Maya's First Rose

Maya's First Rose
Author: Martin Scot Kosins
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1996
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

I know that the thing we humans call The Soul really does exist. I saw it -- in the eyes of an Old Dog. This is the true story of Martin Kosins, and the very special pet Maya who changedhis life.

Maya's Choice

Maya's Choice
Author: Earl Sewell
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2011-11-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1459215354

Maya's summer is shaping up to be unforgettable—in both good and bad ways. First she's sent to stay with her grandmother for a month. Living in the city, Maya is too far from her friend Keysha and her boyfriend, Misalo—and too near her rebellious cousin Viviana. When Maya finally comes home, her parents drop a bombshell—Viviana is moving in with them. Her cousin has barely unpacked before she's creating chaos. Truth is, Maya kind of likes the way life is a whole lot less predictable with Viviana around. But her motives are up for debate—especially when it comes to Misalo. And as Maya's little sister, Anna, grows more fascinated with her cool older cousin, Maya begins to see that following where Viviana leads has its price. And it could cost Maya her reputation, her relationship…and maybe even her future….

Like, Lust, Love (Friends-To-Lovers Standalone)

Like, Lust, Love (Friends-To-Lovers Standalone)
Author: Maya Rose
Publisher:
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2020-08-28
Genre:
ISBN:

Ever hear that one where the girl is in love with her best friend, but he falls for someone else?Turns out the boy who said I belonged to him, wasn't mine to keep anymore.So what's a girl to do but take her bleeding heart and hide?That could have been the end of us, but this is not that story.When things fall apart and he needs a friend, I'm there to pick up the pieces.Never mind that the man I adored is still effortlessly hot. Fierce. Persuasive. Still treats me like a queen.But undressing me with his eyes? That's new.Ending our fights with his tongue inside my...mouth? Very recent development.Whispering filthy things in my ear and then doing them to me? Never have we ever...Our connection is soul-deep and unshakable.Our chemistry, pure magic.His confession that he needs me, but can't ever love me? Our painful truth.They say to love is to burn. But what is yours, will return. We're River and Aiden, and this is where we begin.********************************************************************************Like, Lust, Love is a full-length friends-to-lovers standalone.It has frequent cussing, a dirty talking hero, and graphic steamy times. No cliffhangers, swoony HEA guaranteed.For mature audiences only.********************************************************************************

The Popol Vuh

The Popol Vuh
Author: Lewis Spence
Publisher: New York : AMS Press
Total Pages: 80
Release: 1908
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

Infected

Infected
Author: Maya Riley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2019-06-13
Genre:
ISBN: 9781075002250

What's the worst that could happen? Sit down and let me tell you.The Void Virus has been let loose on the Earth. Caused by experiments gone wrong, an outbreak has ravaged the world. Anyone infected has turned into a decaying empty shell, void of their former selves. The animate decomposing bodies have become known as Rotters, stumbling around for the scent of the living.Alone in the dark new world where even the dead don't die, I must fight to survive. Not only against the Rotters, but the remaining uninfected who have turned savage in their plight of survival; the scavers.As the world I once knew is lost, a new one emerges. Strange things begin to happen. Some are able to wield power over the elements. I develop a strange healing ability. It is unknown if this is a rogue symptom of the virus, or if the solitude is driving me crazy.Puppy, my German Shepherd, and I have been on our own until four guys enter my life and refuse to leave. Strangely enough, they're just as broken as I am.My name is Blyss and we will set this world on fire if necessary. After all... What's the worst that could happen?**18+ Reverse Harem Romance. Warning: this book contains some scenes and references of abuse that some readers may find triggering**

The Letters We Never Sent

The Letters We Never Sent
Author: Maya Staples
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2018-04-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9781981520176

Sometimes the best possible future starts with goodbye... Evoking a sense of intimate nostalgia, this collection of letters - never sent and never read - offers a window into the lives of strangers at once immediately familiar and yet also out of reach. Like a gift of secrets, this memorable collection explores romances, friendships, and family relationships with truth, humor, and authenticity, ultimately coming together into a celebration of the self. From the enthusiasm of first love to the cynicism of first regret, The Letters We Never Sent is a haunting confession of passion, fear, hope, and possibility...

