Bøger af Judy Christie

Two-time Pulpwood Queen Book Club Teen Book of the Year Wreath Willis is finishing high school by day ... and living in a junkyard by night. Wreath is sixteen, alone after the death of her mother and on the run from a horrid man named Big Fun. As she sets off in search of a better life, Wreath makes a list in her trusty notebook: "Find a place to live. Buy cheap food. Finish high school." Then she adds: "Avoid notice"-because Wreath is pretty sure most people won't understand a teenager living alone. But it's hard to go unnoticed when life puts a cute boy named Law on her path and brings in Faye, her new boss who depends on Wreath's creativity to turn a dying business around. Living at the junkyard is lonely and scary-but Wreath refuses to give up on her dreams. And Big Fun can't find her. Can he? Should Wreath keep running? Or has she maybe, just maybe, found a true home after all? Author Judy Christie has kept a journal since she was age eleven and still has all of them. She lives in Louisiana and likes flea markets, libraries and porch swings. She loves to talk about books and can be found chatting at www.judychristie.com.

Wreath Willis Series, Book 3 The Big Easy, a roommate nightmare and campus crime. Wreath needs new survival skills to get through her first semester at college. When Wreath Willis receives a last-minute scholarship to a university in New Orleans--a city she's never even visited--she finds the adventure more challenging than her solitary life in the junkyard. Everyone she loves is back in Landry--and it seems like they're getting along just fine without her. Now Wreath isn't sure where she fits in. Between her opinionated roommate and a rich upperclassman who seems way out of her league, she's forced to examine her past--and her future. Includes Book-Club and Classroom Discussion Guide. Other books in the series: "Wreath, A Girl," which launched the series, is a two-time Pulpwood Queens Book Club Teen Book of the Year. Lesson plans, developed by a middle-school teacher, are available free and include tips on writing and ways to integrate Wreath's story with current events. "Wreath, In Summer" is the second in the series and also includes discussion questions. A YA novel with strong crossover appeal.

What's next for Wreath after life in the junkyard? Wreath Willis expects a summer of fun before college-with a roof over her head, an almost-boyfriend, a growing group of people who care for her, and the vile Big Fun behind bars. But the arrival of an unnerving-and oddly intriguing-stranger who needs her help catapults Wreath to the brink of danger. INCLUDES BOOK-CLUB & CLASSROOM DISCUSSION GUIDE

Fresh starts aren't nearly as glamorous as they appear. And love isn't any easier the second time around.Avery Broussard was savoring her long-dormant optimism. It was the first anniversary of her husband's death, and she was fi nally going to buy the dress boutique from her former mother-in-law. After a year of saving, the deal was nearly done. Avery was about to get her life back.But every deal in Samford, Louisiana, can change at the whim of a Broussard. After being unceremoniously ejected from the very boutique she planned to buythe boutique she herself had rescued from ruinshe becomes a woman without a future . . . suddenly at war with her late husband's family.When carpenter T. J. Aillet begins working for the Broussards doing manual labor, he overhears enough to know that Avery is being victimized. Soon enough, T. J. is lassoed into the squabble by his family connections, his good heart . . . and the undeniable attraction he feels toward Avery.But the Aillets are no strangers to Samford societyand T. J. knows what happens when you cross the Broussards. Could these two misfi ts ever make a start together? Or will the pressures of Samford society pull them apart before they even get a chance to try?