Books with title Corner

Dorothy possesses three fears. Strangers, judgement, and liking boys who won't like her back. When her insistent mother persuades her to fill a waitressing position at Uncle Ray's restaurant, Corner, Dot is forced to leave behind her cuddly cat Kramer and the safety of her room to confront an ever-present anxiety bound to all three of her fears. Gradually, the faces of Corner begin to fill her emptiest spaces, until one particular night changes everything. After an unforeseen attack, Dot rapidly loses herself in an all-consuming darkness. But the hands that reach to find her aren't those she would have expected, and Dot soon realises that sometimes the brightest lights are only a step away from the dark.

Dorothy possesses three fears. Strangers, judgement, and liking boys who won't like her back. When her insistent mother persuades her to fill a waitressing position at Uncle Ray's restaurant, Corner, Dot is forced to leave behind her cuddly cat Kramer and the safety of her room to confront an ever-present anxiety bound to all three of her fears. Gradually, the faces of Corner begin to fill her emptiest spaces, until one particular night changes everything. After an unforeseen attack, Dot rapidly loses herself in an all-consuming darkness. But the hands that reach to find her aren't those she would have expected, and Dot soon realises that sometimes the brightest lights are only a step away from the dark.

“Austin’s message of true friendship and selflessness will resonate...strong addition to the realistic fiction genre.” - Library JournalEveryone needs their own special corner...It’s 1969 and ten-year-old Davy is in a predicament. With two weeks remaining of the summer holidays, he’s expelled from the public pool for sneaking into the deep end and almost drowning. How will he break the news to his hard-working single mother? She’s at the diner all day, Davy has no friends, and he’s too young to stay by himself.The answer lies in his rescuer, mysterious thirteen-year-old Ellis Wynn. Visiting her Grammy for the summer, Ellis offers to babysit Davy. She teaches him about “corners”–forgotten or neglected areas fixed up special. Together, the kids tackle several “corners” and Davy learns what it means to bring joy to others.Davy begins to wonder, though. Why does Ellis want to be his friend? Why doesn’t she ever smile? And is Davy just one of Ellis’ “corners?”

On the 8th of May 2017, a little kitten crossed a road and walked into the path of a stranger. Through the words expressed by another stranger, me, a tale is told. A tale of a series of days where a kitten entered a home and became a member of a family. A family consisting of a lonely, aging man and his aging, eldery cats.There was that heart wrenching first night when Cooper cried unceasingly for his mother. An unending series of howls and moans, each of which tore at the heart strings of human and feline alike. Dawn finally broke and the kitten slept. The residents of the little blue house Cooper now called home sat hoping the new day would bring the little kitten some peace of mind.Soon afterward came the happiest of events as kitten Cooper met someone much like himself. One who would become his best friend. A surrogate mother almost. Cooper came upon another member of the humans furry family, another tabby like himself. A father figure by the name of Cubby. A bond would form with the elderly tabby, one which still exists today. It always will. Within the pages of this book is that bonds beginning. For this is Cooper's tale. This is his book. It's a little ditty written to share a wonderful week that lives in my memory now and forever. I can only hope I do the memory, and Cooper justice. For he is a special little kitty.It's been said that stray cats make the best of pets. That is only partially true. They are the best of course. Not of pets. They are the best of friends. Cooper is mine.

Everyone needs their own special corner... It's 1969 and ten-year-old Davy is in a predicament. With two weeks remaining of the summer holidays, he's expelled from the public pool for sneaking into the deep end and almost drowning. How will he break the news to his hard-working single mother? She's at the diner all day, Davy has no friends, and he's too young to stay by himself. The answer lies in his rescuer, mysterious thirteen-year-old Ellis Wynn. Visiting her Grammy for the summer, Ellis offers to babysit Davy. She teaches him about "corners"-forgotten or neglected areas fixed up special. Together, the kids tackle several "corners" and Davy learns what it means to bring joy to others. Davy begins to wonder, though. Why does Ellis want to be his friend? Why doesn't she ever smile? And is Davy just one of Ellis' "corners?"

Slip away to the Washington Coast with this coming of age novel of rivalry and romance!Escape is all seventeen-year-old Courtney Phillips can think about. Earning an internship could be her ticket to break free. But when her mother becomes ill with fibromyalgia, Courtney is trapped caring for her rebellious sister, Tiffany, and her little brother - until Tiffany runs off to live with their jerk of a dad. Track star Keegan Hank's current girlfriend is cheating on him, but having fallen for him herself, Courtney's afraid to tell him the truth. When Keegan discovers that Courtney withheld the facts about his girlfriend, he wants nothing to do with her.Courtney finally lands an interview for her dream internship, but mysterious calls from Tiffany spell trouble. Courtney must find a way to win Keegan's love and rescue her sister without jeopardizing her own future.