New Releases by Jennifer BROWN

Twelve-year-old Arcturus Betelgeuse Chambers'' quest to find life on other planets seems at an end when his parents decide to move to Las Vegas, but while they look for a house he stays with his neighbor, an astronaut who soon becomes a friend.

Jersey Cameron has always loved a good storm. Watching the clouds roll in and the wind pick up. Smelling the electricity in the air. Dancing barefoot in the rain. She lives in the Midwest, after all, where the weather is sure to keep you guessing. Jersey knows what to do when the tornado sirens sound. But she never could have prepared for this. When her town is devastated by a tornado, Jersey loses everything. As she struggles to overcome her grief, she''s sent to live with relatives she hardly knows -- family who might as well be strangers. In an unfamiliar place, can Jersey discover that even on the darkest of days, there are some things no tornado can destroy? In this powerful and poignant novel, acclaimed author Jennifer Brown delivers a story of love, loss, hope, and survival.

Americans are afraid of their food. And for good reason. In 2011, the deadliest food-borne illness outbreak in a century delivered killer listeria bacteria on innocuous cantaloupe never before suspected of carrying that pathogen. Nearly 50 million Americans will get food poisoning this year. Spoiled, doctored or infected food will send more than 100,000 people to the hospital. Three thousand will die. We expect, even assume, our government will protect our food, but how often do you think a major U.S. food farm get inspected by federal or state officials? Once a year? Every harvest? Twice a decade? Try never. Eating Dangerously sheds light on the growing problem and introduces readers to the very real, very immediate dangers inherent in our food system. This two-part guide to our food system''s problems and how consumers can help protect themselves is written by two seasoned journalists, who helped break the story of the 2011 listeria outbreak that killed 33 people. Michael Booth and Jennifer Brown, award-winning health and investigative journalists and parents themselves, answer pressing consumer questions about what''s in the food supply, what "authorities" are and are not doing to clean it up, and how they can best feed their families without making food their full-time jobs. Both deeply informed and highly readable, Eating Dangerously explains to the American consumer how their food system works—and more importantly how it doesn’t work. It also dishes up course after course of useful, friendly advice gleaned from the cutting-edge laboratories, kitchens and courtrooms where the national food system is taking new shape. Anyone interested in knowing more about how their food makes it from field and farm to store and table will want the inside scoop on just how safe or unsafe that food may be. They will find answers and insight in these pages.

In Hate List, Jennifer Brown delivered a powerful story about grief, friendship, and forgiveness in the aftermath of a school shooting. Now, she explores an evocative new narrative while digging deeper into the themes first touched upon in her debut novel. David Judy knows what it''s like to be bullied. Shy and gentle, with a soft voice and "a girl''s name for a last name," he is a prime target. Thankfully, there''s one girl David feels at ease with -- Valerie, the girl who''s been dating his neighbor and sometimes-friend, Nick. Valerie is kind to David and pulls him into their circle of outcast friends, where he finally feels like he (sort of) belongs. So when David starts to suspect that Nick and his friend Jeremy are planning a revenge plot against their tormentors, he wrestles with whether or not to tell someone. By the time he finally works up the courage to say something...it''s too late. David tries to put what he knows behind him -- to forget and move on -- but that''s hard to do as senior year starts and he watches his old friend, Valerie, struggle in a deep, dark place of guilt and confusion. It''s time to speak up. David may not be able to end bullying, but by standing up, he might just make a difference. And that''s what matters.

!--StartFragment-- Ashleigh''s boyfriend, Kaleb, is about to leave for college, and Ashleigh is worried that he''ll forget about her while he''s away. So at a legendary end-of-summer pool party, Ashleigh''s friends suggest she text him a picture of herself -- sans swimsuit -- to take with him. Before she can talk herself out of it, Ashleigh strides off to the bathroom, snaps a photo in the full-length mirror, and hits "send." But when Kaleb and Ashleigh go through a bad breakup, Kaleb takes revenge by forwarding the text to his baseball team. Soon the photo has gone viral, attracting the attention of the school board, the local police, and the media. As her friends and family try to distance themselves from the scandal, Ashleigh feels completely alone -- until she meets Mack while serving her court-ordered community service. Not only does Mack offer a fresh chance at friendship, but he''s the one person in town who received the text of Ashleigh''s photo -- and didn''t look. Acclaimed author Jennifer Brown brings readers a gripping novel about honesty and betrayal, redemption and friendship, attraction and integrity, as Ashleigh finds that while a picture may be worth a thousand words . . . it doesn''t always tell the whole story. !--EndFragment--

