Books with title Away from Home

Earth, as we know it, was dying. Man had succeeded in draining it of any and all resources. Society as a whole had degraded into a savage version of itself. The governments of the world have elected to colonize a moon just outside our solar system. The plans are made and everything is prepared. The first group of colonists was prepared to leave Earth. This is the story of that moon and it's colonists. But, more importantly, it is the story of how mankind not only survived, but prospered by moving to the stars.

If you like How to Train Your Dragon and A Wrinkle in Time--You will love the OTHERLANDER series!LostAlone in a strange world.Searching for his missing father, young Thomas Colson is catapulted into an alternate world at war. Now he must learn to fly dragons, fight with the resistance, and grow up or die trying. Can he survive, find his father, and unite his family, or will he be forever lost a long way from home?A Long Way From Home is the first book in the thrilling new OTHERLANDER series. If you like flying dragons and page-turning adventure, then you have to read this fantasy by exciting author T. Kevin Bryan.

A sinister army approaches from the frozen north.Les' body might be small, but his heart is equal to any species out there. Ever since he was a Mouse Pup, Les dreamed of joining the ranks of the Mouse Guard to help keep back the horrors of the outside world. Les' bravery is tested when his view of the world turns upside down. His simple life is gone in an instant. His town is torn apart, his friends and loved ones murdered as he flees from the only place he has known as home, the one place he knows is safe. Frightened and full of despair, Les learns there are many animals in the outside world, some friends, but most enemies. From the lush grasslands to the dark forests, monstrous mountains and rushing rivers, Les discovers he is far more capable than his shy and lonely life back at Mouse Town. The heavy weight of the fate of the world rests on his shoulders, a task he doesn't know if he can conquer with so many large, angry animals surrounding everywhere he travels, blocking every path he tries to take. He must save the animal world from an unimaginably evil army by uniting normally natural enemy species against a common enemy. Les gathers all the courage he can muster and steps into the darkness of the unknown, his hope to better the world and set it right the only thing lighting his way.

Spanning more than sixty years, A Long Way from Home is the story of Susie; her daughter, Clara; and her granddaughter, Susan--house slaves born and reared at Montpelier, the Virginia plantation of President James Madison. Proud and intelligent, these women are united by love, fierce devotion, and a desire for freedom that grows stronger year by year.A Long Way from Home vividly re-creates Southern life and the ambivalent, shifting relationships on both sides of the color divide, from the cruelty and insidious benevolence of white owners to the deep yearnings and complex emotions of the slaves themselves. It is an unforgettable story that pays homage to the African-American experience and to the ancestors whose lives and histories are indelibly entwined with our own.

An emotive trio of stories with themes of home.Home Sweet Home.Only it's not always sweet, or homely. Callum doesn't do sweet. Mel doesn't do homely. Sometimes the world of fantasy is actually the right one, and the facts are less important.A Long Way from Home.A wedding in Wales doesn't turn out as the father of the bride expects.Mal's a good bloke really, surely it was his time for some karma?Home is Where the Heart is.Unless it's out of town.Never mix love and business. Just when Morgan thinks he's lost it all, he finds a happy ending.