Books with title Far From Home

When Riley Regas moved from Boston to the small town of Carver, Kansas, she never expected the turn her life would take. She never thought she could be happy in Carver, especially after the betrayal she endured at the hands of someone she thought she loved. She was wrong. It’s been six months since everything changed. Six months since Jesse stepped in and saved her. Six months since she realized she’d been in love with Jesse all along. Six months of happiness and Riley can’t wait to take the next step in her life with Jesse at her side. But one night changes everything and the life she envisioned with Jesse is turned upside down. Jesse has always been there for Riley, and now it’s her turn to be there for him. Will the love they fought so hard to find be strong enough to see them through this or will it ultimately tear them apart?

Glin, a normal human boy, was born on a planet where genetically modified humans live as slaves. Arztlan, a beautiful and temperate world, is a carefully managed game park and religious pilgrimage destination for a predatory species of aliens, called the Hrast. The human slaves on Arztlan have been genetically modified for size and strength, to have claws and night vision, and for aggression. Glin was born without any of these qualities, so he’s a freak to them. He serves the Hrast, but he can’t hunt, so he’s not much use to them or to the human hunters. In their primitive society, freaks don’t live very long. To avoid a violent end, Glin leaves the hunting lodge where he was born and sets out to escape, and then to explore. Arztlan is beautiful, but dangerous. Glin faces challenges, both physical and mental, as he is learns to survive on his own. If he lives, will it all have been worth it? Or will always feel alone?

When Fresno is hit with an unexpected outbreak of deadly scarlet fever, Andi Carter is scared. Her town friends are getting sick and school is closed until it passes. Far from the danger, at least Andi has her horse Taffy and plenty of work on the Circle C ranch to distract her.But is she really safe? First one ranch hand, then two, and then her brother Mitch fall ill. Mother is convinced that the only way to protect Andi from this terrible disease is to send her far away to fussy Aunt Rebecca in San Francisco.The noisy city and Aunt Rebecca's bossy ways may be worse than scarlet fever. But then Andi has an idea that might help save her friends back home . . .

Jack Carter made a promise. It has come time to fulfill it, but the consequences of doing so could take everything he holds dear away from him. However, not doing so, would have a greater effect on those he has unwittingly put in the cross-hairs of an ancient Runner. Follow Jack on his extraordinary journey to bring an end to some unfinished business.

The year is 1809. Daisie Moon travels to a farm in Massachusetts to live with twelve-year-old Annie O and the Smith Family. What Daisie doesn’t know is that Annie O‘s father plans to send his daughter off to work at a far-away cotton mill. The family needs the money, so Annie O sets out to work with Daisie in her bag. Annie O works long hours at the mill. The Overseer, Mr. Roughnickel, is mean and the work hours are long. Annie O tries to make friends with the girls who work in the Spinning Room. Mostly they run off and ignore her. Her only friend, besides Daisie, is a dog she names Baby. When Annie O meets famous Dolley Madison, everything changes! Annie O becomes so popular that the girls start a fan club in Annie O’s name. At first, Daisie is lonely at the mill so she wanders the halls while Annie O is working. What she doesn’t know is that Fern, the girl from the forest, plans to steal her from Annie O. Soon Daisie gets in trouble over a lost ribbon and has to live with Priscilla Weedworth, the mill owner’s daughter, and her unfriendly dolls. Annie O would like to run away from the awful mill but there are so many complications. Certainly she would never leave without Daisie! This is the second book in the Daisie Moon Adventure series.

Alfie the Doorstep Cat - star of the smash-hit Sunday Times bestseller - is back in brand new ALFIE story for a younger readership.Alfie is everyone’s favourite cat. A big ball of grey fur who changes the lives of every family he meets. Alfie is firm friends with the Clover family – especially eight-year-old Stanley Clover and his sister Viola. But he’s still a bit upset when he accidentally falls asleep in the back of the Clovers’ van and unexpectedly finds himself far from home on their family holiday. But when he notices that Viola isn’t getting into the holiday spirit he realises she might just need his help…

Joshua Loring is the twelve-year-old son of a Union army doctor killed during the Civil War. This compelling novel conveys how Joshua gains new insights into the realities of war and the fine line between friends and enemies when he begins to correspond with a young Confederate prisoner. In the end, he risks his life to travel to the island where his new friend is held captive.

When Fresno is hit with an unexpected outbreak of deadly scarlet fever, Andi Carter is scared. Her town friends are getting sick and school is closed until it passes. Far from the danger, at least Andi has her horse Taffy and plenty of work on the Circle C ranch to distract her.But is she really safe? First one ranch hand, then two, and then her brother Mitch fall ill. Mother is convinced that the only way to protect Andi from this terrible disease is to send her far away to fussy Aunt Rebecca in San Francisco.The noisy city and Aunt Rebecca's bossy ways may be worse than scarlet fever. But then Andi has an idea that might help save her friends back home . . .