Star awakens not understanding why she doesn''t want to go to school and only wants to cuddle with her cat Blossom. Star''s mother understood that she needed more time to think about her parents divorce and let her stay from school. Star even tries to avoid talking with her parents, but realizes her parent''s care for her and want to know her feelings about the divorce. When Star returns to school she realizes she has support from new friends who help her understand her confusing feelings; she also realizes she can help others too. Star begins to realize she has many people she can count on to help her through her parents divorce and the many changes that begin to take place.

The use of wide medians and clear zones that do not require median and roadside barriers is the current design practice for new and reconstructed rural highway facilities. Constructing or reconstructing roads with full width medians and clear zones is much more expensive today compared to when the design standards were developed. Considerable costs can be accrued in additional overhead bridge length, earthwork and ROW in new construction projects, and widening of existing right-of way and bridge structures in reconstruction projects. This synthesis study focuses on the use of median barriers and roadside barriers and it identifies: (a) the current design practice and the existing body of knowledge, (b) (b) design conditions where adding extra traffic lanes without widening the ROW is acceptable from the point of view of safety and costs if barriers and guardrails are installed, and (c) future research needs. One of the practical outcomes of the project is a set of Crash Cost Modification Factors (concept found in the German design guidelines) estimated based on the past research for Indiana and simulation experiments executed with the Roadside Safety Analysis Program. These factors can be used to evaluate the safety benefit produced by a modified cross section of a rural freeway.

E se você desejasse a morte de uma pessoa e isso acontecesse? E se o assassino fosse alguém que você ama? O namorado de Valerie Leftman, Nick Levil, abriu fogo contra vários alunos na cantina da escola em que estudavam. Atingida ao tentar detê-lo, Valerie também acaba salvando a vida de uma colega que a maltratava, mas é responsabilizada pela tragédia por causa da lista que ajudou a criar. A lista com o nome dos estudantes que praticavam bullying contra os dois. A lista que ele usou para escolher seus alvos. Agora, ainda se recuperando do ferimento e do trauma, Val é forçada a enfrentar uma dura realidade ao voltar para a escola para terminar o Ensino Médio. Assombrada pela lembrança do namorado, que ainda ama, passando por problemas de relacionamento com a família, com os ex-amigos e a garota a quem salvou, Val deve enfrentar seus fantasmas e encontrar seu papel nessa história em que todos são, ao mesmo tempo, responsáveis e vítimas. A lista negra, de Jennifer Brown, é um romance instigante, que toca o leitor; leitura obrigatória, profunda e comovente. Um livro sobre bullying praticado dentro das escolas que provoca reflexões sobre as atitudes, responsabilidades e, principalmente, sobre o comportamento humano. Enfim, uma bela história sobre auto-conhecimento e o perdão.

Star regreso de la escuala bien animada al decir a sus padres acerca de su A+ en el examin de ortografia. Ella estaba sorprendida que sus padres tabien tuvieron noticias. La revelacion desexpectada era que iban a ser divorciados. Star empieza a sentir sentimientos que no habia sentido antes. Su padres le ayudana ella al reconocer que este amada y que ella puede compartir como se siente con ellos. Star aprende que ella tiene gente en su vida que puede confiar incluyendo sus padres, amigo, y su gata Blossom."

Nie hat Alex so stark für jemanden empfunden wie für Cole. Er ist geheimnisvoll, romantisch und spielt für sie Lieder auf der Gitarre. Alex verbringt jede freie Minute mit ihm - trotzdem scheint Cole sich zurückgesetzt zu fühlen, wenn sie sich ab und zu mit ihren besten Freunden trifft. Und irgendwann lernt Alex den zärtlichen Cole plötzlich von einer ganz anderen Seite kennen: Er wird ausfallend, verletzend und scheint von unbändigem Zorn getrieben. Allen Warnungen zum Trotz steht Alex zu ihm, doch ihre bedingungslose Liebe führt sie in einen Teufelskreis, den sie allein nicht mehr durchbrechen kann. Jennifer Brown wurde in Kansas City geboren und lebt dort heute mit ihrem Mann, drei Kindern sowie einigen Hunden und Katzen. Wenn sie nicht über ernsthafte Themen schreibt, arbeitet sie als Kolumnistin für den Kansas City Star. Für ihre humoristischen Beiträge wurde die Autorin schon mehrfach ausgezeichnet.

