Books with title Between the lines

“Miss Phelps has again challenged attention by a story of the unseen. ‘The Gates Between’ is not written to solace the bereaved, but rather to impress on busy, eager, self-centered people the terrible folly of the materialistic, selfish life they are living; to electrify them with a sight of the remorse they are preparing for when they shall see as they are seen; and to recall to men’s minds the supreme duty and joy of tenderness and unselfishness in word and act…The book cannot fail to be widely read both in England and America, and it is one that cannot be laid down without having awakened deep and serious thoughts in the mind of the reader.” -Pall Mall Gazette “It is not a common ‘ghost’ story, or a tale of the supernatural told merely to excite interest; but an exceedingly interesting narrative of the inevitable, giving the possible experience and remedial discipline of a hard and selfish nature in the life after death.” -The Dial, Volume 8, May, 1887 “Powerfully conceived….The story is that of a physician, who, dying instantaneously by unforeseen accident, finds himself in the world whose existence he has hitherto contemptuously doubted; and of his effort and difficulties in adapting himself to an environment wholly in conflict with his earthly habits of thought…Remarkable for originality, earnestness, and delicacy of thought. The questions it will raise in the mind of the reader will not cease with the closing of its pages…No physician worthy of his calling can read without emotion.” -The New England Medical Gazette, Volume 22, January, 1887 “Handled with consummate tact, dignity and power…The border land between life and death; the passage of the human soul into the unknown country; its impressions on leaving the earthly tenement and its experiences thereafter. Such speculations in narrative form unavoidably approach the danger line of maudlin and lachrymose sentimentality. Attempted by other writers, they have frequently cross it with a result offensive to good taste and to that soul-reserve which well-balanced people desire to protect against intrusion, but in the delicate and sure hand of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, dictated by a spirit both natural and refined and dominated by a serene faith, no such mistake was possible…Her books dealing with this alluring subject never transgressed the unwritten law; never offended or belittled the dignity of the human soul, but wove together the seen and the unseen, the real and the mystical, man and his other self in a fascinating, convincing and satisfying story, the reading of which brought hope, peace and comfort to many thousands.” -The Bellman, Volume 10, January, 1911

Bill McCoy believes that his major winter challenge will be surviving two weeks of being the wrestling "dummy" for Blake Proper. Bill, a sophomore at Lionwood High, is committed to helping prepare his senior teammate for making a run at the state wrestling championship. On a daily basis, Bill knows he will be pummeled and pinned when the two boys work together after school on the school's wrestling mats. However, a bigger challenge for Bill arises when his thirteen-year-old sister, Diana, is accused of coercing younger brother, Jack, into an inappropriate sexual act. Bill's overbearing dictatorial father reacts to the news about his son and daughter in a characteristically irrational fashion. He refuses to allow Diana to reside any longer in the McCoy home and blocks Mrs. McCoy's desire to visit Diana when Diana is temporarily assigned by the juvenile court system to a juvenile detention center. When Diana disavows her involvement with her younger brother to Diana's court appointed therapist, Carrie Thompson, Bill becomes the go-between. He seeks help in his role of diplomatic liaison between his parents and Carrie and his sister from Susan Myers with whom he has developed a tentative, budding romance. Susan's and Bill's relationship, rapidly strengthening by their respect and concern for each other, is juxtaposed with the debilitating and gradually disintegrating relationship of Bill's father and mother. Bill's maturation is evident as he struggles to assist in the healing of his sister, to deal with his difficult father, and to manage his own romance. The Go Between also reveals both a family whose unstable relationships are exposed and shattered by the ill conceived behavior of daughter with son and the processes followed by social services in their attempts to remedy the emotional damage that results from the family's incest. The story also tactfully illuminates a current trend in the sexual experimentation of high school students.

Destiny Faraday makes a point of keeping a distance from her classmates at Hedgebrook Academy. Routine and predictability help her stick to her number-one rule: Don’t get attached. But one day, with the crumpling of a calendar page and an odd encounter with a mysterious stranger, routine and predictability are turned on end. Unexpectedly finding a car at their disposal, Destiny and three of her classmates embark on an unauthorized road trip, searching for one fair day – a day where the good guy wins and everything adds up to something just and right. The Miles Between explores the absurdities of life, friendship, and fate – and also the moments of grace and wonder. You never know where a road trip might take you.

Destiny Faraday makes a point of keeping a distance from her classmates at Hedgebrook Academy. Routine and predictability help her stick to her number-one rule: Don’t get attached. But one day, with the crumpling of a calendar page and an odd encounter with a mysterious stranger, routine and predictability are turned on end. Unexpectedly finding a car at their disposal, Destiny and three of her classmates embark on an unauthorized road trip, searching for one fair day – a day where the good guy wins and everything adds up to something just and right. The Miles Between explores the absurdities of life, friendship, and fate – and also the moments of grace and wonder. You never know where a road trip might take you.

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Destiny Faraday makes a point of keeping a distance from her classmates at Hedgebrook Academy. Routine and predictability help her stick to her number-one rule: Don’t get attached. But one day, with the crumpling of a calendar page and an odd encounter with a mysterious stranger, routine and predictability are turned on end. Unexpectedly finding a car at their disposal, Destiny and three of her classmates embark on an unauthorized road trip, searching for one fair day – a day where the good guy wins and everything adds up to something just and right. The Miles Between explores the absurdities of life, friendship, and fate – and also the moments of grace and wonder. You never know where a road trip might take you.

The year is unknown and even is a little fuzzy. The only clue comes from a set of three journals brought to an underground facility last dated: March 3, 2086. How much time has passed since then, no one is absolutely certain. What they do know from the journal entries and stories passed down from generation to generation is that the world as mankind knows it has changed, and not for the better. Those living in pockets of civilization above ground have their lives controlled by a tyrant and his creations known as Kevin's Children or more simply, The Clean. Only some have found shelter and safety in an underground facility including a young woman named Sasha and her little sister, Ruby. For years they have called the underground facility home going undetected by Kevin and his children, but for how long?

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