Books published by publisher Johnson

The movie has wrapped, but the drama is just getting started… Katharine Firestone finally has everything she’s ever wanted — new house, new car, new status as a Hollywood A-lister. And yet, she’s never felt more isolated. As the movie premiere creeps closer, Kat spends her days playing an infatuated co-star for the press tour cameras, and her nights wondering what the hell she’s going to do to fix the mess she’s made out of her personal life. One broken girl. Two heart-stopping men. One impossible decision. Torn between the heartbreaker she tried to avoid and the man she never saw coming, Kat will be forced to answer the ultimate question: Do we get a say when it comes to choosing our soulmate? Love. Lust. Passion. Paparazzi. The road to fame and fortune is never easy. And, in the City of Angels, the only place they guarantee a happily-ever-after is in the movies… THE SOMEDAY GIRL is a tangled contemporary love story about a girl learning to love — her friends, her career, her soulmate, and, most of all, herself. It is the second installment of THE GIRL DUET, concluding the angsty, addictive storyline that began in THE MONDAY GIRL. Each installment is approximately 95,000 words. Recommended for readers ages 17+ due to strong language, sexual situations, drug use, and other mature elements.

The Healing Quilt is the true story of 10-year-old Carla’s walk with cancer mixed with a little magic that happens in the sewing room when Mrs. Moon is sewing a healing quilt for her. Carla is one of Mrs. Moon’s ice skating students in Yosemite who has been diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. She tells her story of her cancer treatment in emails to Mrs. Moon while Mrs. Moon is sewing the quilt. Carla’s classmates made the quilt blocks for the quilt, and the animals on the quilt blocks come to life in the sewing room and take on the personalities of the students that made them. And that’s when the adventure begins.

The elephant is the largest animal in the jungle, but when you are a little elephant, everything around you seems huge. The baby elephant Jasper goes on his first independent journey, makes interesting discoveries, faces fear, and finds his dream. An unexpected company pushes the elephant to the dream realization, and all together they spend a busy summer with games, talking around the campfire and getting to know the whole elephant family.This story with cheerful illustrations and racy dialogues will be a perfect gift for a young traveler or family as a whole.

Joel has moved to another school once again. He is 16 years old and is a Junior. His mom signs him up for Baseball, which he has never played, considering he isn't the sporty type. During his Baseball practices, he meets someone. Someone that helps him with the other guys, helps him with his Baseball skills. In time, they figure out that they are in love, and that they are two who can't be separated, no matter what happens.

There is no surrendering your will without giving up your heart. Long before she took up the title of Starry Knight, Raiya Cole knew she was different. Ever since she survived the car crash that killed her parents, the truth about her supernatural powers—and her destiny as a fallen Star—shaped her life, preparing her for a battle she knew would come one day. With the help of Grandpa Odd, her beloved mentor, Raiya works to maintain control over her power and train as a Starlight Warrior.But the battle she prepared for is not the first one she must face.As her seventh grade year begins, Raiya’s resolve is put to the test when her power unexpectedly—and exponentially—grows, threatening the fragile life she has managed to build over the last six years. Can Raiya embrace a duty that demands not only her life, but her heart as well? Can she survive paying the price that comes with her power?"Searching" is the prequel to The Starlight Chronicles, an epic fantasy adventure series from C. S. Johnson.

This early work is a collection of “Sherlock Holmes” stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle and first published in 1914. The stories of this collection include: “Silver Blaze”, “The Speckled Band”, “The Sign of Four”, “A Scandal of Bohemia”, “The Naval Treaty”, “The Blue Carbuncle”, “The Greek Interpreter”, “The Red-Headed League”, “The Empty House”, “The Missing Three-Quarter”, and “His Last Bow”. These fantastic stories are highly recommended for lovers of detective fiction, and are not to be missed by fans and collectors of Conan Doyle’s work. Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a Scottish author famous for his “Sherlock Holmes” novels. Many classic books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

In this exciting book, Cecilia Pudge Kleinkauf uses the real-life experiences of four young women--Alyssa, Samantha, Alex, and Blair--to create an informative and engaging introduction to the sport of flyfishing for pre-teen and teenage girls. Every beginning flyfisher needs a teacher, and there's no better one for young women than Pudge Kleinkauf. She covers everything they'll need to know, from basic skills such as casting, wading, and knot tying, to using flyrods and reels and choosing flies. In addition to the basic skills, the book features information on manufacturers that make gear specifically for young people, a discussion of catch-and-release ethics, and stories from adult women anglers who began flyfishing as girls. It tells how to find nearby resources where girls can learn the sport and discover local waters where they might fish. Pudge understands the needs of young women and treats them with respect. She is the teacher anyone would want for his or her own child.