In a heart-wrenching story exploring the enviable bonds of friendship, five lives are left in tattered pieces, and everyone is forced to choose. Will the group fall apart at the seams or will the strong bonds of everlasting friendship withstand the fire of deceit?

Star comes home from school excited to tell her parent''s about her good marks in school only to find out some unexpected news . Star''s parent''s tell her they are getting divorced. Star is unsure of how to feel and what she should expect with the upcoming changes in her family. Star''s parent''s are supportive of her need for space as well as answering questions she has concerning their divorce.

When seventeen-year-old Alex starts dating Cole, a new boy at her high school, her two closest friends increasingly mistrust him as the relationship grows more serious.

"What Happens in Winter?" brings the senses to life as it describes in detail very familiar sites, smells and sounds that occur in during the winter season. It entails the natural onset, duration and close of winter as it invites readers to be part of the many festivities the season brings. This story is timeless and a classic for every age. It is the first story in a four-part series about the seasons.

Valerie ist sechzehn, als ihre Welt zusammenbricht. In der Schul-Cafeteria eröffnet ihr Freund Nick das Feuer auf seine Mitschüler. Er tötet sechs Menschen und verletzt zahllose andere. Valerie selbst wirft sich vor eine Schülerin und wird dabei schwer getroffen. Doch hinterher wird sie keinesfalls als Heldin betrachtet, sondern als Mittäterin. Gemeinsam mit Nick hatte sie die Hassliste geführt, auf der die Namen aller Opfer standen. Für Valerie war es ein Spiel gewesen, ein Ritual, das sie mit Nick verband. Ohne zu merken, dass es für ihn offenbar viel mehr war ... Jennifer Brown wurde in Kansas City geboren und lebt dort heute mit ihrem Mann, drei Kindern sowie einigen Hunden und Katzen. Wenn sie nicht über ernsthafte Themen schreibt, arbeitet sie als Kolumnistin für den Kansas City Star. Für ihre humoristischen Beiträge wurde die Autorin schon mehrfach ausgezeichnet.

Because the elderly chief wanted his visitor to understand the Ojibwe world, and because Hallowell was deeply interested in his subject matter and was such a good listener, Berens freely related his dreams and other stories about encounters with powerful beings. The fact that he also shared traditional myths in summer, when Ojibwe people thought it dangerous to discuss such things, shows the depth of his relationship with Hallowell. Berens'' reminiscences and story and myth texts are unparalleled as sources for the life, experiences, and outlook of this important Ojibwe leader, and for the insights they provide into the history and culture of his people. Rooted in the collaboration between Berens as steward of his oral traditions and Hallowell as creator and guardian of their written versions, Memories, Myths, and Dreams of an Ojibwe Leader draws the reader into the world - and world view - of Chief Berens, showing how an Aboriginal Christian of the early twentieth century could simultaneously take part in "modern" and "traditional" Ojibwe life.

In the sequel to Celebrity Secrets, currently available online and in bookstores actress Elissa Harner and Kevin Lytle are headed to the Virgin Islands, for Kevin to work on his first movie with his new production company...for Elissa it''s to get away from everything the book Secrets Unearthed has done to her family since it''s arrival in her fan mail. But when a mysterious vacationer turns up in the same hotel as Elissa and Kevin, the vacation turns into a nightmare for Elissa as secrets are unearthed about those she loves most!

