Taken Away

Taken Away
Author: Ehi Ike
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2010
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1615669736

Fourteen-year-old Mimi Jones does not live in a million-dollar home or carry a Coach handbag. So she is more than a little frightened when she sees a news story saying Congress has passed a law that children from lower-income families will be taken from their parents. But before she can gather more information, Mimi and her friend Brittney are violently snatched from Mimi's home, bound and gagged, and taken to the middle of nowhere, where a band of teenagers and children are being held against their will. Mimi and the other captives are split into groups and forced to walk almost nonstop for thirty days. When they discover that they are to be killed because their parents make less than $50,000 a year, Mimi and her new friends must devise a plan to overtake their leaders and escape before time runs out! Taken Away by Ehi Ike is a fast-paced thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Teens who love a good suspenseful adventure won't be able to stop turning the pages as they walk with Mimi and her new companions through the uninhabited wilderness. Will they thwart the enemies' plans and return home after being Taken Away?

Ripped Away

Ripped Away
Author: Shirley Reva Vernick
Publisher: Fitzroy Books
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2022-02-08
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 9781646032037

Ignored yet again by his crush, Abe Pearlman wanders into Fortunes and Futures for a little diversion. The fortune teller reveals that Abe may be able to save someone's life. But before he can ask any questions, he's swept to the slums of Victorian London, where he finds that his crush, Mitzy Singer, has also been banished. Abe and Mitzy soon discover that they've been plunked down in the middle of the Jack the Ripper spree. To get back home, they'll have to work together to figure out how the fortune teller's prophecy is connected to one of history's most notorious criminal cases. They'll also have to survive the outpouring of hate toward Jewish refugees that the Ripper murders triggered. Ripped Away is based on real historical events, including the Ripper crimes, the inquests, and the accusations against immigrants.

Ripped Off

Ripped Off
Author: Pamela Harrison
Publisher: Jim Kochenburger
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2013
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0985457872

Today Is the Day to Become an Overcomer Do you feel ripped off? Have you been abused? Have you been cheated on? Do you feel rejected? Abandoned? Disowned? (Like damaged goods?) If so, find healing and restoration now in these pages. Does it seem as if every time you take one step forward in life, you're knocked back two? Do you feel like your life has been marked for dark times, failure, poverty, and pain? Have you begun to fear all your dreams have been lost or stolen from you? Have you ever wondered why bad things happen to good people? Find the answers in these pages as they reveal God's extraordinary vision and dream for your life, and how to live it. In Ripped Off: From Victim to Victory! Pamela Harrison walks you through exactly how to turn even the messiest of lives into a message of relentless love, enduring hope, and lasting victory-all based in the revelation God gave her that enabled her to overcome in her own life. Abused, rejected, abandoned, cheated on, and made to feel worthless, Pamela has known the worst that life can bring...but also the best God can give. In these pages, she shares God's best with you. If you are done with your old life, ready to part with your pain, and yearn to live life as a trophy of God's grace-a testimony of His power and love-Ripped Off: From Victim to Victory! will take you there. Pamela Harrison is a licensed and ordained minister of the Gospel. She ministers in both the United States and third world countries. She has a passion for souls and it is her mission to see people set free. For more information on Pamela Harrison's ministry or resources, please visit: icanovercome.com.

Torn Away

Torn Away
Author: James Heneghan
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2003-10-01
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 155469549X

Thirteen-year-old Declan lives only for revenge. His mother, father and sister were all killed on the streets of Belfast, and Declan will stop at nothing to settle the score. When he is torn away from his native soil and sent to live with relatives in Canada, he is disgusted by their efforts to welcome him into their lives, and determined to make them regret their hospitality. Can he devise a plan to return to Ireland and rejoin his cause? Or will the strange beauty of his new life and surroundings weaken his resolve?

Torn Away

Torn Away
Author: Jennifer Brown
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2014-05-06
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0316245518

Jersey Cameron has always loved a good storm. Watching the clouds roll in and the wind pick up. Smelling the electricity in the air. Dancing barefoot in the rain. She lives in the Midwest, after all, where the weather is sure to keep you guessing. Jersey knows what to do when the tornado sirens sound. But she never could have prepared for this. When her town is devastated by a tornado, Jersey loses everything. As she struggles to overcome her grief, she's sent to live with relatives she hardly knows -- family who might as well be strangers. In an unfamiliar place, can Jersey discover that even on the darkest of days, there are some things no tornado can destroy? In this powerful and poignant novel, acclaimed author Jennifer Brown delivers a story of love, loss, hope, and survival.

Torn Away

Torn Away
Author: Vincent Morrone
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press Inc
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2017-11-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1509217355

Drew Duncan swore he’d never go back to Ember Falls again. After he was wrongfully charged with his high school girlfriend’s murder, he waited for a trial that never came. When he was released from jail a year later, he left everything behind. But when his sister is murdered, Drew is forced to return to the hometown where he and his sisters were brutalized by their alcoholic father. Once back, not even his training as a Marine and point man for McAlister Security prepares Drew for what he must face--a surviving sister who refuses to forgive him for abandoning her, a nephew who trembles when he enters the room, and an entire town that thinks he got away with murder. To protect his nephew, Drew will face his most terrifying fear. Going home.

