Most Popular Books by Michelle Lynn

BloodMoon Māus had never backed down from a conflict, but when it came to Anna he had no weapons. The means he would go to keep her safe and what he would give so that she would have a future.

Single Mama dating! It doesn''t get anymore complicated than that. How can you find love when you have a career and kids? Where can you find that love connection? Is he on-line, in church, standing in front of the grapefruit in the grocery store? In these hilarious and heart-warming stories, you''ll find single moms finding love in the most interesting of places, all while steering clear of the crazies, the lazies and definitely, the shadies. In Single Mama Dating Drama, seventeen talented writers share fictional stories about the woes, pitfalls, and joys of dating while raising kids. From Monica Lynne Foster’s explosive tale of an ex who fights for custody of his child while fighting to gain his ex-wife back from her newfound love...to Dwon D. Moss’ hilarious Internet dating spin on a widow who runs into a holy roller, a pretty boy and a liar....to Candice Y. Johnson’s laugh-out-loud take on a mama whose baby girl prophetically dismisses all of her potential suitors...to Denise Anquenette’s story of how one woman''s attempt to take back control of her life strains the bonds and boundaries of her relationship with her children.....to Michelle Mitchell’s sticky tale of a woman who meets her mate at a sperm bank.... these captivating stories are sure to make you laugh, shake your head, clutch your pearls, and cheer for these mamas and all their dating drama!

From USA Today bestselling author Michelle Lynn comes a dystopian tale of family, freedom and love. My name is Dawn Nolan, and I grew up on the military-controlled streets of London. Now, the one person I could always count on has been taken from me. Gabby is pushy and a real pain -- but she''s the reason I''ve survived this long. She''s my sister. And now she''s gone. Criminals are sent to the colonies to work as slaves. There is no escape. I know that it''s a savage place, especially for a teenage girl from the wrong side of London. I might die trying. I''ll probably never see London again. But they''ve taken my sister, and I''m going to get her back.

Single moms, you are not alone. You may feel lonely, abandoned, overwhelmed, and ill-equipped in your life as a single mother, but you are not alone on this journey. God is WITH you, and if you are willing, He will help you build a strong home and legacy for your family. As a former single mother, Michelle Lynn Senters understands you could use a little soul nourishment. In the Unseen Companion, she explores the ten needs every single mother has and asks, “God, where are you in this?” Avoiding clichés and hurtful platitudes, Michelle offers true hope from God’s Word. Her reflections, seasoned with personal experience, will help you: Trust that God sees your needs and can satisfy them Develop a vibrant relationship with God’s Word Avoid temptation and counterfeit solutions Strengthen your resolve and confidence to raise children of faith Read The Unseen Companion and receive the encouragement your heart longs to hear: “You can do this, God is with you, and He will lead your family in strength and love.” Includes questions at the end of each chapter for reflection, journaling, or group discussion.

In Queer Multicultural Social Justice Education: Curriculum (and Identity) Development Through Performance, I take a pragmatic approach sharing my intimate journey, my stories, and myself with you—the reader—as I actively perform and model the development of queer explorations (i.e., lessons) and curriculum. I begin this journey with three accessible histories of multicultural education, queer perspectives, and autoethnography, respectively. These easy-to-navigate stories provide you with important background knowledge, highlighting the evolution of, commonalities between, and need for each discipline, along with their connection to identity and identity awareness as a form of social justice practice and advancement. Next, I share and perform the nine explorations developed for this project, collectively titled Queer Explorations of Identity Awareness. Modeling for you in practical terms how to queer curriculum and its development, I openly examine my raw performances, discuss my personal and analytical reflections, and embrace my own personal experiences and revelations that occurred throughout this project. Finally, I close with a creative, reflective, and story-like analysis of the process that includes a call to action from you to share your stories as a way of knowing yourself—and others—as a form of social justice education and advancement. This book is intended for all formal and informal educators interested in performing and developing queer multicultural social justice curriculum and practices. Inspired by Ayers (2006), I invite you on this “voyage” with “hope and urgency” (p. 83). It is time we share our stories as a form of curriculum, activism, and coming together.

During the days of the Great Depression, not many people had much money. Susan desperately wanted to give her little girl, Becky, a gift for Christmas. So she made her a rag doll. Becky loved her doll, but a few years later she received Raggedy Ann and Andy for her birthday. She gave her old rag doll to Goodwill. The doll sat in the Goodwill for several years until this poor lady, Sarah, came in, looking for a gift for Bonnie. Sometimes the best things in life are those given out of love.

