This holiday season explore five unique short stories that celebrate the love, joy, and peace of Christmas.Miracle From on High by Renée Allen McCoyFour lives intersect at a crossroads, prompting each to seek God's direction. Benjamin and Susan grapple to accept their path while Trevor and Danielle struggle to cope with theirs.Giving You the Best of My Love by Sonya VisorThree years ago, Chase Anderso...

Christmas Time Is Here… And Brown Girls Books is bringing you nineteen talented writers, sharing heartwarming stories filled with the joy, sorrow and downright drama of this magical season. Christmas time brings out the best – and for some, the worst – in us and these holiday tales capture it all, just in time to warm your soul for the holidays. All I Want For Christmas is filled with tear-jerking, treasured, and laugh-inducing stories. Like Sonia Johnston's "Home...

Have you ever said that you were all right when you weren't, or when asked how you are feeling responded with an, “I’m fine” when you knew you were emotionally on the edge? If this describes you, keep reading; this book may change the way you see yourself. In fact, it may change your life.Wearing a mask is something too many Christians do for a variety of reasons. We all have fallen short of the glory of God, yet we've all worn a mask at one time or another to cover up our frailtie...

A young girl lives in fear of her abusive father....A powerful short tale. Based on a true story.

Everything preteen and teen boys need to know about their changing bodies and feelingsWritten by an experienced educator and her daughter in a reassuring and down-to earth style, The "What's Happening to My Body?" Book for Boys provides sensitive straight talk on:The body's changing size and shapeDiet and exerciseThe growth spurtThe reproductive organsBody hairVoice changesRomantic a...

The long-awaited reissue of McFadden's best-selling second novel praised by Toni Morrison, USA Today, Washington Post, and others—published simultaneously with McFadden's new novel Gathering of Waters ."McFadden's reissued second novel takes an unflinching look at the corrosive nature of alcoholism . . . This is not a story of easy redemption . . . McFadden writes candidly about the treacherous hold of addiction." — Publishers Weekly

A boy is suspended from Punahou School for cutting clazz and must face the wrath of his father. He runs away from home to avoid a beating and is taken in by a family in Waimanalo.

A brother and his kid sister create a parallel universe in their own household to cope with a domineering father, a passive mother, and an indifferent older brother.

The two sons of a Hawaiian attorney play a popular local game while waiting in the car outside Queen's Hospital. After a decade of infertility, their mother is close to giving birth.The pressure of a third child is getting to the father. He orders his sons around as though they were his employees. When the younger boy has a stomach ache and can't eat dinner, the father interprets this as an act of defiance.The boys feel that 'Daddy' is taking turns being one of three monste...

Gentle Rory Calhoun Wilson is the antithesis of the 1950s cowboy he's named for. He loathes everything his macho father adores, putting the two on a collision course fueled by Darrell Wilson's inability to conceal contempt for his son's emerging homosexuality.Another F-Word is a story of bullying, courage and love. It examines parental struggles to support a gay child, the role that schools and religious institutions play, the tragedy of teen suicide, and the ability of a ...

Discover the effective group treatment strategies that help your school-aged clients!A child immersed in a conflicted family life may be forced to cope with a multitude of trauma, including violence, abuse, and insecurity. In A Safe Place to Grow: A Group Treatment Manual for Children in Conflicted, Violent, and Separating Homes, highly respected experts give mental health professionals the tools to provide effective group treatment for children scarred by family environments of co...

"That night, I broke. I broke emotionally like no ten-year-old should and a horrific thought occurred to me... Once again I pulled the Buck knife out of its case. I opened it properly, just like the monster had shown me, and I slowly walked to the master bedroom. I could end all of it there and then—all the pain, the abuse and the fear. I could end it not just for me, but for my mother and my sister...