Books with author Stina Wilson

Although it is a beautiful day outside, within the sun shining and birds singing, Sammy and Jakie are feeling sad. Their daddy has died, and they miss him very much. Mommy looks for a way to help her two boys feel better. Using balloons and markers, Sammy and Jakie write letters to send to their daddy in heaven. When they are done writing, they go outside to the backyard and let the balloons fly, going higher and higher toward heaven. Now whenever Sammy and Jakie feel sad, they know they can send their daddy letters and stay connected to him. Sometimes in life, unspeakable tragedies occur. It is especially difficult when these tragedies affect children's lives and their ability to be happy. This children's story tells the tale of how one seemingly simple activity changed the way a family coped with the loss of their loved one.

"He isn't a bad guy...he just doesn't love God." What do you do when you follow after God but your boyfriend doesn't? You may be crazy in love with him, but there's that nagging feeling that the relationship isn't right. Written by a mentor who has ³been there and done that,² this timely tool coaches young women through relationship breakups, helps them cope with the resulting grief and guilt, and teaches them to grow as a child of God.

Holly Brown thought that moving from New York to a small farm would be enough adventure. But when Holly purchased the farm, she got much more than she bargained for, including an array of farm animals and two magical corgis.After moving in to her new home, Holly began receiving urgent letters from someone named Christopher Heatcott with an eerily similar address. Annoyed by the constant mail, Holly sets out with her two corgis to find the mysterious residence and deliver the letters. Upon her travels, Holly stumbles across a magical place called The Lands. Once there, she must find Christopher Heathcott and save him from impending doom.

'The school where I first met Cora Ravenwing was called Okington School, and I was just beginning to have real ideas and opinions of my own when I first went there...'With Cora Ravenwing (1980) Gina Wilson began her acclaimed career as a novelist for young adults. As she describes in a new preface to this reissue, the idea for the novel 'took a grip' on her such that she wrote without 'planning', inspired by the theme of a child's growing sense of intuition.'A sensitive, mystery-tinged portrayal of social tensions... Cora Ravenwing, village scapegoat, is the first child whom narrator Becky Stokes meets when her family moves outside London in the mid-1950s; and her reflections deftly pick up the undercurrents of gossip, hostility, and social pretension that power the story of their year's troubled friendship.' Kirkus Review

Holly Brown thought that moving from New York to a small farm would be enough adventure. But when Holly purchased the farm, she got much more than she bargained for, including an array of farm animals and two magical corgis.After moving in to her new home, Holly began receiving urgent letters from someone named Christopher Heatcott with an eerily similar address. Annoyed by the constant mail, Holly sets out with her two corgis to find the mysterious residence and deliver the letters. Upon her travels, Holly stumbles across a magical place called The Lands. Once there, she must find Christopher Heathcott and save him from impending doom....