Books in Open door series

Young Jaimie, a high school senior, holes himself up in an isolated cabin on a New Hampshire lake to mourn the tragic death of his girlfriend. He expects to be alone. So who is that swimmer he sees through the mist, out on the lake? What is the wailing he hears as night falls…the cry of the loon? Maybe Jannie had something else in mind when she made him promise they would be together forever. After all, hadn't they been voted The Couple Most Likely to Stay Together?

With a message about hope and new beginnings plus adorable illustrations, this story of one little mouse's experience after the Great Flood comes to life as children open the nested pages to discover the animals as they leave the ark.The Great Flood is over and one little mouse searches for his partner. Where is she? As each pair of animals exit the ark, the little mouse asks everyone who walks by. Finally, in the end, Noah walks out the door, and in his hands rests a cozy basket with the other mouse nestled in with her babies. Each nested page in this lovely illustrated book open to reveal another pair of animals, and when all of the pages are opened, all of the animals can be seen at once with Noah in the middle.

Training for adulthood is not for wimps. When you are eleven years old, is there anything more humiliating, or bound to cause a fight, than shopping with your mother when your body is in full-throttle warp? Yes, there is: picking out the school-required underwear. Or worse, your mother’s male co-worker shows up at the scene. Or even worse: your brother wants to TALK about it at the dinner table. Rites-of-passage are difficult for any young girl, and Jun-li Lin is no exception. The grown-ups in her life are completely unpredictable, and probably out of control. She knows it will take detective-work to figure out her family's secrets and erratic ways. It's up to her to find a way to bring the family together before everyone drifts apart. Training to be an adult, Jun-li discovers, is hard work.