Books with author Suzanne Weixel

The second book in the action-packed Bar Code series.They want your identity. They want your freedom. They can't have them. The bar code rebellion.Kayla has resisted getting the bar code tattoo, even though it's mean forfeiting a "normal" life. Without the tattoo, she's an exile. But she can't stay an exile for long. . . .For reasons she doesn't completely understand--but will soon discover--Kayla is at the center of a lethal conspiracy that will soon threaten the very notion of freedom. Kayla can either give in to the bar code, or she can join the resistance and fight it. The choice, for her, is clear: It's time to fight.They want your identity.They want your freedom.They can't have them.The bar code rebellion.

"ONCE UPON A TIME" IS TIMELESS Young, beautiful, and wealthy, Emma Pennington is accustomed to a very comfortable life. Although war rages abroad, she hardly feels its effect. She and her mother travel from their home in Britain to the family estate in Belgium, never imagining that the war could reach them there. But it does. Soon Emma finds herself stranded in a war-torn country, utterly alone. Enemy troops fight to take over her estate, leaving her with no way to reach her family, and no way out. With all of her attention focused on survival and escape, Emma hardly expects to find love. But the war will teach her that life is unpredictable, people aren't always what they seem, and magic is lurking everywhere.

Meet the Bakers . . . Mr. and Mrs. Baker always wanted children—so they went out and adopted 12 of them! There are Christine, Mark, Hilary, Olivia, Collette, Patty, Kenny, Howie, Kevin, Terry, Jack, and Dixie. Now they have their own “Bakers’ Dozen” and life in their big country home is never boring. This baby-sitter just has to go! When Mrs. Baker has to go away for a while, she does what any parent would do: She hires a baby-sitter. But what a baby-sitter! Miss Peabody won’t let the dog in the house, or let the kids watch TV. Worst of all, she serves them gooey oatmeal and tuna-and-cauliflower casserole! It isn’t long before “Project Push Out Peabody” is in effect . . . and that means war!

Meet the Bakers . . . Mr. and Mrs. Baker always wanted children—so they went out and adopted 12 of them! There are Christine, Mark, Hilary, Olivia, Collette, Patty, Kenny, Howie, Kevin, Terry, Jack, and Dixie. Now they have their own “Bakers’ Dozen” and life in their big country home is never boring. Are 13 children too many for one family to handle? It’s been nearly a year since Patty moved in with the Bakers. She really loves her big family—including newborn baby Addie!Then Patty gets terrible news: her father’s cousins have been found. They’re coming to meet the Bakers—and if they don’t like what they see, they’re going to take her far away. And with the baby screaming, the dog howling, Chris fighting, and Dixie running away, it looks as if Patty is going to lose her home . . .

Don't touch anything in The Haunted Museum!It looks like the high point of Samantha's spring vacation is going to be a glimpse of a cute boy she sees at The Haunted Museum in England. She and her sister, Jessica, and their parents are taking a cruise on the Titanic 2, a replica of the original Titanic, and there's not even wifi! At least the Titanic exhibit at the Haunted Museum had wax figures and beautiful jewels to look at.But from their first day, Samantha and Jessica notice strange things happening. Their cabin number keeps changing. There are creepy scratching sounds coming from between the walls. And a locket that Jess opened at the museum seems to be . . . following them.Is the locket haunted? Or could it be the ship itself? Are there actors in costume walking about the ship . . .or could they be ghosts? Why is Sam's sister calling her by another name? Samantha will have to unravel the threads tying her and her sister to the past, or they could go down with the ship!

Under the stars, in a secret world... Rowena, the youngest of twelve sisters, loves to slip out of the castle at night and dance in a magical forest. Soon she convinces her sisters to join her. When Sir Ethan notices that his daughters' slippers look tattered every morning, he is certain they've been sneaking out. So he posts a challenge to all the suitors in the kingdom: The first man to discover where his daughters have been is free to marry the one he chooses. Meanwhile a handsome young knight named Bedivere is involved in a challenge of his own: to return the powerful sword, Excalibur, to a mysterious lake. While looking for the lake, Bedivere meets the beautiful Rowena and falls for her. Bedivere knows that accepting Sir Ethan's challenge is the only opportunity for him to be with Rowena forever. But this puts both Bedivere and Rowena in a dangerous situation...one in which they risk their lives for a chance at love.

It looks like the high point of Samantha's spring vacation is going to be a glimpse of a cute boy she sees at The Haunted Museum in England. She and her sister, Jessica, and their parents are taking a cruise on the Titanic 2, a replica of the original Titanic, and there's not even wifi! At least the Titanic exhibit at the Haunted Museum had wax figures and beautiful jewels to look at.But from their first day, Samantha and Jessica notice strange things happening. Their cabin number keeps changing. There are creepy scratching sounds coming from between the walls. And a locket that Jess opened at the museum seems to be . . . following them.Is the locket haunted? Or could it be the ship itself? Are there actors in costume walking about the ship . . .or could they be ghosts? Why is Sam's sister calling her by another name? Samantha will have to unravel the threads tying her and her sister to the past, or they could go down with the ship!

Meet the Bakers . . . Mr. and Mrs. Baker always wanted children—so they went out and adopted 12 of them! There are Christine, Mark, Hilary, Olivia, Collette, Patty, Kenny, Howie, Kevin, Terry, Jack, and Dixie. Now they have their own “Bakers’ Dozen” and life in their big country home is never boring. Who’s the new girl in Wild Falls?She’s Alice Birmingham, and the moment Hilary sees her, she wants Alice to be her best friend. But Alice is beautiful . . . and rich. How can Hilary possibly impress a girl who wears gorgeous clothes and belongs to a country club? When you have 11 brothers and sisters, there isn’t much money for anything extra. Hilary thinks she knows how to win over Alice. But will she have to pay too high a price?

Don't touch anything in The Haunted Museum!Emma would rather be at her ballet class than at the Haunted Museum, but she can't miss her best friend's birthday party. In a spooky exhibit of music boxes, she's drawn to one in particular, in which a pair of dancers spin slowly to a haunting melody.But that very night, the music box shows up at her door--like it's following her. Emma dances better than she ever imagined when the music box is playing. But that's not all. Sometimes the music speeds up, and the dancers seem to move on their own. Emma finds the lid open, music playing, even when she knows she'd shut it before. And then an eye appears in the mirror inside the lid--someone is watching Emma!The more Emma learns about the history of the music box, the more she realizes she needs to break the hold it has over her before it's too late. But the better she dances when the music plays, the less she wants to!

Mira has always almost had it all... until it all crashes and burns. She's hurt in a horrible car accident, and the only way the doctors can help is to try experimental prosthetics and chips that are implanted directly into her brain. It's a huge risk, but after months of testing and therapy, Mira is back, and better than ever.But soon her friends turn against her as their parents call her on unfair advantages and get her cut from lacrosse and the scholarships she was depending on for college. And with her enhanced hearing, she knows how many people in her school and her town are calling her a robot, a cyborg.Is that true? Is Mira human, or is she somehow something other? How can she overcome the ways people see her and just be herself... especially if she's not really sure who that is anymore?Suzanne Weyn is always at the cutting edge when it comes to new tech and the questions it raises about the world we live in.