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Golden
Mary Victoria Johnson
Travelling to Canada to work as a tour guide was supposed to help Lewis figure out what to do with his life. But hitting gold rush trail with a group of seniors goes from a chore to dangerous when a girl without a past joins in and brings trouble in her wake. Soon, he's confronted with a tangled mess of lies, accusations, and feelings he was totally unprepared for. Golden is from Summer Road Trip, an EPIC Press series, a division of ABDO.
American Eden
Victoria Johnson
History / Biography / Science
The untold story of Hamilton's—and Burr's—personal physician, whose dream to build America's first botanical garden inspired the young Republic.On a clear morning in July 1804, Alexander Hamilton stepped onto a boat at the edge of the Hudson River. He was bound for a New Jersey dueling ground to settle his bitter dispute with Aaron Burr. Hamilton took just two men with him: his "second" for the duel, and Dr. David Hosack.As historian Victoria Johnson reveals in her groundbreaking biography, Hosack was one of the few points the duelists did agree on. Summoned that morning because of his role as the beloved Hamilton family doctor, he was also a close friend of Burr. A brilliant surgeon and a world-class botanist, Hosack—who until now has been lost in the fog of history—was a pioneering thinker who shaped a young nation.Born in New York City, he was educated in Europe and returned to America inspired by his newfound knowledge. He...
Barrier
Mary Victoria Johnson
Is it braver to trust your enemy, or to stand alone? She didn't mean to escape from Boundary. Yet, somehow, she did. Now, thrust into an unfamiliar and dangerous world, the young woman written off as a weak link must untangle the mystery of her past and find a way to rescue those still trapped within Boundary, while battling her own doubts and troubled past. But time is quickly running out and she has two choices: put her trust in an old enemy, or find herself completely alone...both are equally terrifying. Barrier is the second book in The Other Horizons Trilogy by teenage author Mary Victoria Johnson. The first, Boundary, is also available from Lodestone Books.
Shooting Lights
Mary Victoria Johnson
When Jeanne "kidnaps" Tree in order to visit Stonehenge for the 1987 summer solstice, their paths tangle with two displaced army kids, and what starts out as a simple road trip quickly turns into something far more complicated. Tree and Jeanne must navigate a whirlwind of mishaps and pushed limits—without wrecking anything more than their car in the process. Shooting Lights is from Summer Road Trip, an EPIC Press series, a division of ABDO.
Boundary
Mary Victoria Johnson
Never try to open the locked doors. Never question what you are told. And never attempt to cross the Boundary. Kept inside an eerie estate for their entire lives, Penny and her five friends have had no contact with the outside world, with their only windows being a handful of books, a sinister master and a secretive housekeeper. Fed up of living a mystery, Penny begins breaking all the rules and finally tries to escape; but what she uncovers is far more devastating than she could have imagined. It rapidly becomes a deadly struggle for the truth in a world where nothing is what it seems, and friendship can be either your greatest weapon...or your biggest liability.

