Greg Howard

"Eleven-year-old Riley's mom has disappeared and Riley knows that if he leaves tributes for the whispers, magical fairies that grant wishes, his mom will come back to him"--

The Whispers

Beckett Gaines, a gay teen living in South Carolina, has his world turned upside-down by a jock in this laugh-out-loud novel that’s Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda meets The Parent Trap. Beck: The Golden Girls-loving, out-and-proud choir nerd growing up in the “ass-crack of the Bible belt.” Jax: The Golden Boy, star quarterback with a slick veneer facing uncomfortable truths about himself and his past. When Beck’s emotionally fragile dad starts dating the recently single (and supposedly lesbian) mom of former bully, Jaxon Parker, Beck is not having it. Jax isn’t happy about the situation either, holding out hope that his moms will reunite and restore the only stable home he’s ever known. Putting aside past differences, the boys plot to derail the budding romance between their parents at their conservative hometown’s first-ever Rainbow Prom. Hearts will be broken, new romance will bloom, but nothing will go down the way Beck and Jax have planned. In his hilarious and provocative debut, Greg Howard examines the challenges of growing up different in a small southern town through the lens of colorful and unforgettable characters who stay with you long after the last drop of sweet tea.

Social Intercourse

In Charleston, South Carolina, a young business entrepreneur, newly out as gay, starts his own junior talent agency and signs a thirteen-year-old aspiring drag queen as his first client.

Middle School's a Drag, You Better Werk!

Whispers

Cooper Causey spent a lifetime eluding the demons of his youth and suppressing the destructive power inside him. But a disconcerting voicemail lures Cooper back home to the coast of South Carolina and to Warfield--the deserted plantation where his darkness first awakened. While searching for his missing grandmother, Cooper uncovers the truth about his ancestry and becomes a pawn in an ancient war between two supernatural races. In order to protect the only man he's ever loved, Cooper must embrace the dark power threatening to consume him and choose sides in a deadly war between the righteous and the fallen.

Blood Divine

A middle grade debut that's a heartrending coming-of-age tale, perfect for fans of Bridge to Terabithia and Counting By 7s. Eleven-year-old Riley believes in the whispers, magical fairies that will grant you wishes if you leave them tributes. Riley has a lot of wishes. He wishes bullies at school would stop picking on him. He wishes Dylan, his 8th grade crush, liked him, and Riley wishes he would stop wetting the bed. But most of all, Riley wishes for his mom to come back home. She disappeared a few months ago, and Riley is determined to crack the case. He even meets with a detective, Frank, to go over his witness statement time and time again. Frustrated with the lack of progress in the investigation, Riley decides to take matters into his own hands. So he goes on a camping trip with his friend Gary to find the whispers and ask them to bring his mom back home. But Riley doesn't realize the trip will shake the foundation of everything that he believes in forever.

From the author of The Whispers comes a heartrending tale of friendship and hard-won truths as a young ghost works to uncover the dark secret that led to his mysterious death. Dying at Timber Hill is easy. It's the being stuck there that's hard. At least, that's according to the eleven-year-old ghost who hasn't left Timber Hill Plantation since the day he mysteriously died. Things don't change much at Timber Hill and time is funny once you're dead. But when Timber Hill gets visitors for the first time in a long while, things feel different. These visitors are kids like him, and they seem to understand more than others--that this plantation is not just spooky or eerie, it's sad. And if these kids could understand the truth about Timber Hill, maybe they could help him figure out the truth about his death and help him move on. Now he just needs to find a way to get them to stay. But Timber Hill doesn't like visitors. And that's all there is to say about that.

The Visitors

Buchstabier mir Liebe ... Als Riley klein war, erzählte ihm seine Mutter die Geschichte von den Flüsterern: kleinen Wesen, die im Wald leben und gegen einen Tribut Wünsche erfüllen. Inzwischen ist Riley fast elf und hat einen so dringenden und sehnlichen Wunsch, dass er jede erdenkliche Hilfe annehmen würde. Er will seine Mutter zurückhaben, die seit vier Monaten verschwunden ist. Wo sie ist und was mit ihr geschah, das weiß keiner. Auch die Polizei nicht. Also macht Riley sich selbst auf den Weg. Nichts ist ihm wichtiger, und er ist bereit, jedes Opfer zu bringen, wenn er sie nur finden könnte. Vielleicht wissen die Flüsterer, was geschehen ist? Eine abenteuerliche Suche beginnt, an dessen Ende Rileys Welt eine andere ist.

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