The book describes my life of being brought up as a profoundly disturbed child in an era when Gender Dysphoria was believed to be a mental aberration of a sexually mature adult and therefore something a child would not suffer from. It describes how I was placed into care for observation, looked after for three years by the Portman clinic in london, a leading chilld clinic, survived a massive overdose of aspirin at the age of 14 and finally surving childhood to emerge as a confused, frightened adult. This adult became manically and obsessively driven to prove himself beyond all doubt better than anyone else and of course totally macho. It describes my growing confidence, my struggle to find an identity and the development into a lively, gregarious adult but one fighting to keep deep profound unhappiness supressed to subconscious levels. It describes How I nearly drove myself to destruction by the relentless driven pace i worked at, and how eventually mentally and physically I was so broken in my later years that there was nothing left in me to keep the lid on gender dysphoria resurfacing. Finally it describes the terrible struggle to accept myself as the realisation of what I was became clear and then the unconditional love and support from my wife, my sons, my friends and associates and how now I have emerged from that long and oppressively dark tunnnel into the bright light of unimaginable happiness and joy from at last being able to live as myself.. It is a story of near tragedy, of desperate struggle and finally of the joy of happiness, one shared with a partner who has shared my life through all its difficulities, a story of love overcoming everything.

For more than a decade, her words have "wowed" audiences worldwide as a popular feature writer and award-winning poet. Her articles, commentary, and verse have graced the pages of Today''s Black Woman, Being Single, Honey, Chicago Sun-Times, Writing for Dollars, Rhapsody in Black, Today''s Chicago Woman, Funds for Writers, Empowermag.com, National Association of Women Writers'' Weekly, Simon and Schuster''s "Chocolate" series, and a host of other print and on-line media. Her dynamism on page is equally matched by her dynamism on stage, as she has eloquently performed her pieces before packed audiences at jazz clubs, bookstores, coffeehouses, and venues throughout Illinois. She is the president and founder of Poets United to Advance the Arts.

A wealth of information for expectant parents Protect Your Pregnancy reassuringly leads expectant parents through steps to protect their unborn child during pregnancy, with a special focus on at-risk pregnancies. Written by a leading prenatal specialist working to reduce pre-term births and pregnancy complications, this invaluable guide provides parents with the information they need to safely give birth to a happy, healthy child. Here readers will find: A time-tested approach that has been successful with more than 30,000 women Detailed guidance on all of the important influences on the health of the unborn child Guidelines on how to recognize signs and symptoms of pregnancy complications Exploration of pre-existing and developing medical conditions that can lead to premature delivery Navigating the neonatal intensive care unit Advice on dealing with concerned family members

Since losing her father in the Sept. 11th attacks, fourteen year old Lucy Deakins has had plenty of time to hone her greatest gift her imagination. It is this ability that has sparked the interest of Pandora, aspiring ruler of the Void. She has ensnared Makers from throughout the ages to make her world a paradise. And now Pandora''s box has shown her that Lucy could be the greatest Maker of them all. Billy, sixth-grade wrestler and mute, has already been collected and imprisoned in the Void but has escaped, thanks to crafty World War II veteran. Can Lucy and Billy''s prowess thwart the efforts of Pandora, her werewolf slave, and the monstrous cobra, Nag? Even if they do evade her grasp, the two must still contend with the terrifying world that is the Void a world that can change and recreate itself with horrific consequences at any moment.

Policing has experienced something of a crisis worldwide. With allegations of excessive use of force in the USA, corruption scandals in Australia, racial tensions in Britain and sex crimes in Belgium, never has it been under greater public scrutiny. Examination of police organizations through a gender looking-glass reveals the inadequacies of analyses offered by research approaches that left women out of the frame. This ambitious and ground-breaking book builds on a growing corpus of work to extend issues relating to police occupational culture, showing how modern policing policies look when examined through a gendered lens. Jennifer Brown and Frances Heidensohn pool their established expertise on policing, crime and gender to look at women''s experiences in law-enforcement agencies across the globe. Drawing on the findings of the first ever international comparative research on this subject, they show that policewomen share many experiences, wherever they come from, but that there are also key differences related to traditions, systems, styles and cultures of policing. The book raises vital issues about law, order and the achievement of change in criminal justice policies. It provides a thorough analysis of the current state of research on the topic, as well as new data on nations from every continent, and it proposes an innovative framework for analysis. Finally, it uncovers fascinating personal stories and lost texts that chart the victories won by forgotten or overlooked pioneers who developed women''s contribution to, and changing practice in, policy worldwide. As such it will be essential reading for all those interested in policing, equality, gender and crime.