Okimoto Davies's Books

Still trying to accept the fact that she does not yet need a bra but she does need braces, twelve-year-old Cynthia also must adjust to her mother's new husband and her father's new girlfriend.

The Love Ceiling draws readers into the soul of a universal theme for women: the pull between family and creative self-expression. In this novel, a woman confronts the toxic legacy of her father, a famous artist and cruel narcissist, to become an artist in her own right.

Janie Higgins is all set to enter seventh grade. She's excited about going to a new school and making new friends-especially since her oldest friend, Alicia, will be starting school with her. But disaster strikes when Janie learns that Alicia and her family are moving clear across the country! Now she has to start a new school...alone. Worse, she's lost her best friend forever. Janie isn't the only one coping with a loss, however, as she discovers when she tries to "cheer up" her recently widowed grandfather. What she learns is that-young or old-if you want something good to happen, you have to take chance.

This is the story of Grace, who becomes a hearing ear dog, and Charlie, who helps her along the way.

Meeting girls and going to school and hanging out with friends shouldn't be that tough. But it is if you're fifteen and you're biracial and your name is Moonbeam and you live on a commune with your mother and a bunch of granola-munching, tie-dyed, tofu-eating, sandal-wearing hippies! All Moonbeam wants is to be normal. But as Moonbeam is about to discover, life for a normal teenager is anything but. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

It's the first summer of her retirement and librarian Maggie Lewis is relishing the unfolding of sweet summer days on Vashon Island: walking on the beach, reading the classics, and kayaking. But in June when a sudden storm hits the island, Maggie's summer becomes about as peaceful as navigating whitewater. Not only does her wealthy sister arrive uninvited with a startling announcement, but Maggie finds herself entangled with her new Baker's Beach neighbor, Walter Hathaway. A famous children's author and recovering alcoholic, Walter has a history with Maggie they would each like to forget."--Page 4 of cover.

Across North America, people in four different homes prepare for a special trip to China, while four baby girls in China await their new adoptive parents, including a lesbian couple.

No duh! Not only are Jason's parents divorced--his mother acts like he has the plague and his father thinks shouting is the ultimate motivational tool--but his best friend has moved to California. It gets worse: his father decides to remarry and it turns out his stepbrother is Mr. High School All-American. Jason finds solace in a chatroom when he strikes up romance with cyberpal. She wants a picture...of his stepbrother. Oops. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Determined to change his wimp image, 16-year-old Jason turns to the personal ads in order to meet an experienced older woman, but winds up employed by an eccentric, elderly woman living with a young refugee girl. How will he possibly cope?

When her mother remarries, 12-year-old Cynthia faces two major changes at the same time: stepbrothers and junior high school.

When Jake and Emma escape a Pacific Northwest sheepherding contest, little do they know they will find a place where they were always meant to be... A warm, funny story that shows competition is not for everyone, Jake and Emma's Island Getaway celebrates the quirkiness and beauty of the Pacific Northwest and the timeless value of friendship.

On vacation in Hawaii, Jennifer and Freddie, classmates and friends, take time out from having fun to investigate the murder of an elderly acquaintance.

Twenty-two million children over age 18 currently share their parents' homes, and this book tells how it is possible to live peacefully. From sharing chores, to rent, to eliminating parent-child roles, the emphasis is on ways to help children succeed on their own.

Eleven-year-old Cynthia and her six-year-old sister try to adjust to their parents' separation and divorce.

A story of aging, grief and loss told with heart and humor.

Marbled murrelets Ralph and Alice search the Pacific Northwest for the best place to build their nest.

Five mice travel across Canada to show that climate change affects all creatures, not just polar bears. No one takes them seriously until the mice go to Churchill, Manitoba where Winston, a famous polar bear, finds the five mice just can't be ignored.

Book's by Okimoto Davies

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