Books with author Susanna Van Rose

Nothing really bad has ever happened to Birdie. And she hates it! She needs drama, angst, torment--something to provide fodder for the amazing book she wants to write. When her parents take a yearlong sabbatical to the Caribbean, she gets her wish. . . .Morgan is a chid of the sea. Raised by nomadic Norwegian parents who encouraged her to chart her own course, and filled with sorrow after the water claims her older sister, she attempts to create a new life for herself in the warm waters of the tropics. But before she can do that, she needs papers that will keep the Coast Guard away. And there's only one person she knows who can help her. Tricky Nicky. Morgan knows he's a shyster. But what she doesn't know is that he's a maniacal killer.Told in alternating points of view, Deep, is a riveting story that will pull readers into its depths.

Christmas Day at the lakeside offers more treats than Christmas dinner! With a frozen lake as a playground, outside fun is part of the celebration of winter cold and a snowy climate. Playing hockey on the lake over the holidays offers a whimsical look at Christmas celebration of winter sports. The Christmas We Played Hockey is a poem with images by the author.

This pictorial guide looks at the erratic world of volcanoes and earthquakes - their history and how we can predict them. Over 500 volcanoes in the world are still active and mankind cannot control them despite ever increasing technological developments. The book begins with the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD and the later incident at Krakatoa. The book includes pictures of models which slice through the Earth's crust to reveal the deep forces that cause volcanoes and it explains how to read a seismograph, shows remains unearthed from Pompeii, and includes information on how San Francisco and Tokyo are preparing for the next big earthquake.