Books with author Russell Banks

Includes Djinn, Defenseman, The Caul, The Fisherman, Firewood, Quality Time, The Lie, Indisposed, The Child Screams and Looks Back at You, Sarah Cole: A Type of Love Story, Assisted Living, The Neighbor, The Rise of the Middle Class, The Burden, Mistake, Plains of Abraham, Theory of Flight, Comfort, Success Story, Cow-Cow, With Che in New Hampshire, Dis Bwoy, Him Gwan, The Fish, The Moor, Searching for Survivors, Black Man and White Woman in Dark Green Rowboat, Xmas, The Guinea Pig Lady, Queen for a Day, The Visit, Lobster Night

My name is Kaitlyn O’Connor and the story I’m about to tell you is unbelievable, but I know it’s true, because it’s my story.It all started on a rainy weekend. The kind where bored kids look for something exciting to do. My friend Sam and I, along with my younger sister Kirsten discovered our next door neighbor, Mr. Bacon, was a lot more than just a 7th grade history teacher, when we stumbled into his secret workshop where he had invented a time traveling device. That’s right, I said TIME TRAVEL! Mr. Bacon was happy to have us join him on his time jumping field trips and it was all fun and games until the past caught up to him like a violent tsunami that swept us all up in its wake.Our neighbor had a ruthless enemy who broke into the secret workshop and stole the golden prototype time device, kidnapped my sister, and used it to jump back in time!Together, Mr. Bacon, Sam, and I were determined to follow them in order to rescue Kirsten in another century, and save the future of our beloved America.The American Dream is about Faith, Family, Friendships and American History, all wrapped in a blanket of adventure.

The American Dream introduces the youth of America to their country’s exceptional history and regain pride in their American heritage in an immersive adventure story.In this striking adventure for readers of all ages, Kaitlyn O’Connor, along with her friend Sam and their history teacher Robert Bacon set out to travel back in time to rescue Kaitlyn's sister, Kirsten O'Connor, and fight a ruthless enemy in another century, to defeat those determined to destroy their beloved America.