Don't Get Ripped Off!

Don't Get Ripped Off!
Author: Cynthia S. Bercowetz
Publisher: Infinity Publishing
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2004-09
Genre: Consumer education
ISBN: 074142228X

Cynthia Bercowetz's book, Don't Get ripped Off! Get Help! Tell it to George, reveals how to avoid identity theft, scams, con artists, bogus contests, and paying outrageous prices for anything!

The Crucible

The Crucible
Author: Arthur Miller
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2003-03-25
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780142437339

A haunting examination of groupthink and mass hysteria in a rural community A Penguin Classic "I believe that the reader will discover here the essential nature of one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history," Arthur Miller wrote in an introduction to The Crucible, his classic play about the witch-hunts and trials in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts. Based on historical people and real events, Miller's drama is a searing portrait of a community engulfed by hysteria. In the rigid theocracy of Salem, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town's most basic fears and suspicions; and when a young girl accuses Elizabeth Proctor of being a witch, self-righteous church leaders and townspeople insist that Elizabeth be brought to trial. The ruthlessness of the prosecutors and the eagerness of neighbor to testify against neighbor brilliantly illuminate the destructive power of socially sanctioned violence. Written in 1953, The Crucible is a mirror Miller uses to reflect the anti-communist hysteria inspired by Senator Joseph McCarthy's "witch-hunts" in the United States. Within the text itself, Miller contemplates the parallels, writing: "Political opposition...is given an inhumane overlay, which then justifies the abrogation of all normally applied customs of civilized behavior. A political policy is equated with moral right, and opposition to it with diabolical malevolence." For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Ripped Off (A Ripple Effect Cozy Mystery, Book 6)

Ripped Off (A Ripple Effect Cozy Mystery, Book 6)
Author: Jeanne Glidewell
Publisher: ePublishing Works!
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2021-03-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1644571803

Birthday Surprise Turns to Murder and Embezzlement in Ripped Off, A Cozy Mystery Adventure from Jeanne Glidewell Albuquerque, New Mexico Full-time RVers, Rip and Rapella Ripple, arrive in Albuquerque, “Chartreuse Caboose” in tow, to surprise their granddaughter Tiffany on her thirtieth birthday. But the festivities take a chill when Tiffany and husband Chase’s investment manager and close friend, Trey Monroe, is found dead in the airport with a one-way ticket to the Cayman Islands in his hand. The money Chase and Tiffany had invested through Trey is missing. Worse yet, Tiffany learns—unbeknownst to her—Chase had invested their entire savings in a risky IPO, which lands Chase in the matrimonial dog house, as well as in the big house as a murder suspect. Shocked by the betrayal of their friend and with their marriage relationship stretched to breaking, the undeterred Rapella comes to the couple’s rescue. Following leads given her by Trey’s personal assistant—also a victim of her boss’s scheme—Rapella puts herself, along with Rip and Tiffany, in the crosshairs of a killer’s gun. Now, she needs to find a way to confirm Chase’s alibi, get to the truth behind Trey’s death, and recover Tiffany and Chase’s money without adding three more bodies to the count. Retirement sure is great! From The Publisher: The Ripple Effect series will be enjoyed by fans of Joanne Fluke, Madison Johns, Ceecee James, and readers of cozy mysteries who enjoy light-hearted, clean & wholesome, mysteries featuring female amateur sleuths and senior citizens. “In a world that views aging and senior citizens obsolete, it is refreshing to read A Ripple Effect Cozy Mystery series by Jeanne Glidewell.” ~Cindy Travis, Reviewer “It is not often a book makes me laugh aloud but Jeanne Glidewell never disappoints...” ~Yvonne P., Reviewer “I hope this series continues. Being Rip and Rapellas’ age I am happy to see them featured in adventures. I can recommend this book to anyone who likes mysteries, cozy or not.” ~Anna, Reviewer THE RIPPLE EFFECT MYSTERIES, in series order A Rip Roaring Good Time Rip Tide Ripped to Shreds Rip Your Heart Out Ripped Apart Ripped Off No Big Rip The Grim Ripper

The Rip-Off

The Rip-Off
Author: Jim Thompson
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2012-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0316196002

Britton Rainstar never knew he could love a woman as deeply as he does Manuela Aloe and be so terrified of her at the same time. It's not just that he thinks she's out of his league. It's more that the longer he stays with her, the closer to death he seems to come. A vicious dog is somehow let loose in his hotel room. He's threatened at gunpoint by a man in a skeleton costume. And when he finally ends up in the hospital, someone pushes his wheelchair down the stairs. Nothing anything like this has ever happened to Britt before--and while Manuela's never around when the so-called "accidents" happen, neither can Britt prove she's behind the many threats on his life. Is a rival for Manuela's affections trying to chase him away? Is there more to Manuela herself than meets the eye? Whatever it is, Britt better find out fast--before whoever's after him hits their mark, and the man who never thought he'd land the ultimate girl ends up paying the ultimate price.