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Diary Of A Witness

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One day, something's going to snap. . . .

Ernie doesn''t have a lot of friends at school. Just Will. They have stuff in common-like fishing. But more important, they have common enemies: the school jocks, who seem to find bullying just another sport.

For the most part, Ernie and Will take life at high school in stride. Until Will has one very bad day. Now nothing is remotely funny. Ernie finds himself a witness-to loss, to humiliation, and to Will's anger-an anger that's building each and every moment.

Ernie doesn't want to believe his best friend is changing, but he can't deny the truth. Soon he has a choice: join or die. Or can he find another way?

Praise for The Day I Killed James:
"Teens who have experienced crushing rejection or who have laughed at the ardent feelings of a classmate will devour this original, gripping story."-Kirkus Reviews

Pay It Forward

It all started with the social studies teacher''s extra-credit assignment: come up with a plan to change the world for the better, and do it. Twelve-year-old Trevor McKinney began by doing something good for three people. But instead of paying him back, he asked them to "pay it forward" by doing a favor for three more people, who in turn would help three others, and so on, each act a link in a chain of human kindness.

And no one -- not his teacher, his mom, or anyone in his small California town -- could ever have dreamed of how far Trevor''s plan would go.

Chasing Windmills

From the bestselling author of Pay It Forward comes a provocative and unlikely love story that starts on a New York subway car and blossoms under the windmills of the Mojave Desert.

Both Sebastian and Maria live in worlds ruled by fear. Sebastian, a lonely seventeen-year-old, is suffocating under his dominant father''s control; Maria, a young mother of two, is trying to keep peace at home despite her boyfriend''s abuse. When their eyes meet across a subway car one night, these two strangers find a connection that neither can explain or ignore. They dream of a new future and agree to run away together, only to find that each has kept a major secret from the other. In this tremendously moving novel, Catherine Ryan Hyde shows us how two people trapped by life''s circumstances can break free and find a place in the world where love is genuine and selfless.

The Day I Killed James

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IT WASN'T SUPPOSED to end up like this. But it did.

When Theresa brings James to a party as her date, it's just for the night . . . and he knows that. But when everything goes horribly wrong, James drives his motorcycle off a cliff-and Theresa knows she's responsible for his death.
Theresa tries to run away from the pain, becoming a new young woman with a whole new life. She meets people, of course, but she never really makes connections-she's too scared she'll hurt them, too. But what Theresa discovers is that you can try to run away from the pain-but you can never really run away from yourself. The only way out is through.

This compelling tale of love and loss is about broken hearts-and how to begin to repair your own.

Chasing Windmills

Catherine Ryan Hyde, bestselling author of Pay It Forward, returns with a provocative tour de force on first love-a modern-day rendering of West Side Story born on a New York City subway car and nurtured under the windmills of the Mojave Desert.

The subway doors open and close, and in one moment Sebastian's and Maria's lives are changed forever. Rendered in Catherine Ryan Hyde's stirring and evocative prose, CHASING WINDMILLS is a poignant love story that will leave you yearning for a subway ride that is a fraction as enchanting.

Letting go becomes the purest expression of love in this extraordinary novel by the bestselling author of Pay It Forward, Catherine Ryan Hyde.

Both Sebastian and Maria live in a world ruled by fear. Sebastian, a lonely seventeen-year-old, is suffocating under his dominant father's control. In the ten years since his mother passed away, his father has kept him "safe" by barely allowing him out of their apartment. Sebastian's secret late-night subway rides are rare acts of rebellion. another is a concealed friendship with his neighbor Delilah, who encourages him to question his father's version of reality. Soon it becomes unclear whether even his mother's death was a lie.

Maria, a young mother of two, is trying to keep peace at home despite her boyfriend's abuse. When she loses her job, she avoids telling him by riding the subways during her usual late-night shift. She knows her sister, Stella, is right: She needs to "live in the truth" and let the chips fall where they may. But she still hasn't been able to bring herself to do it. And soon he will expect her paycheck to arrive.

When Sebastian and Maria wind up on the same train, their eyes meet across the subway car, and these two strangers find a connection that neither can explain or ignore. Together they dream of a new future, agreeing to run away and find Sebastian's grandmother in the Mojave Desert. But Maria doesn't know Sebastian is only seventeen. And Sebastian doesn't know Maria has children until the moment they leave. Ultimately, Maria brings one child, her daughter. Can she really leave her little boy behind? And, if not, what will it cost her to face her furious jilted abuser?

In this tremendously moving novel, Catherine Ryan Hyde shows us how two people trapped by life's circumstances can break free and find a place in the world where love is genuine and selfless.

The Year of My Miraculous Reappearance

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Cynnie takes care of herself-and more importantly, she takes care of her little brother, Bill. So it doesn''t matter that her mom is drunk all the time. Cynnie''s got her own life. Cynnie''s the one Bill loves more than anyone. Cynnie''s the real mother in the house. And if there''s one thing she knows for sure, it''s that she''ll never, ever sink as low as her mother.

But when things start to fall apart, Cynnie needs a way to dull the pain.

Never say never.

This unflinching look at the power of addiction is the story of one girl''s fall into darkness-and the strength, trust, and forgiveness it takes to climb back out again.

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Catherine Ryan Hyde is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Funerals for Horses and numerous short stories, including the collection, Earthquake Weather. She lives in Cambria, California.

The Day I Killed James

IT WASN'T SUPPOSED to end up like this. But it did.
When Theresa brings James to a party as her date, it's just for the night . . . and he knows that. But when everything goes horribly wrong, James drives his motorcycle off a cliff--and Theresa knows she's responsible for his death.
Theresa tries to run away from the pain, becoming a new young woman with a whole new life. She meets people, of course, but she never really makes connections--she's too scared she'll hurt them, too. But what Theresa discovers is that you can try to run away from the pain--but you can never really run away from yourself. The only way out is through.
This compelling tale of love and loss is about broken hearts--and how to begin to repair your own.

"From the Hardcover edition."