Camron Wright

Based on a remarkable true story Seven-year-old Chellamuthu s life and his destiny is forever changed when he is kidnapped from his village in Southern India and sold to the Lincoln Home for Homeless Children. His family is desperate to find him, and Chellamuthu anxiously tells the Indian orphanage that he is not an orphan, he has a mother who loves him. But he is told not to worry, he will soon be adopted by a loving family in America. Chellamuthu is suddenly surrounded by a foreign land and a foreign language. He can t tell people that he already has a family and becomes consumed by a single, impossible question: "How do I get home?"But after more than a decade, "home"becomes a much more complicated idea as the Indian boy eventually sheds his past and receives a new name: Taj Khyber Rowland. It isn t until Taj meets an Indian family who helps him rediscover his roots, as well as marrying Priya, his wife, who helps him unveil the secrets of his past, that he begins to discover the truth he has all but forgotten. Taj is determined to return to India and begin the quest to find his birth family. But is it too late? Is it possible that his birth mother is still looking for him? And which family does he belong to now? From the best-selling author of"The Rent Collector, "this is a deeply moving and gripping journey about discovering one s self and the unbreakable family bonds that connect us forever."

The Orphan Keeper

During World War II, an American soldier encounters a German woman living a secret life in bomb-blighted London. In September of 1940, the Blitz had begun. Like other British civilians, Audrey Stocking is determined to survive, except she isn't from England. She is a German--a young Jewish woman with a fake passport and a nearly-perfect British accent, trying her best to blend into the city. Her days are kept busy working for the Woman's Voluntary Services to evacuate British children into the countryside, saving them from nightly bombings over London. But she also writes secret letters addressed to her father's factory back home. Audrey longs to be reunited with her father and younger brothers in Germany, but she isn't holding out much hope. If the bombs don't get her, British Military Intelligence will. And then there's the paralyzing nightmares and flashbacks--something from her past she can't quite remember. When an air raid leaves an unexploded bomb wedged in the floor of Audrey's flat, an American soldier training with Bomb Disposal Company 5 is a welcome sight. Lieutenant Wesley Bowers arrived in England the day the Blitz began. He knows the average life expectancy of soldiers disarming bombs is ten weeks, and not all of the men in his unit will survive. Wes struggles with the idea of losing men who are starting to feel like family. Although he's committed to being a soldier, he grapples with the thought of death. Meeting Audrey, an attractive, intelligent, and caring British girl has been the one bright spot during the war's unending bleakness. Wes has a girl waiting for him back home, but he's never met anyone like Audrey. There's an immediate connection between them, and they open up to each other, sharing their innermost feelings. Will he still feel the same if he discovers the truth about her identity? Even Audrey doesn't know the whole truth. Not yet. In Times of Rain and War is a gripping and heartbreakingly beautiful story about the strength and resilience of the human heart and spirit, reminding us there is always hope in hard times.

In Times of Rain and War

In this meet-cute holiday story, Carter is an uninspired insurance adjuster who likes to add a little zest to his mundane job by creatively embellishing his insurance accident reports. With Christmas around the corner, he finds himself scoffing at the holiday book display that seems to go up earlier and earlier each year at the quaint, New England family bookstore, the ReadMore Caf . Abby works for her uncle at the ReadMore Caf . She can't wait until October to build her favorite holiday store display: the annual Christmas book tree stack. After an accident totals her car, Abby and Carter are thrown together when he is the agent assigned to write her accident report. Can romance blossom between two people with very different views of Christmas? Or was their "accidental" meeting just happenstance? At the ReadMore Caf , there are no accidents where love--and Christmas--are concerned.

Christmas by Accident

Based on true events. Sang Ly lives at Cambodia's city dump and is grateful she can help earn a living for her family by sifting through the trash for recyclables and things which can be repaired and sold. On a good day, she can earn enough to buy food for her family. She needs enough good days so she can pay the rent collector, Sopeap--a grumpy old woman who shows no mercy and who is willing to evict any tenant who can't pay their rent on time. When Sang Ly is unable to pay her rent for the month, she fears her family will have to leave the dump and their shanty home--a place where her only possessions can be carried in two hands. Little does she know that a discarded children's book found among the mounds of trash would save her. When Sopeap sees the book lying on Sang Ly's cardboard bed, her mood changes. Sang Ly offers her the book if she is allowed to keep her family at the dump. An unlikely friendship develops between the two women, and Sang Ly learns that Sopeap knows how to read--something Sang Ly has always wanted to learn. Being able to read could transform Sang Ly's world beyond the predictable confines of the dump and lead to a future with possibilities and hope. But the rent collector has a secret and tragic past, one that will not be easy for Sang Ly to navigate. With the help of her supportive husband, Ki Lim, and a helpful and humorous boy, Lucky Fat, Sang Ly embarks on a life-changing journey to give her young son, Nisay, a better life and future. The Rent Collector is about the power of literacy, the influence of the past, and finding hope, resiliency, and empowerment in the face of seemingly endless hardship.

