Books with title Girl in the Shadows

Acclaimed author Kristy Centeno, and Bestselling author of The Star Child series, Stephanie Keyes, bring you two stories that prove love and light can overcome the pain and shadows. With secrets hidden in the night, and dangerous creatures prowling the woods, trusting the enemy can mean either life or death.Two dark worlds...One night that will change their lives forever...Where evil lurks, only goodness can prevail.

The war for the forest continues, deep in the shadows....With Andrew’s death, the Overseer of the Forest should have returned. But instead, Becka has yet to hear from him and the tension in the Overseer’s world has only grown. Stuck with the living pack, she is unable to do anything to help as she is trying to find a way to adjust to her new life in a pack that is on the verge of collapsing.Cast out and blamed for Andrew's death, Becka flees. But a Shadow Creature attack brings Rukisha back to her, making them both seek out Vippora for guidance. As soon as they arrive, he gives them the news Becka was hoping for. All that is left for them to do is survive a trip into the heart of the Shadow Creature's world where more than just secrets are waiting for them....It's time for destinies to take shape.

When Jon and Tania attend a costume party at a museum full of ancient arms and armor -- relics that have been through bloody battles, or worse -- it doesn't surprise either of them to discover a ghost lurking in the shadows. But this particular ghost is on a mission, and if Jon and Tania don't help him, he just might become the warrior he was when he was alive, and that means trouble -- and danger -- for everyone involved!

After Ivy's stepfather disappears, Ivy's mama begins waitressing at Dining Divinely to make ends meet. She also takes in a boarder—twelve-year-old Caleb, who's the same age as Ivy and is the weirdest guy she's ever met. With Mama working full-time, Ivy has to babysit her little brother, JJ. She also has to fend off the nosy Pastor Harold; stop Caleb from filling JJ's head with lies; and keep her best friend, Ellen, from knowing anything about her embarrassing situation at home. Ivy has always found out all she needs to know by lurking in the shadows (some might call it "eavesdropping"). But as things at home become more complicated, she learns to step into the light and not only listen but speak up, in Ivy in the Shadows by Chris Woodworth.

Soli and Lucy are best friends, but they aren't quite the same. Lucy is loud and social; Soli is quiet and solitary. Lucy is outgoing and brave, but Soli prefers quiet and safety. Now Lucy is locked in a faerie dungeon with only the company of Kheelan, a faerie revoluntionary. For the first time in their lives, Soli has to take a step out of the shadows and save her friend.

Fiction. Young Adult. SECRETS IN THE SHADOWS, a young adult/crossover novel, is the story of best friends Michael and Wolfie who are boys growing up in Nazi Germany. Both of them are delighted to join the Hitler Youth. But by the time the boys are twelve, a devastating event turns their world upside down. On a school trip to Berlin, the boys see a beautiful Jewish girl boarding the train with her mother. Shortly after, a horrified Michael witnesses their brutal murder--the result of anti-Semitism. As a result, Michael's loyalty to Hitler begins to show cracks. In 1943 when Michael turns sixteen, his father orders him to volunteer with the Waffen SS, and Michael then goes on to serve in the Hitler Youth 12th SS Panzer Division. Wolfie joins as well. Boehm shows them on the grim battlefields fighting hand-to-hand in the villages and towns, sometimes against the Canadians. Seeing what is happening on the battlefield, they come to reject the Nazi regime and its propaganda. In the final showdown, Michael and Wolfie are ordered to travel to Berlin, and it is there they confront the secrets that lie in the shadows of the past.

Keegan seeks to settle into his new life with his family when his town is disrupted by a magical visitor. A forest nymph blesses a young child in the village with a magical ability, much like Keegan’s own ability to communicate with animals.In the following weeks, word spreads about this special child, and Keegan fears that there are people who may take advantage of the young boy and his family. With the help of his animal and human friends, Keegan uncovers a plot to steal the child away. Can he stop it?

Seventeen-year-old Anya Kane can never forget the night her mother died. No—the night a green-eyed man with a scar on his left eye killed her mother. But believe it or not, she’s learned to live with it…to live with her pain. She’s even learned to be happy.Cue in a mesmerizing boy named Chase. The day he shows up at her prestigious school is the day everything changes. An international terrorist group called The Syndicate tries to take her, and the man they send after her…is the man who killed her mother. Barely escaping the attempt, Anya is left with nothing but bruises, questions, and a temporary form of PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder).After discovering that Chase is with the CIA, and learning a shocking truth about her parents, she agrees to go back to her normal life as a student in order to draw out The Syndicate, but she must deal with the anxiety and flashbacks caused by her PTSD. Anya will have to overcome every single one of her fears if she wants to find out why she’s being hunted and why her mother really died. Will she find answers? Will they be the answers she expects?

It's not uncommon for people to go missing in a vast and wild place like Alaska. But in a rainy forest just south of Juneau, it seems to happen more often than usual.The dense woods around Shadow Creek are beautiful and tempting, but there's also something menacing about them. Everyone in the nearby town knows the story of the Witch of Shadow Creek, although few suspect it's anything more than "just a story." When Jack Strader and his dad move from California to reopen the Shadow Creek Lodge after a family tragedy, they're just looking for a change. But Jack's about to find out that Shadow Creek is a place where the border between this world and the next is sometimes thin.