Books with author Ryan Stallings

From the beaches at Kitty Hawk, Keegan Crawford tinkers inside his rundown scooter shop. A teenager who barely finished high school, Keegan runs the business and looks after his ailing father.While Keegan laments his all-around bad luck, he resents his sister Katharine, who left the family during its hardest time to attend college in Ohio. Keegan's only hobby, and only friend, is his invention—an incredible flying scooter. As business slows and the Crawfords struggle to make ends meet, Keegan labors frantically in the back of the shop, desperate to finish his creation and make the amazing scooter fly. But his limited aeronautical knowledge, mounting financial pressures and continued family turmoil threaten his success. Like everything else in Keegan's life, it seems like his invention is destined to fail.Until the Brothers arrive.Wilbur and Orville Wright, the great inventors of the airplane, fly into Kitty Hawk to lend the Crawfords a hand. With their exhaustive attention to detail, unmatched technical expertise, good humor and impeccable style, the famous Wright Brothers have the best chance of anyone in history to set Keegan on the right course and help the Crawford siblings reconcile.If they don't drive him crazy first, the Wright Brothers might just be able to help Keegan Crawford take flight…

Deep in the political trenches of the nation’s capital, eight-year-old Jamie Douglas mourns his mother’s recent death. With a strange and lifelike teddy bear as his only companion, Jamie suffers alone from his father’s neglect and the harsh ridicule of two cruel classmates.Senator Paul Douglas works all day and night in a desperate attempt to forget the loss of his beloved wife. At his lowest point, Paul becomes the victim of a political tug-of-war. Two powerful rivals each want something from him. Each promises retribution if he does not fulfill their wishes. Burdened by a decision that could alter the nation’s power structure, Paul finds himself weaker and more fragile than his young son.Enter the Colonel.Theodore Roosevelt returns to Washington with all the fervor, bombast, and humor that marked his previous life. No other character from history possesses the experience, knowledge, and practical sense to help the Douglas men solve their problems and repair their broken relationship. Wielding his big stick for all to see, America’s great Bull Moose prepares Paul and Jamie for a final showdown against their respective bullies.If he can just stay out of trouble, Theodore Roosevelt might be the family’s best hope...

If all the world’s a stage and each of us plays a part, then Camille Wright is the high school wallflower that nobody remembers and only the bullies ever knew was there. However, her headlong dash to Princeton’s Aerospace Engineering program crashes to a heart-jarring halt when in order to “round out all those math classes,” she is unwillingly signed up for drama class. Awkward, shy, and quiet, Camille struggles to stay part of the wall even under the bright lights. But sometimes where you want to be isn’t where you were destined to be at all… Jaylon Patrick Quinn has been the star so long, not even he remembers when he wasn’t. Confident to the point of obnoxious, smooth to the point of disgusting, Jaylon has his high school peers enthralled. However, the fool’s gold of stardom and the glare of being one-half of the school’s star couple have made Jaylon begin to question if this is really how life is best lived. Now he must decide which direction his future is headed and more importantly, if he really wants to go there at all. DREAMS BY STARLIGHT contains a strong message of looking past the outside to what’s in the heart. A teen romance, it deals with peer pressure and shows how snide comments can deeply wound another. It also shows how true friendship can help encourage and lift up someone in spite of the difficulties of life. -- Vickie McDonough, Award-winning Barbour/Heartsong author While reading DREAMS BY STARLIGHT, a mantle of hope wrapped itself around me, filling me with the desire to be myself, and to pursue my own hidden dreams. The whole time, I kept wishing it would have been mandatory reading when I was in high school. It would have saved me a whole lot of aggravation knowing it was okay to be me—the me God created me to be. – Deb Ullrick, Heartsong authorThis high school romance is an encouraging story of one girl’s coming of age journey to find herself in the rough-and-tumble teen world. A young adult romance, it is intertwined with messages about becoming who you were really meant to be and learning to ward off the destructive words of naysayers.As the book says, “All that you can do is all that you must.”*~* EXCERPT *~*“Okay,” Jaylon said and paused a beat. “Umm, you have to look at me, remember?”“Oh, y-yeah.” Camille stumbled over the words as she forced her gaze back to his.Looking back at her was sincere interest. “So, what’s your favorite class?”She smiled as her entire body instantly relaxed. “Math.”“Math?” he asked in surprise.“Yeah. Why? Is that so hard to believe?”“Well, no. I guess not, but I hate math.” He ran his fingers through his hair to push it back out of his face. “I’m just surprised anybody likes it.”“You hate it?” she asked, forgetting this was supposed to be hard. “But it’s so fascinating.”“Fascinating? I can think of another word for it,” he said, wrinkling his nose.“Oh, yeah? What’s that?”“Torture.”She laughed and shook her head. “No, now you’re talking about drama.”“Huh?” he asked, and her gaze dropped from his to her shoestrings.With a shove she forced her gaze back up although this time it didn’t lock on his. Instead it wandered around the stage and the auditorium and over to the other partners.“How can you not like drama?” he asked in genuine confusion. “Drama is awesome.”Her eyebrows raised as she looked back at him in open-eyed mortification. “Not when you’re me. It isn’t.”

