Jack Weyland
"I just wish people would quit treating me like a little kid," Kade said.
"That fact is, to someone my age you are a little kid," Brenda replied. "Look, if you want to know the truth, being sixteen is no picnic either."
Kade Ellis has a problem. Every day he rides to early-morning seminary and high school with Brenda Sloan, the most beautiful girl he has ever seen—but she's two years older than he, and juniors just
...2) Heather 101
When Jason compliments his wife, Heather, on the amazing dinner she made last year for Mother's Day, he gets a response that surprises him—but really shouldn't have. Soon, Jason, his cousin, Cole, and a few other 'clueless' husbands find themselves learning to cook from the Cook-Nazi at the local prison, of all places. After he learns his Mother's Day lesson, Jason is off to his next fiasco. This short story is filled with wonderful life
...3) PepperTide
"I have a person-to-person collect call for Jimmy Pepper from Hank Pepper. Will you accept the call?" the operator asked.
"You must have the wrong number," I said.
"Jimmy? It's me—Dad. I saw you on Johnny Carson last week. You were so funny—I died laughing."
"Well, nice hearing from you... call again sometime."
Jimmy Pepper doesn't want to think about his father—the man who abandoned him and
...If talent were pizza, you'd be a supreme - with extra cheese and the whole works. In fact, you could measure your talent any way you wanted to and you'd still come up a winner every time. After talking with thousands of young members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jack Weyland has learned a few things about what's on young people's minds. He'd like to share with you what he's learned about: being happy; being yourself; discovering
...5) New dawn
"Dawn, why don't you tell us about yourself," Cody's mother asked.
She told the things she'd invented about Dawn Fields. They seemed willing to accept it, even though, she painfully reminded herself, it was all a lie. She was an imposter in their home.
They trust me, she thought. But I'm not Dawn Fields, and I'm not a member of the Church, and I can't be married to their son in a temple.
Lisa Dawn Salinger—a prize-winning,
...Elder Roberts knows that he and his companion are out of their area. But he has only a few months left on his mission in New Jersey and there's one door he just has to knock on—his mom's parents, who haven't seen him since he was a baby. Maybe, just maybe, he can get them to accept the gospel like their daughter, Charly, did more than twenty years ago. And maybe he can find out something about the mother who died when he was a baby, and discover
...7) Emily
8) Megan
12) Nicole
15) Jake
16) Kimberly
17) Sam
Those who read Charly will definitely want to read this novel and find out what happens to Sam, Charly's husband. How does he cope with being a single father? How does he come to terms with re-entry into the single life pressures of family and church? Find out in this gripping novel.
18) Lean on me
19) Saving Kristen
When Kristen Boone leaves Ashton, Idaho, to attend school at UCLA, she plans to pursue a career in theater and dance. But her plans are derailed when she meets Chad Nieteri, a wealthy, carefree, California boy who is intrigued by Kristen's wholesome Mormon values and begins dating her. What Kristen doesn't know is that Chad is also the leader of a gang of young men who support their extravagant lifestyles by impersonating police officers and stealing
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