Books with author Suzanne Weixel

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. Olivia’s got a big problem . . . Ever since Bobby Wernick, the class bully, found out he could make Olivia cry, he won’t stop teasing her. Now he’s making fun of her science project: a study of outer space and extra-terrestrial beings. But Olivia also has something else to worry about: She’s received a very strange note from “alien space creatures.” Is it real . . . or someone’s idea of a joke? Sometimes Olivia thinks it might be easier if she lived in outer space . . .

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. And meet Patty. She’s eight years old and the new kid in the family. Her mother died three years ago, and since then she hasn’t had anyone to love her. Now, because of the Bakers it looks like her luck has changed. But Patty’s new sister Hilary makes it clear that she thinks the Baker family is large enough. And it looks like she’ll do anything to get Patty sent away . . .

A madcap'tween movie comedy between rival chick cliques!It's the summer before high school and Julie and her friends are psyched-sort of. They're all heading to Julie's house for a sleepover bash. It's a pretty uneventful night until Staci--the most popular chick in the most popular clique challenges Julie and her buds to the ultimate dare: an all out scavenger hunt-where winner takes all--the prized spot in the cafeteria! Bring it on!Scholastic's movie novelization brings young readers along for the ride. Includes color pix of the cast.

A rescued horse, an abandoned ranch, a new beginning for a very lucky girl ... and the start of an exciting new horse series!Taylor Henry loves horses, but her single mom can't afford riding lessons, much less a horse. So when she discovers an abandoned gelding and pony, Taylor is happy just to be around them.But the rescued animals have nowhere to go, and Taylor is running out of time to find them a good home. Could the empty old barn on Wildwood Lane be the answer? And could Taylor's wildest dream -- of a horse to call her own -- finally be coming true?

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 . . .

Suzanne Weyn brings her trademark mix of history, romance, and the supernatural to the Salem Witch Trials.Elsabeth James has powers she doesn't fully understand. She is descended from midwives, mind readers, and a fortune-teller who was put to death because she foresaw the death of Mary, Queen of Scots. She can hear people's thoughts and sometimes see what they see. She has supernatural gifts, but not evil ones. When Elsabeth sails with her sister, father, and governess to America, however, she does not foresee that their ship will be wrecked in a storm. Alone for the first time in her life, she washes up on a South Carolina plantation, where she falls in love with a boy she meets there and learns magic and healing from an unexpected source. As her powers grow, her stay is cut short, and she is sent as a servant to Salem, Massachusetts. There she accidentally allows an evil spirit to enter the village. When a group of girls start to say they're bewitched and accuse villagers of witchcraft, Elsabeth must find some way to save herself and the boy she loves.

Thirteen-year-old Taylor's adventures at Wildwood Stables, where anything is possible, continue!One of Taylor Henry's best friends at Wildwood Stables, Daphne Chang, is a brilliant rider. So when she gets the offer of a lifetime from Ross River Ranch, Wildwood's toughest competition, it comes as no surprise -- but it could also mean the end of Wildwood Stables.

The ultimate historical romance: one love story unfolds over many centuries and many lives in this captivating pageturner from Suzanne Weyn.From prehistory to the present, theirs was a love for the ages. It starts with a fight in a cave over an elusive green jewel . . . and then travels over time and lives to include Egyptian slaves, Greek temples, Massachusetts witch trials, Civil War battlefields, Paris on the eve of World War II, America in the 1960s . . . and a pair of modern-day teenagers. For readers who believe that love is stronger than time or death, this is an unforgettable novel from a wonderful storyteller.