"A playfully surreal but enthralling story of society's castoffs." -Kirkus Reviews.Thirteen year old Nicolai Tate is tired of running. Homeless and pursued by the authorities, he is befriended by an old...

Two friends, one white, the other black, discover a solid silver lock-box hidden in an antique desk and, on impulse, one of them decides to steal it. Inside is a sheaf of papers bound with twine. Assuming...

Twelve-year-old Fali George has not spoken in the three years since her father's suicide, seeing no point to words that failed to keep him alive. Since that time, she has endured the wrath of her mother's...

When Limerick Specter's uncle Luster reappears, years after his father's suicide and his mother's unexplained disappearance, he has little idea the turn his life is about to take. Having lost his job,...

The past has caught up with Maves Van Horn. After receiving a plea for help from a former lover, an affair that ruined his marriage, he enlists his alienated son on a mission to free a young woman from...

Is it fate or chance that rules our lives, luck or destiny? Are our futures already written or is life, after all, just a toss of the dice, the odds landing with us or against us? Odds have played an...

When Noll Spencer leaves college to support his ailing mother, he has no idea of the world he is about to enter or the events soon to unfold. Set along coastal Texas and peopled with odd but memorable...

When Mazie Goforth's lost love appears unexpectedly, soon followed by her prodigal family, she is forced to face who she has become and what might have been. Narrated by the frank and feisty Mazie, Water...

Forced to return to his hometown after the death of his parents, Nate Fretwell reconnects with his two oldest friends, eccentric but loveable Hect Naylor, and Rafe Manteau, born into a family ruled for...

Theo Persons has lost his way. Unemployed and separated, he impulsively takes custody of his teenaged niece, Katie, and soon finds himself on a search for his long-missing brother. Part mystery, part...

When San Turner's two aunts, his only family, die within a week of each other he's unable to accept their passing as mere coincidence. Recently fired from his job and guilt-ridden over the loss of his...