Gabrielle Hope has a special gift of "knowing" the future. When she and her mother join the Pleasant Hill Shaker community in 1807, the members embrace her ability, although it sometimes frightens quiet Gabrielle. But when one vision comes true, a chain of events and an unlikely love challenge her loyalty to this chaste community.

When best friends Chris and Win go on a cross country bicycle trek the summer after graduating and only one returns, the FBI wants to know what happened.

Come meet illustrator Chris Soentpiet! When she goes looking for "something beautiful" in her city neighborhood, a young girl finds beauty in many different forms.

A struggling writer must deal with the pains of sudden success, and so must his wife.

In 1994, Richard Paul Evans, then an unknown writer, self-published a short book that went on to become the international bestseller, The Christmas Box. This is the story behind the book, which helps grieving people to heal and lost souls to find their way home.

Come meet illustrator Chris Soentpiet! Nine-year-old Booker works with his father and brother at the saltworks but dreams of the day when he'll be able to read.

Deceptively simple financial advice, peppered with poignant personal stories.

Come meet illustrator Chris Soentpiet! Relates how Benjamin Banneker's grandmother journeyed from England to Maryland in the late seventeenth century, worked as an indentured servant, began a farm of her own, and married a freed slave.

This complex and well-written story is the perfect conclusion to the Hollyhill story. With true-to-life family drama, refreshing humor, and lovable characters, Summer of Joy will delight readers.

Ellen’s idyllic life with her husband and son in the Italian countryside is not what it seems, and a stranger’s arrival shakes things up for her.

Come meet illustrator Chris Soentpiet! A young boy hears the story of his great-great-great-grandfather and his brother who came to the United States to make a better life for themselves helping to build the transcontinental railroad.

Michael Keddington, a poor nursing home worker, befriends resident Esther Huish, whose story about lost love and forgiveness resonates with his own life. Don’t miss the sequel, The Carousel.

Orchard of Hope, the riveting sequel to The Scent of Lilacs, takes readers along to experience unexpected love, fear, forgiveness, new life, and a deeper understanding of the value of each individual's story.

Thirteen-year-old Jocie Brooke prays God will send her a dog and wishes her senile aunt would stop quoting scripture. The first book in this trilogy tells the story of Jocie and her life in Kentucky with her single father, a Baptist pastor. First in a trilogy.

Come meet illustrator Chris Soentpiet! Looks at the early life of Martin Luther King, Jr., as seen through the eyes of his older sister.

The latest collection from the noted West Virginia poet.

The sequel to The Locket continues the story of Michael Keddington and the love of his life.

The first collection from the award-winning poet.

Come meet illustrator Chris Soentpiet! Having arrived in San Francisco from China to work in his brother's store, Ming is lonely until an Irish boy befriends him.

On December 6, 1907, a massive explosion sparked by runaway mine cars claimed the lives of hundreds of mine workers at the Monongah coal mines of West Virginia. McAteer offers a detailed account of the disaster that includes portraits of the personalities involved and discussion of the social and economic contexts.

Come meet illustrator Chris Soentpiet! Davey is dubious about having a new adopted brother from Korea, but when he finds out that his parents still love him, he decides that having a baby brother will be fine.

Minister-turned-gambler Hunter Bell gets more than he bargained for when he finds the beautiful Quaye McGandley half-dead in a Utah blizzard and nurses her back to health.

Richard, a busy and preoccupied father, discovers a Christmas box full of love letters from an old woman to her dead daughter and, with the help of an angel, begins to learn the true meaning of Christmas. The first in a trilogy, followed by Timepiece and The Letter.

Come meet illustrator Chris Soentpiet! Willy and Carlos, who is in a wheelchair, receive a visit from Santa on Christmas Eve, even though they live on the nineteenth floor of their building.

A collection from West Virginia’s poet laureate.

Humorous SuperHeroes such as Goo Girl and The Volcano represent the letters of the alphabet from A to Z.

Mountaintop removal mining is turning the mountains to dust and wastewater. In one West Virginia town, workers struggle with layoffs, families fight to stay together, and children seek escape from the blasted moonscape craters. This is the world of Ann Pancake's debut novel, based on interviews and real events.

Come meet illustrator Chris Soentpiet! Momma describes the special people and surroundings of her childhood, in a place where the edge of town met the countryside, in a time when all the children at school were brown.

In the sequel to The Christmas Box, the lives of David and Mary Anne Parkin are traced as they discover love, loyalty, and the power of forgiveness.

The conclusion to The Christmas Box trilogy. David and Mary Anne Parkin must face storms together when the blissful state of romance vanishes into real-life challenges and difficulties.

Twelve stories about Appalachian folk trapped between a cruel mood of nature and an intrusive brand of civilization.