They took my childhood. They took my country. But when then they tried to take my sister, it led to their downfall. You grow up fast when leading a rebellion. You learn who to trust - sometimes the hard way. You become hard because you have no other choice. Whatever it takes. That’s what it’s come down to, but it didn’t start out this way. They’ve given us no options; no safe path to tread. They’ve imprisoned us. We’ve had to watch our friends die. But it ends now. We’re no longer alone. One fight is over, but another has just begun. Not all of us will make it, but there’s a weapon that is more dangerous than anything we’ve ever seen. We have our mission: stop them from destroying everything we have and come back to help build everything we could hope for. A new world. This wasn’t the life anybody imagined, and we’re going to do something about it.

Safety is an illusion. We’re back to where we started – two sisters living under a government we can’t trust. The rest of our friends are dead or missing. Texas should be our safe haven, but have we traded one prison for another? There are larger things at work; more allies and enemies to be found. They all look the same to us. The Texans want us to fall in line. The rebels want us to fight. The colonies are more dangerous than we imagined, and we’re caught in the middle. Not all of us are meant to be soldiers, but the time for indecision has passed. Sides must be chosen. Bonds must be broken. And the war will begin.

This developmentally sound, research-based, practical text speaks directly to preservice elementary mathematics students about the multitude of ways they can help their future students learn to see the power, beauty, necessity, and usefulness of mathematics in the world.Part 1 deals with guiding principles that permeate the text, while Parts 2-11 deal with the specific NCTM Standards for grades K-6. Teaching K-6 Mathematics: *is aligned with the current NCTM Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics; *integrates content and methodology; *emphasizes use of technology as a teaching/learning tool; *stresses problem solving; *provides basic information on current research in mathematics education; *focuses on identification of error patterns and analysis; *uses a down-to-earth, friendly writing style that engages the student rather than prescribing what to do; and *includes many activities and exercises, including games, tricks, and amusements that can be used in the classroom to increase student interest in mathematics. Features: *Technology is integral throughout the text. Students are expected to perform Internet searches, investigate new sites appropriate for elementary students, sample new software that could be used in the classroom, and develop ways to blend calculators into the curriculum. *Manipulatives are considered essential for students to learn elementary mathematics concepts. Cuisenaire rods, base 10- blocks, chips, number lines, and geoboards are all part of the manipulative landscape that is created in this text. *Careful attention is given to blending rote work, developmental activities, fun, application, technology, manipulatives, assessment, and planning, so that prospective teachers become accustomed to using varied approaches and decision making as a curriculum is determined. *Tricks, Activities, and Games (TAG) provide a wealth of ideas to attract students to learning mathematics.

A three-part study designed to create environments where people experience growth and support as they engage in the discipleship Journey.

What if you could meet your guardian angel? What would he look like? What would he do to keep you safe? And safe from what? Anna Valairy is a young woman trying to assert her independence, while still trying to please her family and find her own place in life, when one night she meets a man who changes everything. The SECRET LIFE OF ANNA is an intense and powerful love story for ages 16-60 that continues with BlOODMOON and into RAGE OF ANGELS.

Bucharest, Romania, 1875: Dr. Lysander Heistad, a young physician known for his aptitude and unwavering compassion, had always put the needs of others before his own. So when he heard the last request of his beloved little sister who lay dying from Typhoid fever, he never intended to fail in fulfi lling it. However, he had also not forseen himself becoming the target of a horrifying monster out for blood. New York, New York, 1995: For more than a century Lysander Heistad''s only companions have been other vampires who shun him for his refusal to drink human blood. Consumed by guilt over the death of his sister so long ago, he had believed himself doomed to an eternity of loneliness and regret. When he meets Anna Harper, a beautiful, lonely, fearless mortal who trusts him implicitly, he can hardly believe his good fortune. But as their newfound friendship grows, so grows his struggle to keep her safe, from not only other vampires, but himself as well.

From happiness to loneliness to homelessness to sorrow and the adversities of life, to amazing power of the three waiting for you. This book is all about the amazing grace of God and what Jesus can do when you put him at the center of your life. You don’t have to physically do anything, you don’t even have to leave the room you are in!

About 2500 years ago Daniel, the Hebrew prophet, penned some incredible words. He wrote a history book in reverse, as it were. He was seeing forward through ''history'' in the same way we look back through it. Quite an incredible claim, yet as is demonstrated in this book, a valid one. Regardless of your background or belief system (or lack of), you will be astounded at the perfect marriage of the 45 verses of Daniel 11 and the history of the world. This book is unique in concept and in form and will bring ease and clarity to the study of a difficult subject. It naturally begins at verse one of the chapter, focusing on the historical figure given, and then follows the text to each subsequent point in history. Reference materials are included to make study of the verse text simple.

