Books with author Richard A Meyers

Jimmy is the last boy on Earth and this is the story of how he lives on a planet populated almost entirely by women. Some things are definitely different. Like did you know women don't think farts are as interesting as him? The plot quickly turns into the story of how he leaves the planet to hang out with aliens in space. Outer space! It isn't like the world will be attacked by a giant monster while Jimmy is gone. The walls begin to shake. A howl fills the air, "OH MY GOD, THESE SHOES ARE SO CUTE."

From the moment a young woman falls out of a portal, the Void, with no memory and nothing to show for herself other than a necklace, she longs to discover where she came from. She emerges into a decrepit city in the dark bowels of a crater. Since the world was destroyed, two hundred years ago, the sun dares not show its face here. The city is inhabited by twelve living skeletons who rule over thousands of Denizens, small humanoid creatures, who are numbered, have masks sewn onto their faces and are put to work to their death. However, one of the skeletons, The Bounty Hunter, a friend of the Denizens, offers the young woman his protection. He disguises her as one of the Denizens and sends her to work where he can keep her safe. Each day, she witnesses the torture and death of these creatures, her fellow captives. She grows to love their innocence and sweetness and abhors the violence used against them. News of a human in the city spreads fast, and The Surgeon, the self-appointed leader of the skeletons, needs her for his twisted experiment. It doesn't bode well for her. Over time, and exasperated by living in constant fear, she realises that if she doesn't do anything to stop the oppression, no-one will. After discovering that she possesses supernatural abilities, there is hope of escaping this purgatory. But first, she'll have to learn how to kill the skeleton overlords. With every movement being watched by an artificial intelligence monitoring the city's security cameras and reporting directly to The Surgeon, even survival is not guaranteed. Will her abilities, a rag-tag team of Denizens, and The Bounty Hunter, be enough to liberate the Denizens from their oppressive skeleton masters? When skeletons live ...

Help your teens see how their faith is a relevant and vital part of their daily life with This Faith Is Mine.This popular favorite has been revised with Scripture from the English Standard Version (ESV) and text from the 1986 catechism. It is designed to help teens develop a fuller understanding of God's Word and Luther's Catechism.Each brief devotion uses phrases from the catechism to teach and reinforce the confessions of the church.Topics discussed includeThe Apostles' CreedThe Ten CommandmentsThe Lord's PrayerHoly BaptismHoly Communion

From the moment a young woman falls out of a portal, the Void, with no memory and nothing to show for herself other than a necklace, she longs to discover where she came from. She emerges into a decrepit city in the dark bowels of a crater. Since the world was destroyed, two hundred years ago, the sun dares not show its face here. The city is inhabited by twelve living skeletons who rule over thousands of Denizens, small humanoid creatures, who are numbered, have masks sewn onto their faces and are put to work to their death. However, one of the skeletons, The Bounty Hunter, a friend of the Denizens, offers the young woman his protection. He disguises her as one of the Denizens and sends her to work where he can keep her safe. Each day, she witnesses the torture and death of these creatures, her fellow captives. She grows to love their innocence and sweetness and abhors the violence used against them. News of a human in the city spreads fast, and The Surgeon, the self-appointed leader of the skeletons, needs her for his twisted experiment. It doesn't bode well for her. Over time, and exasperated by living in constant fear, she realises that if she doesn't do anything to stop the oppression, no-one will. After discovering that she possesses supernatural abilities, there is hope of escaping this purgatory. But first, she'll have to learn how to kill the skeleton overlords. With every movement being watched by an artificial intelligence monitoring the city's security cameras and reporting directly to The Surgeon, even survival is not guaranteed. Will her abilities, a rag-tag team of Denizens, and The Bounty Hunter, be enough to liberate the Denizens from their oppressive skeleton masters? When skeletons live ...

Clement Scheutz, a young mercenary soldier, finds himself entangled in Cuba's armed revolution. Wanting to give up his life of violence, he returns to Cincinnati to try to pick up the traces of what had been his home. But even there, among his family, and with the woman he had loved as a teenager, home cannot give him the peace he had hoped for."Scheutz demanded my attention from the beginning." --Writer's Digest"Clement Scheutz is victimized as much by his implacable restlessness as by his harrowing circumstances. His is an odyssey fraught with learning and loss, and fearful sights that will haunt my imagination for years." --Floyd Kemske, author of "The Third Lion""Meibers is a terrific writer, and he's brought it all together in this unforgettable novel." --William G. Tappley, author of "Music Memory"

When Josh and Emily are told they will be spending a week with their estranged uncle, they reluctantly prepare for the worst holiday of their lives. And to make matters worse, all mobiles, laptops and games consoles are banned. But on arriving in the sleepy village of Greenacres, the pair soon warm to their uncle, especially when they discover his amazing talent: bringing animals back to life as cyborgs!Making Trakz is the much anticipated prequel to Spikez, an exciting tale about an unlikely group of animal cyborgs led by a laser-wielding hedgehog and his rodent mentor.

Kerry is chosen by the coolest clique in school and so she thinks life has finally begun. But then it seems all over when her three friends are killed in a shocking car accident. Or are they? Only weeks after the accident, Kerry receives a text from one of the girls: We're all 3 here at my aunt's in the city. Take the 3:50 train. B there. Exhilarating, terrifying suspense is crossed with a thought-provoking examination of peer pressure in Richard Peck's return to his contemporary teen- and ghost-story roots. This is a master author's gift to the Gossip Girl/Twilight generation: his own smart, stylish, and fun take on the paranormal.

A young mercenary soldier finds himself caught up in Cuba’s armed revolution in 1958, fighting for one side and then against it, with no allegiance to either. With his morals in question and wanting to give up a life of violence, he returns to the Midwestern city that had once been his home. Only now he faces new moral dilemma. How should he deal with his father who both raised and abused him? Should he protect his younger brother who has recently committed a horrible crime? The woman he once loved is now married with a son, thinking he was dead. Should he break up her home, especially upon learning the child may be his own?

Clement Scheutz, a recently discharged young soldier, finds himself entangled in Cubas armed revolution. It triggers a revolution inside himself and he sees that in order to survive he must renounce his own life of violence, find a peace for himself, and a home to go to. Led by the voice of a murdered Cuban woman, he sets out to pick up the traces of what had once passed for a home. In the city of Cincinnati, he finds the scattered shards of that fragile haven, and many surprises that lead him, not only into his own psyche, but on a path that could lead him to better future. From his younger brother whom he has not seen since he was thirteen, and from the beautiful woman whom he has loved since she was a gawky teenager, he learns to come to terms with himself as a person shaped by his environment, and still capable of rising above it.

Kerry thinks life has finally begun when she is noticed by the three coolest girls in the school. For once she’s in on the jokes and sitting at the right table, and she is willing to do whatever it takes to be part of their clique.But how much will it take? And after her life with the popular crowd starts to feel as cruel as death, what will she decide to do about it?Chilling, this is a new kind of ghost story—one that’s as terrifying as today’s headlines.

Clement Scheutz, a recently discharged young soldier, finds himself entangled in Cuba’s armed revolution. It triggers a revolution inside himself and he sees that in order to survive he must renounce his own life of violence, find a peace for himself, and a home to go to. Led by the voice of a murdered Cuban woman, he sets out to pick up the traces of what had once passed for a home. In the city of Cincinnati, he finds the scattered shards of that fragile haven, and many surprises that lead him, not only into his own psyche, but on a path that could lead him to better future. From his younger brother whom he has not seen since he was thirteen, and from the beautiful woman whom he has loved since she was a gawky teenager, he learns to come to terms with himself as a person shaped by his environment, and still capable of rising above it.