Results narrated by "Nora Shalaway Carpenter" in All categories

A dark academia YA thriller about five students who uncover a deadly conspiracy at their prestigious prep school. A dark academia story. Five teenage kids at the same posh private high school. Five different problems for their parents. Saralinda: “I’m a huge burden.” Kenyon: “My...

A dark academia YA mystery about a teen girl investigating her brother’s death at an elite boarding school. After my brother Daniel and I began at The Pettengill School, two years ago, I hadn’t been able to stop our closeness from slipping away, until it was irretrievably gone. Now Daniel is...

In Soul Friend and Other Love Notes to the Natural World, author and naturalist Sheila McEntee artfully conveys her deep love of the natural world and the solace she finds there. In 12 brief personal essays, spanning 20 years, she explores the flora and fauna in Appalachian forests, on the shores of the Potomac River, and, especially, in her own backyard, as she navigates the joys and trials of an introspective life: love, loss, death, loneliness, intimacy, uncertainty, and, ultimately, self-knowing and self-acceptance.