammates on the Chelsea ThunderCats. But things change unexpectedly when a dirty hit to the head during a game gives him a concussion. All of a sudden, Timothy’s future as a player is at stake as Timothy, his friends, and his family work through his recovery from an injury that happens all too often in youth sports, and which must be taken seriously. Timothy Trainor draws you into the vivid world of hockey, sending a strong message about how to play the game right, and giving realistic information about the increasingly serious issue of concussions. Full of fast-paced hockey action, warm moments with friends, love and good advice from family, and expertise from an ex-pro hockey playing grandfather, Timothy Trainor is an engaging and educational read for the whole family. Will Timothy recover from his injury? Will he be able to play again…and will he be able to meet or exceed his past performance? Find out, and experience the thrill and challenges of youth hockey along with Timothy.

Hammers of Time, as a stand-alone prequel to the Wood Cow Chronicles series, includes the chronologically first description of hot-clawing Dragons. In honor of that distinction, this Hot-Clawing Edition provides additional information about the history of hot-clawing and super-fast Dragons:•A completely new additional chapter•A revealing account of the origins of hot-clawing•Background information and profiles of hot-clawing Dragons

Parker wishes he could be a mouse on safari. When he finds his wish has been granted, he meets a very silly giraffe who gets himself into astounding predicaments by wishing that parts of his body could be like that of a different animal. The giraffe looks particularly silly with his rhino horn stuck in the mud! This book will have you and your young friend laughing at the results of the giraffe’s wishes.

Helga has more danger in her life than most beasts her age—Wrackshee slavers after her, a vicious attack by bandits that nearly kills her, a race against dragons pursuing her, and leading a daring rebellion to save her life and rescue friends and family from the insidious WooZan. And that is just the beginning. But what do you expect when you are a young beast who just can’t see the stupid rules of the world making any sense? Helga can’t accept things as they are and ends up taking on not just one, but two all-powerful, supreme tyrants in two different realms. Helga never intended to lead a revolution. It just sort of happened because she wouldn’t go along with the “rules of normal” that keep tyrants in power and entire societies enslaved. Beginning on a dangerous quest to solve some mysteries in her own past, Helga leads her quirky comrades on a journey that will not only forever change them, but upset ancient civilizations. As an author, I’m drawn to eccentric, unexpected characters: those who surprise because they hear a distant galaxy, see a different music, create their own fragrance rather than get hooked on a soundtrack; the child who has her own ideas about how the emperor is dressed; the lunatics and rebels who tell stories on the boundaries. Helga’s unusual story will take readers to worlds they never imagined—definitely a whole new ride.Time and again, the unconventional heroine and her eccentric comrades overcome ominous tyrants and black-hearted slavers, not by battling to the last beast standing, but by being the first beast to think differently. Helga: Out of Hedgelands is divided into three books which introduce the epic saga of the Wood Cow clan and their role in overturning centuries of slavery and tyranny. This story will continue in additional volumes of the Wood Cow Chronicles now in development. Over the series of current and future volumes, the entire history of the Wood Cow clan, the fall of Maev Astuté, and the coming of Lord Farseeker to the Outer Rings, will be told.

What woman hasn't taken a look at her man and decided he could use some improvement? There are some things we can change and some things we can't. Rick Johnson helps women identify the strengths in their men and the things that hold them back. He shows women how they can use their considerable influence in positive ways--without nagging or laying on the guilt trips. A man whisperer is a woman who can use her subtle powers of persuasion to help her man become his very best. With humor and plainspoken common sense, Johnson helps women deal creatively with those annoying little habits while focusing on building his strong points. He also shows women why some tactics just don't work. Any woman who wants her marriage to be stronger will benefit from this enlightening book.

A superb collection of books which children will enjoy and want to read again and again.Aimed at children around 6 to 11 years old, Hop Step Jump is not a reading scheme, but aset of absorbing, child-centred stories, rhymes, riddles, songs and fact books, collected fromdiverse sources and excitingly illustrated in a variety of styles. The books are arranged atthree language levels: Hop, Step and Jump.All titles are set in the Caribbean and written by Caribbean authors.Sally's WayOne early morning in May, as Sally sat hunched underthe gushing water at the village stand pipe, she sangher multiplication tables to herself. "End of term examssoon, I feel a nervous wreck!"