Life for Nelson Samuels has never been straight-forward and logical. In fact, it’s that time once again… Time for everything about everything to change. He’d thought he’d made the logical decision for himself and his future when he went to Northwestern to study engineering. Of course, to do so, he had to leave Paige Grayson behind, but Nelson has learned that leaving those you love behind is just part of life. Unfortunately, this time leaving is proving to be harder than it’s ever been before, and Nelson can’t quite get himself to get past the memories of her or of the guy he used to be. Will going back one more time allow him to finally leave his past where it belongs and trudge into a future he wants no part of, or does life have something else in mind?Paige Grayson had her heart broken when she was only 16. Letting go of the love she had for Nelson Samuels has proven more difficult than she could ever have imagined. As she tries to get on with her life and move on, to forget about him and how life used to be, she finds herself on a never-ending merry-go-round of boyfriends and potential boyfriends, remembering and trying to forget. It doesn’t help that her best friend is now in love with Nelson’s best friend, and their quest to put her back together again is not helping anything. But how can she tell them that, and can she finally find peace in knowing that first love might be special but it might not always mean it’s forever? BROKEN HEART STRINGS is Book 4 in The Imagination Series by USAToday Best-Selling Christian author, Staci Stallings. Fraught with the trials and turmoil of young love, The Imagination Series will give Christian romance readers the emotional ride of a lifetime. These young adults trying to figure out life and love will have you cheering, laughing, and crying as they traverse what it means to be friends and maybe even more.

Robyn Lockhart liked her simple but predictable life in the small Iowa town she grew up in. But when her mother moves them to the big city, Robyn has no choice but to brave the tumultuous high school she's thrust into. Then, with barely a blink and as an outsider looking in, Robyn begins asking questions that no one seems willing to face. Is it possible to stay silent while simultaneously shouting from the rooftops that something is deadly wrong? And if you shout, beyond those watching every move you make, who will even hear?Where do you turn when the watching eyes are everywhere? Where do you go when no place is safe? Who do you turn to when saying anything could get someone killed? Who can you trust when "they" could be anyone? “Read it with the lights ON!”THE PRICE OF SILENCE is a teen romance novel that focuses on one student’s stand against violence, bullying, and gangs in her school. Although it is a high school romance, the issues and lessons are not limited to teens. Adults can also learn from the story valuable lessons such as how to listen to teens rather than assuming everything is all right and that sweeping dangerous situations under the rug does not fix anything. Further, they can see the pressure teens face when trying to navigate the world between social pressure, bullies, and school administrators. Guns, violence, and bullying are all issues teenagers face sometimes on a daily basis, and The Price of Silence is a cry to help us all learn to help them face these problems with our help and support.*~* EXCERPT *~* “Unfortunately, we can’t be everywhere at once,” Mr. Findley said clearly on the defensive. “Students have to use their heads and not get themselves into a position where they can easily be injured or harmed.”“Like the hallways between classes,” Robyn laughed with a shake of her head.“The hallways, Miss Lockhart?”“Yeah, I got knocked down the other day, and I was almost trampled to death.”“Oh, I’m sorry to hear that,” Mr. Findley said, more guardedly than the statement warranted.“You know, come to think of it, how do I know whoever did that to me, didn’t do it on purpose?” Robyn asked, suddenly seeing the incident in a whole new light.Mr. Findley tilted his head. “What do you mean?”“Are you kidding? Even a naïve girl from Iowa can see the potential for crime in that hallway. Three thousand students and what, ten security people? One knockdown in a crowded, frenzied hallway? Shoot, by the time you get your bearings back, your stuff could be halfway to Mexico.”Kat nodded. “She’s got a point.”“Yes, I believe she does,” Mr. Findley finally agreed as he opened a folder on his desk and studied something. “In fact, that’s a problem that has just started surfacing. I’ve had three complaints about incidents just like that cross my desk in the last week.”“So, the halls aren’t as safe as we think they are then?” Kat asked, intrigued.“Apparently we have a long way to go in securing the building.” Mr. Findley looked at them both. “I honestly wish there was some way to ensure that every student was safe every second of every day they’re here, but I can’t. Maybe the two of you can get the word out so the students can help us help them. It would be a start anyway.”“It can’t hurt,” Robyn said suddenly seeing a myriad of things she had done wrong in the last week.“Well, thanks for your time, Mr. Findley.” Kat closed her notebook and shook his hand.“Thank you, Miss Layton, and you too, Miss Lockhart.” Mr. Findley stood and shook their hands. “I’m glad you decided to join the newspaper staff, but I’m thinking I’d better be more prepared for interviews after this.”They all laughed, and then Kat and Robyn made their way out of the office. They were almost out of the building before either of them spoke again.“I don’t care what you say,” Kat said. “You’re joining the staff.”

