Martha Quest (Children of Violence, #1)

"I read the Children of Violence novels and began to understand how a person could write about the problems of the world in a compelling and beautiful way. And it seemed to me that was the most import…

If you like book Martha Quest (Children of Violence, #1) here is the list of books you may also like

Buy this book on Amazon

Similar books (30)

Crossroads and the Dominion of Four (Crossroads, #2)

At first glance, Jake, Shayna, Seneca, and Conner seem like average teens. Maybe even like some kids you know. But theyre special. They know that magic, spells, and prophecies are real. In Crossroads …
Buy this book on Amazon
Just Out Of Reach

Just Out Of Reach is a coming of age novel. During the end of summer in the early
1960’s, the main character, Jake Johnson, faces various situations which
cause him to examine the changes that life hand…
Buy this book on Amazon
Holy Fool Holy Father

The Roman Curia may be the only hope for the world to survive after a cataclysmic event. But, that success hinges on the participation of the Eastern Orthodox church and the Holy Women of the world, a…
Buy this book on Amazon
The Rotters' Club

Birmingham, England, c. 1973: industrial strikes, bad pop music, corrosive class warfare, adolescent angst, IRA bombings. Four friends: a class clown who stoops very low for a laugh; a confused artist…
Buy this book on Amazon
Running Wide Open (Full Throttle, #1)

Cody Everett has a temper as hot as the flashpoint of racing fuel, and it's landed him at his uncle's trailer, a last-chance home before military school. But how can he take the guy seriously when he …
Buy this book on Amazon
The Songbird With Sapphire Eyes

Buy this book on Amazon
Manchild in the Promised Land

Manchild in the Promised Land is indeed one of the most remarkable autobiographies of our time. This thinly fictionalized account of Claude Brown's childhood as a hardened, streetwise criminal trying …
Buy this book on Amazon
Creating Monsters

Buy this book on Amazon
The Child Thief

Peter is quick, daring, and full of mischief—and like all boys, he loves to play, though his games often end in blood. His eyes are sparkling gold, and when he graces you with his smile you are his fr…
Buy this book on Amazon
The Promise of Jesse Woods

The summer of 1972 was the most pivotal of Matt Plumley’s childhood. While his beloved Pirates battle for back-to-back World Series titles, Matt’s family moves from Pittsburgh to Dogwood, West Virgini…
Buy this book on Amazon
Beka Lamb

Buy this book on Amazon
Tapping the Source

People go to Huntington Beach in search of the endless parties, the ultimate highs and the perfect waves. Ike Tucker has come to look for his missing sister and for the three men who may have murdered…
Buy this book on Amazon
A Taste of Blackberries

What do you do without
your best friend? Jamie isn't afraid of anything. Always ready to get into trouble, then right back out of it, he's a fun and exasperating best friend. But when something terribl…
Buy this book on Amazon
City of God

Buy this book on Amazon
Girl in Landscape

Buy this book on Amazon
In Country

The bestselling novel and deeply affecting story of a young girl who comes to terms with her father's death in Vietnam two decades earlier

In the summer of 1984, the war in Vietnam came home to Sam Hug…
Buy this book on Amazon
Bad Boy: A Memoir

Buy this book on Amazon
Bad Sheep

Buy this book on Amazon
Passchendaele

Buy this book on Amazon
Down to the Bone

What if you don't follow the rules and it radically alters the course of your life?

What if you get kicked out of the house and lose all your friends and everyone you love?

Will you turn the corner int…
Buy this book on Amazon
The Canarsie Flash

HZar Worth's "The Canarsie Flash" is a gently philosophical and art-like gateway to a larger world. Gridlocke Honeycutt is a New Yorker with a flourishing career as a natural foods store owner. His su…
Buy this book on Amazon
Cheeseland

When two suburban Chicago high school seniors skip graduation to go on a road trip to Wisconsin they crash head-on into an adventure that will forever alter their lives.Praised by New York Times No. 1…
Buy this book on Amazon
Donald Duk

Welcome to Chinatown, Chinese New Year in San Francisco. Everybody's birthday. The lantern festival of the fifteenth day. Welcome home. Crashing Cantonese opera, dancing lions, comic book heroes, and …
Buy this book on Amazon
Jacob Have I Loved

Esau have I hated . . . Sara Louise Bradshaw is sick and tired of her beautiful twin Caroline. Ever since they were born, Caroline has been the pretty one, the talented one, the better sister. Even no…
Buy this book on Amazon
Marchlands

Buy this book on Amazon
The Group

Mary McCarthy's most celebrated novel follows the lives of eight Vassar graduates, known simply to their classmates as "the group." An eclectic mix of personalities and upbringings, they meet a week a…
Buy this book on Amazon
The Fool

Buy this book on Amazon
Green Henry

Buy this book on Amazon
When the Cranes Fly South

BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNER (Sweden) • A profoundly moving debut novel that follows an elderly man’s struggle to maintain autonomy over his own an emotional story of love, friendship, fatherhood, an…
Buy this book on Amazon
Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond

NFL football star Vernon Davis delves into his astonishing career, from winning Super Bowl 50 in 2016 with the Denver Broncos to reinventing himself as an actor and producer, and recalls the hard-won …
Buy this book on Amazon