The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride

The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride
Author: Joe Siple
Publisher:
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2018-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9781944715366

With all his family and friends gone, one-hundred-year-old Murray McBride is looking for a reason to live. He finds it in Jason Cashman, a ten-year-old boy with a terminal heart defect and a list of five things he wants to do before he dies. Together, they race against the limited time each has left, ticking off wishes one by one.

The Final Wish of Mr. Murray McBride

The Final Wish of Mr. Murray McBride
Author: Joe Siple
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2021-01-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1684336139

Jason Cashman has reached the goal he spent the last twenty years seeking, but instead of feeling content, he feels empty. When he meets Alexandra Lopez, a ten-year-old America-loving girl facing deportation, he is inspired by his old friend, Murray McBride, to give her five wishes before she must leave. They set out to check off as many wishes as possible, but when Jason's transplanted heart begins to fail, he must choose between his obligations to the past and his hope for a future.

Los Cinco Deseos Del Sr. Murray McBride / The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride

Los Cinco Deseos Del Sr. Murray McBride / The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride
Author: Joe Siple
Publisher: Planeta Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-06-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9786073912877

Con toda su familia y amigos ya muertos, Murray McBride, un anciano centenario y exjugador de beisbol, no ve una razón para seguir viviendo. Sin embargo, el inesperado encuentro con Jason Cashman, un niño de diez años que tiene un defecto cardiaco terminal, le enseñará que, incluso a su avanzada edad, puede vivir nuevas experiencias que le den sentido a su vida. Jason tiene una lista de cinco cosas que quiere hacer antes de morir, por lo que juntos intentarán ganar la batalla contra el tiempo para cumplir cada uno de sus deseos.

To Know Her

To Know Her
Author: Mary Ann Noe
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2021-07-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1684337143

Who is Juliana... truly? While their teenage daughter, Juliana, lies in a coma because of a car accident, Will and Susan Talbot are given her belongings. From that, they discover a daughter different from the one they thought they knew. They are in deep conflict over whether to withdraw life support. The stories behind each item found by her parents, and the people connected to them, are revealed in flashbacks from Juliana's point of view, stories of tough teenage choices, love relationships, and crucial friendships.

The 410 Club

The 410 Club
Author: Victor Loun
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2019-12-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1684333989

Jasper Bartlett is your typical adolescent in 1970’s Colorado trying to fit in with the teenagers and adults around him. This conundrum is compounded by grief over his dead mother and an absentee, intoxicated father. Yet once he is invited to vacation with his grandparents, Pop and Mimi, in their Maryland farmhouse, his life changes dramatically. Here he is introduced to frog gigging, guns, Christianity and girls. However, unsettling relationships with friends, family, and even his trusted preacher soon begin to ignite and then consume Jasper’s precarious vulnerability and worldview. In desperation, he sets off on a liberating journey across the country with the one adult who still supports him, his Uncle Stewart. Along the way, Jasper strives for forgiveness over betrayal, clarity over confusion, hope over despair. Jasper’s experiences reflect the complex struggles of youth in a society that subtly neglects to protect and nurture them, even today.

The Bully of Brantley, PA

The Bully of Brantley, PA
Author: William Grattan
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2019-09-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1684333458

“I thought Robert was your friend.” So says Principal Sister Mary Catherine to Michael Novacek. Michael has just failed to intervene in a fight that has left Robert Petrich battered by one of the school bullies. Ashamed of his conduct, Michael embarks on an exploration of what it means to be a (young) man. It’s 1968, the year of Vietnam, assassinations, and political turmoil in America. While coping with the vicissitudes of adolescence — a weight problem, a first crush, the pressures of team sports, and the demands of friendship — 13-year-old Michael is forced to confront the world of adulthood in profound ways — his grandfather’s heart attack; his overbearing father’s win-at-all-costs campaign for mayor; his mother’s gradual withdrawal from the family; and his uncle’s growing depression.

A Heart Condemned to Roam

A Heart Condemned to Roam
Author: Brian Carmody
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2020-06-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1684334683

All my life, people have been telling me the meaning of life… Ben Carter, drifter in dreamland, has a broken heart and a wandering mind. His memories are in fragments, played back and forth, like a CD of life’s greatest hits. Devoutly Catholic and reserved philosophy student Ben's conservative sensibilities and romantic inexperience were challenged by intense, eccentric Professor Wilkinson and gothic, beguiling Winona. Winona's European departure and Wilkinson's suicide sent Ben spiraling into depression and doubt. With Winona's return, Ben makes his way across America, finding advice along the way. From the veteran's war philosophy to the hitchhiker's road wisdom to the Kenyan priest's story of redemption, he seeks the meaning of life on the way back to the woman he loves. Spiritual, pensive, and human, A Heart Condemned to Roam is a journey into the heart of America, the way of love, and inscrutable nature of life itself.

Sage Heart

Sage Heart
Author: Benjamin C. Wash
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2020-02-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1684334284

Imagine you are a fifteen-year-old boy and you have just been abandoned at the side of the road by your abusive mother. The feelings running through your mind and body are at war. You are glad to see her go, but she left you alone in the high desert of eastern Nevada. How will you make it? Sage Heart is the account of young Sam Jackson and his struggle to survive; at first alone as an underage teenager, then through his establishment of a new life in Ely, Nevada. In this coming of age story, Sam befriends four independent teens and follows them through the adventure that is high school and their lives together. Along the way Sam finds a new home filled with love. He also finds that being a gay teenager has its hazards.

That Was Before

That Was Before
Author: Dan Lawton
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2021-06-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1684336929

An hour after Randolph Spiers quits his job as a mechanical engineer, he finally approaches the woman he's eyed at the supermarket, only to watch it explode minutes later with her trapped inside. The old Randolph would have gone home to his adulterous wife and forgot about it. That Was Before. The new Randolph tracks down the woman and drives her cross-country without a plan or Midwestern destination in mind. Even with his old life in shambles, that may be the least of his problems. The enigmatic woman next to him is running from her past too, and as trouble closes in and the truth behind the explosion is revealed, he's forced to question everything he thought he ever knew and felt-and everyone. Now he must decide whose side he's on. And he doesn't know who to trust.