Böcker av Marsha Hubler

Twelve-year-old twins, Gail and Dale Pawson, from The Heights, the dumpy part of Ashland, are nothing but big trouble. With a rough home life, they run wild in town, breaking windows, burning an old junk car, stealing candy at the general store, and flunking school. Finally, instead of being sent away to boarding school, they're sent to the Salvation Army for counseling.There the counselor, Captain Arlene Masters, asks Tommi "Pockets" Leland and Vince "Runner" Ramsey to befriend the twins and help the two learn to behave. But Pockets and Runner can't stand the twins and try to avoid them at all costs even though Captain Ar constantly reminds Pockets and Runner that Christian love is an action not a feeling.Will Pockets and Runner overcome their bad attitudes about the twins and start to mentor them, or will they keep ignoring Gail and Dale and not care what happens to them at all?

Twelve-year-old twins, Gail and Dale Pawson, from The Heights, the dumpy part of Ashland, are nothing but big trouble. With a rough homelife, they run wild in town, breaking windows, burning an old junk car, stealing candy at the general store, and flunking school. Finally, instead of being sent away to boarding school, they're sent to the Salvation Army for counseling.There the counselor, Captain Arlene Masters, asks Tommi "Pockets" Leland and Vince "Runner" Ramsey to befriend the twins and help the two learn to behave. But Pockets and Runner can't stand the twins and try to avoid them at all costs even though Captain Ar constantly reminds Pockets and Runner that Christian love is an action not a feeling.Will Pockets and Runner overcome their bad attitudes about the twins and start to mentor them, or will they keep ignoring Gail and Dale and not care what happens to them at all?

(Ashland, Pennsylvania, 1958)Thirteen-year-old Tommi "Pockets" Leland has one goal in life-to be the first female world champion pool player. But in the 1950s, gals were not welcome in poolrooms. With her pop's approval, she disguises herself as a boy to shoot at a local poolroom, where she and her pop are an unbeatable team.But Pockets has another secret life that even Pop and Meemaw know nothing about. She runs with the Thorns, a street gang, and during a rumble with the Hawks, the hated rival gang, Pockets is arrested. Instead of being sent to reform school with the other gang members, she must counsel with Salvation Army Captain Arlene Masters, who has a passion to help kids.Pockets meets her match in fiery "Captain Ar," who shares with Pockets what's really important in life-loving God and loving others.So, does Pockets listen? Or does she continue in a downward spiral that can only lead to more trouble in her young life and a broken heart?

In the sixth book of the Keystone Stables series, perfect for girls who love horses and horse fiction, foster child Skye learns the true meaning of love when one of the returning campers with Downs Syndrome is insistent she is his girlfriend, and won't leave her---or her beloved horse, Champ---alone.

In the fifth book of the Keystone Stables series, perfect for girls who love horses and horse fiction, foster child Skye hopes to find a new friend in Katie, a blind girl who is encountering horses for the first time---but Katie's anger might end their relationship before it really starts.

For the summer, Skye and her school friend Chad work at special needs Camp Penn's Woods. Skye runs into a brick wall when she tries to teach Jonathan Martin, a young deaf boy, how to ride Buddy western style, but Jonathan insists on riding him English. When Jonathan and Buddy disappear into the mountains, Skye and Chad lead the rescue to find him.

Skye and Morgan have their hands full when a runaway named Tanya Bell becomes a foster girl in the Chambers' household. It isn't until Southern Belle, one of the mares, dies giving birth to a foal that Tanya opens up to the love offered from the Chambers' family, and she is transformed.

In the second book of the Keystone Stables series, perfect for girls who love horses and horse fiction, foster child Skye must face a new challenge with a friend from her past stays at the ranch Skye now calls home, threatening her new life and the horses she holds dear.Skye Nicholson used to be a lot like her past friend Sooze: loud, angry, and willing to do anything to prove she didn't need anyone. But after coming to Keystone Stables and realizing she is worth being loved, Skye's life has changed. Now she would do anything to stay at the stables and around her beloved horses. But while the girls start training for an upcoming horse show, Sooze decides to sneak off with a hard-to-control Tennessee walking horse named Stormy, and disaster strikessoon, Skye is questioning everything she's started to believe about herself, including her newfound faith.On the Victory Trail:is written by an author who has firsthand experience with horses and foster careexplores the effects of cancer on friends and familyis a contemporary and realistic plot, with an inspirational Christian messagecontains extensive back matter on different horse breeds, how to care for them, and horsemanship, as well as facts, diagrams, and a glossary of horse terms so girls can better know their favorite animal

For horse-loving young readers comes the first book in the Keystone Stables series, where a tough foster child named Skye learns about love and forgiveness through a beautiful quarter horse named Champ. Thirteen-year-old Skye Nicholson has become an expert at making sure no one will ever hurt her again. After her cold and angry behavior and numerous offenses remove her from more foster home placements than she cares to count, she's headed toward juvenile detention. But then she's given one last chancean opportunity to live at Keystone Stables, a foster home and therapy camp where she meets a beautiful sorrel horse named Champ. As hard as she tries, she can't deny she loves Champbut her refusal to accept her new foster parents and their Christian faith might mean losing Champ forever.A Horse to Love:is written by an author who has firsthand experience with horses and foster careis a contemporary and realistic plot, with an inspirational Christian messagefeatures a character with special needscontains extensive back matter on different horse breeds, how to care for them, and horsemanship, as well as facts, diagrams, and a glossary of horse terms so girls can better know their favorite animal

In the eighth and final book of the Keystone Stables series, perfect for girls who love horses and horse fiction, foster child Skye must confront her past and decide her future when she has the opportunity to find her birth parents and possibly reunite.

In the seventh book of the Keystone Stables series, perfect for girls who love horses and horse fiction, foster child Skye gets more than she bargained for when the two newest arrivals to the ranch are a half-wild Mustang and a former gang member who may be just as uncontrollable.