All three books in ''Dawn Of Rebellion'', a series of dystopian sci-fi novels by Michelle Lynn, now available in one volume! Dawn of Rebellion: Dawn Nolan is a teenage girl from the wrong side of military-controlled London, where criminals are sent to the colonies to work as slaves. When her sister Gabby is taken, Dawn sets out to rescue her, even if it means risking her own life and never seeing London again. But the colonies are a savage place, and the odds are against her. Day of Reckoning: In a world where safety is an illusion and the government cannot be trusted, two sisters find themselves living in a new kind of prison. With their friends missing or dead, they must navigate a complex web of allies and enemies. The Texans want them to obey, the rebels want them to fight, and the Americans want them to leave. As the war begins, the sisters must choose their side and forge alliances in order to survive in this dangerous new world. Eve of Tomorrow: In the third book in the series, Dawn must learn to navigate the dangers of leading a rebellion, trusting only those she can rely on. The group faces impossible odds and loss, but they are not alone in their fight. With a dangerous weapon at their disposal, they must stop those who seek to destroy their world and build a new one from the ashes.

Akiko Yamada felt like the prodigal daughter returning home after years away. They had whisked her away for her safety, but that safety net had failed. Yoichi Kyo knew the moment Akiko had been released from his clutches. He only had to figure out where his half-blood brother had sent her. They would all learn, regardless, she was his now. What had begun as a game had only turned into an evil and dark obsession. No one else could have her. Luca Kyo had been flung into the deepest pit of hell after seeing Akiko off to America. Tokyo felt cold now, a perpetual winter for him. It had been for her safety, but then Yoichi found her. Now, he moved quickly to get her back home to protect her properly. Coming back home to Tokyo was different. She was different. She only hoped she had the strength to fight off the evil in Yoichi that threatened to drown her. No more ignoring his feelings, Luca was ready for his winter to end. To measure the dawn after never-ending darkness, he would finally tell her the truth about how he felt.

My book is about a lot. I created really artsy and pretty stories some of it''s real and few of could''ve been true. And some might''ve come from the heavens above. I really believe all and all that kind of stuff I''ve been told by the minister. Yes, I have my crystal ball. Done some god-gifted types of psychic stuff and all. But those things cause cramps or spasms and some other stuff. Friend and family would know about well. I sometimes can look art, paintings and know and make a pretty poem. I started creating poems when I was teenager. Yeah, plenty of people have it rough and tough. I am lucky to survive healthcare. Doctors thought I died one time when I got really sick. When I was in the hospital I should have been treated a lot better. So, some of it''s true and a lot of stories are just fake and made up.

This is a true story about my daughter, Megan, and passing on what was taught to her regarding Gods Holy Name. I feel it will inspire children to evangelize others when they hear Jesus name used improperly and carelessly. Another joyous benefit of this story becoming a published book is that parents will be able to read and explain it to their children helping them to develop a more tangible and deeper understanding of the Second Commandment of God.

This thesis describes three experiments designed to compare emotional processing in young and old adults. The first experiment administered a series of general and social cognition tasks to young and old adults. Older adults performed more poorly at identifying negative emotional expressions independent of performance on general cognitive measures. It was hypothesized that differences in age-related patterns of brain activity during negative face discrimination may be responsible for this effect. Experiment 2 used event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to test this hypothesis. The results revealed that regions typically found to be involved in social cognition (e.g. amygdala, rostral and dorsal anterior cingulate, prefrontal cortex) responded under different conditions for the two groups. Specifically, younger adults activated the amygdala more for negative and neutral faces, while activity in this same region responded more to positive and neutral faces in older adults. The final experiment (3) was designed to directly examine the relationship between brain activity and negative and neutral face identification in young and old adults. The results of this analysis revealed a unique pattern of brain activity associated with negative faces processed in an indirect manner (i.e. while judging gender) for young adults only. In particular, activity in the amygdala for both age groups was associated with better performance for negative faces when attention was focused on the emotional content. In comparison, it was associated with poorer performance for younger adults when the negative content was not the focus of the task, suggesting that the amygdala activity may have interfered with task performance. Taken together, the results suggest that the lack of amygdala activity to negative stimuli in older adults may indicate a decreased ability to recruit the amygdala and related regions in an automatic fashion, independent of conscious awareness. However, older adults might maintain the ability to recruit these areas in a more direct manner but this seems to occur only for positive and neutral faces. This age-related difference in amygdala involvement may partially explain the poorer performance observed in Experiment 1 for older versus younger adults during negative emotional face discrimination.