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|  | | How I Became a Teenage Survivalist
The world is hit with a solar superstorm, and 15-year-old Bracken and his family must figure out how to survive without electricity.
span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; ">Bracken is a typical teenage boy, more interested in the angles of the girl’s exposed back teasing him from the seat ahead of him than in anything the geometry teacher could present. His life is filled with school, video games, and thoughts of girls, not necessarily (or probably not) in that order. Life just flows along uneventfully and unacknowledged, like the electricity that courses through the power lines — until PF Day. br />
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On PF (Power Failure) Day, the su | |  | | In Daddy's Hands
This humorous novella, which is based on actual events, explores western culture's attitudes toward death and funerals.
span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; ">Sara and Todd had no idea that the death of Todd's step-father would cause so much drama. They were totally unprepared for the crazy events that would unfold in the days following his death. They were also surprised by the personality change that these events would elicit in Todd's mother, Gladys. This humorous novella, which is based on actual events, explores western culture's attitudes toward death and funerals./span>
| |  | | Stop Beating the Dead Horse
To change the preconceived notions of what public school should be.
span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; ">People like to blame someone for problems. Many people blame the president, Congress, local school boards, administrators, or teachers for the shortfalls of the public school system. The problem is not that the educators and lawmakers aren't trying to improve the system; it's that they just haven't realized the proverbial horse is dead. If the basic system doesn't work, all the money and strategies and dedication in the world will not help unless the system itself is replaced. | |  | | Time Lost: Teenage Survivalist II
Ben's 13th year was when his family fell apart, but his 14th year is when his whole world, or more precisely, the whole world, collapses. He had thought 13 was his unlucky number, the year that Time turned its back on him, but he was wrong; that year, it was he who had turned his back on Time. The following year, the fury of the sun turns back Time for everyone in the world. On PF (Power Failure) Day, a huge electromagnetic surge from the sun destroys the power grids and civilization as we know it. Living in the middle of downtown Kansas City makes survival nearly impossible. Starvation, dehydration, disease, freezing temperatures, and out-of-control fires imperil the desperate population. After facing unimaginable losses, Ben finds hope for the future when he meets Sara, who has endured her own share of agonizing loss. But when a murderous gang threatens to take away everything Ben has left, they flee to a wilderness area of a large city park where they learn to live off the land for survival.
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