What Big Teeth

What Big Teeth
Author: Rose Szabo
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2021-02-02
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0374314314

A Strand February 2021 Book of the Month "With a layered mystery, a haunting setting, and thrilling tension, What Big Teeth has an otherness to it that pulls you in and forces you to keep reading." —Tricia Levenseller, Publisher’s Weekly-bestselling author of The Shadows Between Us Eleanor Zarrin has been estranged from her wild family for years. When she flees boarding school after a horrifying incident, she goes to the only place she thinks is safe: the home she left behind. But when she gets there, she struggles to fit in with her monstrous relatives, who prowl the woods around the family estate and read fortunes in the guts of birds. Eleanor finds herself desperately trying to hold the family together—in order to save them all, Eleanor must learn to embrace her family of monsters and tame the darkness inside her. Rose Szabo's thrilling debut is a dark fantasy novel about a teen girl who returns home to her strange, wild family after years of estrangement, perfect for fans of Wilder Girls. This exquisitely terrifying and beautiful tale will sink its teeth into you and never let go.

The Cha Cha Files

The Cha Cha Files
Author: Maya Chinchilla
Publisher:
Total Pages: 95
Release: 2014-06-05
Genre: Feminist poetry, Central American
ISBN: 9780988967380

The Cha Cha Files: A Chapina Poética by Maya Chinchilla is a timely debut that makes visible the Central American-Guatemalan diaspora and disentangles the myths from the mayhem of civil wars, urban wars, and the wars raging in young hearts. Part memory, part imaginary, The Cha Cha Files honors Central American feministas, Long Beach roqueras, families divided by war, lovers separated by borders, and celebrates the pleasure and heartbreak of femmes, machas, y mariconadas. These poems, stories, and snapshots traverse California coastlines and southern borderlines, cut across tense multi-culti high-school hallways, sing Solidarity Movement songs, mosh through tribal slam pits, and find home in the vibrant Bay Area where radical activists and lovers alike come of age. Chinchilla's hopeful and uniquely Chapina voice emerges as a significant contribution to U.S. Latina/o literary works.

Reading for Our Lives

Reading for Our Lives
Author: Maya Payne Smart
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2022-08-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0593332180

An award-winning journalist and literacy advocate provides a clear, step-by-step guide to helping your child thrive as a reader and a learner. When her child went off to school, Maya Smart was shocked to discover that a good education in America is a long shot, in ways that few parents fully appreciate. Our current approach to literacy offers too little, too late, and attempting to play catch-up when our kids get to kindergarten can no longer be our default strategy. We have to start at the top. The brain architecture for reading develops rapidly during infancy, and early language experiences are critical to building it. That means parents’ work as children’s first teachers begins from day one too—and we need deeper knowledge to play our positions. Reading for Our Lives challenges the bath-book-bed mantra and the idea that reading aloud to our kids is enough to ensure school readiness. Instead, it gives parents easy, immediate, and accessible ways to nurture language and literacy development from the start. Through personal stories, historical accounts, scholarly research, and practical tips, this book presents the life-and-death urgency of literacy, investigates inequity in reading achievement, and illuminates a path to a true, transformative education for all.

Not My Fault

Not My Fault
Author: Cath Howe
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2019-05-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1788005325

Maya and Rose won't talk to each other. Even though they are sisters. Not since the accident. Maya is running wild, and Rose doesn't know what to do. Now Maya and Rose have to go away together on a week-long school journey. But will the trip - and a life-threatening adventure - fix their relationship... or break it for good? An uplifting story of family, forgiveness, and finding out who you are, from the author of the highly-acclaimed Ella on the Outside. Praise for Ella on the Outside: "A perfectly-pitched, thoughtful story with a big heart." - Katherine Woodfine, author of The Clockwork Sparrow "It's impossible not to root for Ella to be brave and make the right decisions, and the urge to find out whether she will powers this warm, considered and entertaining novel." - BookTrust Also by Cath Howe: Ella on the Outside How to be Me