The Rent Collector: Adapted for Young Readers from the Best-Selling Novel

Sang Ly struggles to survive by picking through garbage in Cambodia's largest municipal dump. Under threat of eviction by an embittered old drunk who is charged with collecting rents from the poor of Stung Meanchey, Sang Ly embarks on a desperate journey to save her ailing son from a life of ignorance and poverty.

The Rent Collector

Adapted for Young Readers from the Best-Selling Novel

Katie Connelly siempre ha vivido en San Francisco. Su difunto padre trabajaba en el Golden Gate, y las numerosas historias de cómo salvaba a los suicidas siguen atormentándola. Cuando le piden que escriba sobre la historia del puente, su investigación le llevará a encontrar un diario secreto escondido en el escritorio de su padre. Las palabras del diario hablan de un anillo de compromiso y de una historia de amor, pistas que pueden servir de respuesta a sus problemas sin resolver. Mientras tanto, Dave Riley, un ejecutivo de marketing de Nueva York, se enfrenta a sus propios problemas. Aferrándose a una última esperanza después de que la tragedia haya golpeado a su familia, decide perseguir un sueño que se ha convertido en una obsesión: cruzar el Golden Gate en moto el Cuatro de Julio. Dos costas. Dos extraños. Un puente que los atrae de manera misteriosa. Por alguna misteriosa razón, ¿tendrá el Golden Gate las respuestas que tanto Katie como Dave están buscando? ¿O encontrarán algo totalmente distinto cuando crucen al otro lado? "Los personajes de Camron Wright se entrecruzan de manera sorprendente y cautivadora". Booklist "Un libro fascinante sobre el amor, la pérdida y el sentido de la vida con la historia del Golden Gate de fondo". Goodreads

Al otro lado del puente

Alone and struggling with the loss of her father, an iron worker on the Golden Gate Bridge who was pulled to his death while trying to save someone from jumping, Katie Connelly immerses herself in her job at San Francisco State University. While researching the history of the bridge, she finds a journal from an Irish worker named Patrick O'Riley hidden behind one of the panels on the bridge and tries to track down a member of the O'Riley family so she can return the family heirloom. Coincidentally, Dave Riley, a widower from New York and grandson of Patrick O'Reiley, is on a motorcycle trip to ride to the Golden Gate Bridge. Overwhelmed with grief for his lost family he, too, contemplates jumping from the bridge. Katie helps him and is able to return the journal to him.

The Other Side of the Bridge

You are so young. You may wonder what an old man like me could teach? I wonder as well. I certainly don't claim to know all the answers. I'm barely figuring out the questions....Life has a strange way of repeating itself and I want my experience to help you. I want to make a difference. My hope is that you'll consider my words and remember my heart. Harry Whitney is dying. And in the process, he's losing his mind. Afflicted with Alzheimer's disease, he knows his "good" time is dwindling. Wishing to be remembered as more than an ailing old man, Harry realizes the greatest gift he can pass on is the wisdom of his years, the jumbled mix of experiences and emotions that add up to a life. And so he compiles a book of his poems for his favorite granddaughter, Emily, in the hope that his words might somehow heal the tenuous relationships in a family that is falling apart. But Harry's poems contain much more than meets the eye....As Emily and her family discover, intricate messages are hidden in them, clues and riddles that lead to an extraordinary cache of letters, and even a promise of hidden gold. Are they the ramblings of a man losing touch with reality? Or has Harry given them a gift more valuable than any of them could have guessed? As Harry's secrets are uncovered one by one, his family learns about romance, compassion, and hope -- and together they set out to search for something priceless, a shining prize to treasure forever. They may grow closer in spirit or be torn apart by greed...but their lives will be undeniably altered by Harry's words in his letters for Emily.

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