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Bloodroot    by Angela Sullivan
Price: $1.00 USD. 63720 words. Published on September 21, 2009. .

Callie McCree was a normal teenager. If normal meant that she left no footprints, no sound, and she could fall into a river without so much as a bruise. Then yes, she was perfectly and mundanely normal. Follow Callie through a journey of magic, friendship, love, and self-discovery.
A Troll's Tail    by Katrina Joyner-Belcher
Price: $1.00 USD. 4050 words. Published by Writers of the Apocalypse  on October 19, 2009. .

One day a fairy named Kegal makes Finnbhear a special offer. He must undertake a quest to cut off the tail of the old troll that lives in a cave nearby. If he succeeds, he can become a fairy.
Kyleah's Tree    by Janet Muirhead Hill
Price: $6.00 USD. 40900 words. Published by Raven Publishing of Montana on December 7, 2009. .

Wishing on the sunrise from her treetop refuge, eleven-year-old Kyleah clings to the hope of finding her twin brother and attaining beauty to please the father who abandoned her. When her foster parents bar access to her favorite tree, she runs away with her foster brother, Benjamin. They experience many narrow escapes and breathtaking adventures on their journey from Kansas to Moose Jaw, Canada.
Ruby    by Amanda Taber
Price: $5.99 USD. 38940 words. Published by Solstice Publishing  on April 21, 2010. .

Ruby Matthews is nineteen and alone in the world. Both her parents are dead, killed it seems by a drunk driver. Lonely and grieving, Ruby’s mysterious grandmother arrives in town to take her home to her huge manor style mansion in Star’s Landing, Maine. Also living in Star’s Landing is Blaine Hamilton, a young man who comes from a wealthy family of warlocks and who now lives in seclusion.
It's Time for Your Close-up    by Renee Kohl
Price: $7.99 USD. 42290 words. Published on May 6, 2010. .

This Coming-of-Age fiction novel follows the life of a 9-year-old, street-wise orphan girl from Spanish Harlem. When her parents die,she goes to live with her staunch Christian grandmother in Los Angeles. In L.A. she forms a close relationship with an older boy, an aspiring actor, who becomes a guiding force in her life. Their close relationship gives rise to one of Hollywood’s biggest scandals.
Robbie the Roller    by George Morrow
Price: $1.25 USD. 3280 words. Published on June 11, 2010. .

An action-packed tale about a young roller pigeon who is placed with homing pigeons, and has an identity crisis. The fortitude he gains against these odds ends up saving a friend's life.
Nunzilla Was My Mother and My Stepmother Was a Witch    by Terry Silver
Price: $2.99 USD. 40030 words. Published on August 20, 2010. .

"Nunzilla Was My Mother and My Stepmother Was a Witch" is author Terry Gelormino Silver's memoir of growing up in three different orphanages in Ohio during the Great Depression and World War II era. Two of the orphanages where she lived were run by a strict order of nuns, and the third orphanage was non-sectarian. Think "Oliver Twist" meets "Angela's Ashes," and you've got the idea.
Black Lightning    by David and Linda Broughton
Price: $7.85 USD. 66370 words. Published on September 18, 2010. .

Josie Stevens is orphaned, all at the hands of a trained killer, that wants something her father had. She gets placed at a horse ranch, where it's readily apparent she has "the gift" of being able to communicate with the horses, the first is a big black stallion no one else could gentle. The killer lurks as Josie begins her new life.
Bright Face of Danger    by Winslow Eliot
Price: $2.99 USD. 126550 words. Published on October 7, 2010. .

One fateful night a shot rings out. A pretty farm girl disappears with a scandalous secret that could destroy a political empire. A year later, she resurfaces with a stunning new face that dazzles Hollywood and ignites the passion of movie executive Dom Whitfield. Dom is tormented by the feeling that he already knows her, but what he doesn’t know is she is hiding from a man who wants her dead.
Black Gold    by Jeremy Taylor
Price: $2.99 USD. 7420 words. Published on January 2, 2011. .

15 year old Danny Brooks has one love in his life - his dog. His life in a children's home is not a bag of laughs but Danny gets by, stealing things from shops. Then events in Danny's life catch up with him, as does Cookie Roberts - and things change dramatically. I like Danny and I hope you will, too.