When his long-absent father suddenly reappears, nine-year-old Rivers struggles with conflicting feelings and re-examines his relationship with the great-uncle who had served as his father.

Rachel, having chosen to be mute following the sudden death of a classmate, shares responsibility with the other sixth-graders who decide not to report that the substitute teacher failed to show up.

A WAKE UP CALL FOR THE BLACK AMERICANS, AN ANSWER TO VIOLENCE REDUCTION -- LET'S GO!Uncle Sam Makes a Poor Baby Daddy exposes the tragic misdeeds of the U.S. Government on a population of people. The result: fifty-plus years of destruction of black families across the country.In retirement, Jane C. Talley shares her years working in a welfare system, pulling back the curtain to reveal a methodical diminishment of the black male in society and forced poverty upon single black mothers and children.Jane C. Talley, a pastor's wife, mother and grandmother, says Black Americans can turn from violence, equip future generations with purpose and spiritual restoration, and find a renewed sense of leadership, out of disastrous darkness into God's marvelous Light.Talley, a Social Work Administrator for thirty-plus years, felt a calling to write this book of hope, insight and vision for young and old. The author provides new and innovative approaches to family services. Those with a stake in human restoration and development will benefit from these collective insights.

Lady Bidsborough, formerly Jean Jardine of Priorsford, is now the mistress of Mintern Abbas, a grand home in England. She is also the mother of three children. When her husband Biddy feels a moral obligation to accompany a friend, who saved his life during the Great War, on a long trip, Jean decides to spend the winter in her beloved Priorsford. With a menagerie of children, pets, maids and a secretary, she returns to The Rigs, where she once lived in poverty, about 10 years ago, taking care of her three younger brothers.

Carl Haikal meninggalkan Kota London dan datang ke Malaysia setelah menjadi yatim piatu. Di Malaysia, Carl menempuh pelbagai cabaran yang tidak pernah terduga olehnya, selain terpaksa berdepan dengan kebencian berpanjangan neneknya terhadap ibu bapanya. Keadaan menjadi semakin sukar apabila dia dikatakan pembawa malang dan penyebab kematian sepupunya, Johari. Pelbagai tekanan yang dihadapi menyebabkan Carl kehilangan arah dan terkapai-kapai mencari tujuan hidup. Ketika dia bergelut dengan cabaran, muncul Batrisya Nur menjadi sumber inspirasi untuknya berhijrah. Siapakah Batrisya Nur? Ke manakah Hijrah Carl? Berjayakah dia?