Deep in the political trenches of the nation’s capital, eight-year-old Jamie Douglas mourns his mother’s recent death. With a strange and lifelike teddy bear as his only companion, Jamie suffers alone from his father’s neglect and the harsh ridicule of two cruel classmates. Senator Paul Douglas works all day and night in a desperate attempt to forget the loss of his beloved wife. At his lowest point, Paul becomes the victim of a political tug-of-war. Two powerful rivals each want something from him. Each promises retribution if he does not fulfill their wishes. Burdened by a decision that could alter the nation’s power structure, Paul finds himself weaker and more fragile than his young son. Enter the Colonel. Theodore Roosevelt returns to Washington with all the fervor, bombast, and humor that marked his previous life. No other character from history possesses the experience, knowledge, and practical sense to help the Douglas men solve their problems and repair their broken relationship. Wielding his big stick for all to see, America’s great Bull Moose prepares Paul and Jamie for a final showdown against their respective bullies. If he can just stay out of trouble, Theodore Roosevelt might be the family’s best hope...

If the world's a stage and each of us plays a part, then Camille Wright is the high school wallflower that nobody remembers and only the bullies ever knew was there. However, her headlong dash to Princeton's Aerospace Engineering program crashes to a heart-jarring halt when in order to "round out all those math classes," she is unwillingly signed up for drama class. Awkward, shy, and quiet, Camille struggles to stay part of the wall even under the bright lights. But sometimes where you want to be isn't where you were destined to be at all.

From the beaches at Kitty Hawk, Keegan Crawford tinkers inside his rundown scooter shop. A teenager who barely finished high school, Keegan runs the business and looks after his ailing father. While Keegan laments his all-around bad luck, he resents his sister Katharine, who left the family during its hardest time to attend college in Ohio. Keegan's only hobby, and only friend, is his invention—an incredible flying scooter. As business slows and the Crawfords struggle to make ends meet, Keegan labors frantically in the back of the shop, desperate to finish his creation and make the amazing scooter fly. But his limited aeronautical knowledge, mounting financial pressures and continued family turmoil threaten his success. Like everything else in Keegan's life, it seems like his invention is destined to fail. Until the Brothers arrive. Wilbur and Orville Wright, the great inventors of the airplane, fly into Kitty Hawk to lend the Crawfords a hand. With their exhaustive attention to detail, unmatched technical expertise, good humor and impeccable style, the famous Wright Brothers have the best chance of anyone in history to set Keegan on the right course and help the Crawford siblings reconcile. If they don't drive him crazy first, the Wright Brothers might just be able to help Keegan Crawford take flight…

Excerpt from The Aggies, Vol. 2: February 1928Mr.' Ingram leaves for Boston, Mass, to, attend the National Superintendents Convention in a few days.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Aggies: October, 1927Some days it is very uncomfortable. I go out in the morning and find that I have not enough supplies to last me On one of these days the first fellow that I see is Coach. From the time he gets through with me until night everyone from him on down to Old Lady has expressed his opinion of me. Most of the opinions are not the kind to encourage a fellow either.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Aggies: October, 1927Some days it is very uncomfortable. I go out in the morning and find that I have not enough supplies to last me On one of these days the first fellow that I see is Coach. From the time he gets through with me until night everyone from him on down to Old Lady has expressed his opinion of me. Most of the opinions are not the kind to encourage a fellow either.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.