Bøker av Laurel Veil

With a few more ticks of the clock, eighth grade is going to end. Everyone is thrilled about starting high school in the fall, which makes Bethany feel even worse. She's terrified! Oh sure, football games and dances sound wonderful, but there is just one problem-she wants a boyfriend to do these things with. Luckily, Bethany has her best friend Shelby to help take her mind off her worries. They'll ride Bethany's moped and hang out at the lake and maybe even find a boyfriend. It will be a summer of firsts, from kisses to love if she can keep her frenemy, Brooke, from causing problems and Shelby's pesky, older brother Jack from interfering. When did he get so cute, anyway?

Seventeen-year-old Falon still can't believe that she's living in a foster home and being treated like a maid by a beast of a woman and her two spoiled, teenaged children. Her one glimmer of light in her gloomy existence is a wise beyond his years, five-year-old foster named Jackson who also lives with them. Falon longs for the day her mom gets better so she can leave, take Jackson with her and begin a new life. Whenever Ty, the smart and brave, new foster shows up, Falon realizes that the three of them just might get their chance. Little do they know, a better life awaits them just inside the hollow tree...

Fifteen-year-old Noelle's life is messy. Her dad left when she was little. Her mom would rather be someone's girlfriend than her mother. And her half-sister pretty much hates her. With so much family drama to deal with, making friends is the last thing on Noelle's mind. But when she receives a mysterious invitation inviting her to the cemetery at midnight, that all changes...Noelle thought having friends was supposed to make life better but soon finds herself trying to solve a murder instead. And when everyone's a suspect, it won't be easy. At least Noelle has a grandma who adores her and a boy in the neighborhood who does too-oh, wait, isn't he a suspect also? Noelle's grandma has an unusual gift and Noelle may discover she has a talent of her own.

Two BFFs spying late at night...what could possibly go wrong?Ashley's dad moved out and now she's stuck dealing with her overprotective mother. And, if that wasn't bad enough, her dad's friend appears to now be interested in her mom.Ashley's dad is working undercover, like he's done a million times before, but Ashley can't shake the feeling that he's hiding something. She enlists her best friend, Brianne, to help her spy on him.While out with Brianne, Ashley meets Trent. She falls for him, but soon learns that he, like her father, has something to hide, and it's not long before Brianne and Ashley are spying on Trent, as well. And they don't like what they see.It isn't until Ashley's life is on the line that she gets answers to her questions and in the process learns the ultimate life truth-that things aren't always what they seem.

When her sister runs away after the unexpected death of their father, Alyssa is left alone to tend to their ailing mother. Things start to look a little more hopeful for Alyssa when she meets Dalton. His past is as painful as hers, but together they begin to find healing. Alyssa is stronger than she ever imagined, but she will need Dalton's strength too when they make a devastating discovery.

Once upon a time, there was nothing magical about the life of Haley Elizabeth. When she wasn't procrastinating or hanging out with her best friend Sara, she was making "so-so" grades at Spring Hills Middle School-unlike her brainy, cheerleading, musically talented sister Hannah.But now things have turned around for Haley, since she's made the acquaintance of Ms. Juniper Hagglesworth: a language arts teacher by day, and fairy godmother by night, who is able to get her out of just about any jam.The thing is, Ms. Hagglesworth's magic comes at a pretty serious price-one that Haley may not be able to completely repay. Worse yet, there is someone or something out to get her who seems to have a few magical powers of its own, and that could mean grave danger for Haley and the people she loves most.Can Haley get a grip on this magical mayhem before it's too late? Or will her situation take a strange and surprising turn? Find out in this humorously enchanting new book, specifically geared towards young readers in elementary and middle school grades.

Joe isn't thrilled about a lot of things - being in eighth grade, having an older brother who is the football playing apple of his dad's eye, or having a Van Helsing-obsessed little brother that he gets stuck babysitting way too often.That's probably why he is so intrigued by Cole, a runaway who lives alone...in the cemetery.It's not a coincidence that Cole befriends Joe and misfit, Vidonia Finkle. They will learn that their pasts are connected in a way that will help them save their town, Majestic Hollow, from the monsters who want to invade it!

After seventeen-year-old Scarlett's mom and brother are killed, Scarlett gets stuck living alone with her stepdad--a man she can't stand. Scarlett believes her life is cursed, and she is grateful that she at least has her best friend Ellie to lean on. But lately, even their friendship seems strained. Scarlett is desperate for her life to get better, when one night she meets a mysterious boy, and everything begins to change...

Ronnie is anxious about spending the summer with family she barely remembers. Her expectations are low. She'll babysit her cousin, do odd jobs to earn money for college, and maybe if she's lucky, spend a few hours on the beach. She never thought for a moment she would find herself in an abandoned orphanage, hunting ghosts or tangled up in murder.