Come meet illustrator Chris Soentpiet! As his family reminisces after his beloved grandfather's death, a boy realizes that his grandfather is still with him in all the special places they shared.

Regardless of your garden's size or style, you will find dozens of simple, no-fail projects: make a miniature greenhouse from a cardboard box; build a windproof tomato trellis; grow a robust collection of kitchen herbs in pots on your deck or patio; and many more!

Part natural history, part gardening guide, Butterflies in the Backyard contains solid information on butterfly behavior and habitats, and also explains in careful detail how to attract these lovely creatures to your backyard with plants and feeders.

Come meet illustrator Chris Soentpiet! The author simply describes how she considered various careers as she grew and how she combined them all into her work as a writer.

Practical and easy-to-follow information on how to create a backyard habitat that will attract a variety of birds throughout the year.

A new picture book from the award-winning West Virginia children’s book author.

Beginning and expert gardeners will learn how to identify and control weeds using earth-safe methods.

Come meet illustrator Chris Soentpiet! When seven-year-old Laura and her family visit Grandfather's grave at the Manzanar War Relocation Center, the Japanese American child leaves behind a special symbol.

After her grandfather's death in the fall of 1871, twelve-year-old Jessie bravely helps her mother take care of the lighthouse her family has kept for generations on South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan, hoping that they will be allowed to continue to live and work there.

A mother bird describes the bedtime activities of a little boy to her five curious babies.

Clare Fergusson, a helicopter pilot turned Episcopal priest, and Russ Van Alstyne, police chief of Millers Kills, N.Y., are suffering in Anthony-winner Spencer-Fleming's fifth mystery, her most captivating yet.

Come meet illustrator Chris Soentpiet! Every year at Christmas a rich man rides a train through Appalachia and throws gifts to the poor children who are waiting.

Episcopalian priest Clare Fergusson is called to join the Millers Kill Search and Rescue Squad to look for Millicent van der Hoeven, who disappeared in the woods the previous evening. Blackmail and possible ecoterrorism complicate matters in the fourth Reverend Clare Ferguson/Russ Van Alstyne mystery.

When a doctor from a local free clinic disappears, Episcopal priest Clare Fergusson and police chief Russ van Alstyne avoid their growing feelings for each other and pursue an investigation with links to the Jazz Age, Prohibition, and the Great Depression in the third book in this series.

When a violent attack on a doctor triggers a series of gay hate crimes in the Adirondack town of Miller's Kill, Episcopalian priest Clare Fergusson and police chief Russ Van Alstyne investigate a range of suspects. The second mystery in the series.

Nathan Hurst is a traveling salesman with Tourrette’s Syndrome and a troubled past. A random act of kindness introduces him to a boy who can cure him, but at what cost?

Mark has hit rock bottom, but things start to look up after a chance encounter with a kind, troubled woman in a blizzard.

This first Reverend Clare Ferguson/Russ Van Alstyne mystery follows the unlikely pair as they discover the body of an abandoned baby's young mother. As the investigation progresses, Clare runs into opposition from staid church members, two of whom will do anything to adopt the child.

Come meet illustrator Chris Soentpiet! Sumi's grandmother tells the story of her family's escape from Seoul during the Korean War, while they watch the trains which will eventually bring her mother back from army service.

The Rain Forest Teddy Bears want to see snow more than anything. They smuggle themselves to the USA to Fairfax Elementary School in West Virgina. Find out if they get to help build that snowman they dream about.

This book is the result of a proud collaboration of Rainelle Elementary students and well-known children’s book authors, Martin and Delia Wach. This is a story of patriotism, compassion and how Rainelle, WV opened their hearts to give these veterans the homecoming so many of them never had.

Popular children’s authors Martin & Delia Wach have written the book - on writing and illustrating children's books! Starting with the basics, the Wachs will guide you from idea to finished book! It doesn't matter if you are 9 or 90, this handbook will start you on the road to becoming an author.

A unique collection of short stories and activities written by the children of Appalachia to inspire others.

Come meet illustrator Chris Soentpiet! While spending the summer in Chinatown with his great-aunt, a young boy finds an old ten-man dragon in a shop and gets a number of people to help him repair it.

In a series of diary entries and email letters, Venola describes how her boring year in seventh grade turned exciting after the arrival of a handsome new student.

Writing in her diary, twelve-year-old Venola Mae Cutright describes her trials and tribulations as she is forced to go live with her grandmother while she starts the seventh grade.

The summer before seventh grade, Venola Mae Cutright, Belington, West Virginia's best newspaper carrier, writes a series of humorous letters to her best friend away at camp, the Imperial Magic Sea Monkey Company, and her newspaper boss.