For years, Michelle "Mitch" Mitchell has left her son at a boarding school while she earns a living, diving off of oil rigs in the Gulf Coast. When her father dies, Mitch inherits a restaurant along the shore of Lake Huron. She decides it is time for mother and son to have the relationship they never had, so she brings eleven year old Corey to the Michigan Upper Peninsula to live with her.

Their relationship is,at first, very strained to say the least. In a desperate attempt to reach her son, Mitch takes him on a camping trip. While on the road, she starts to wonder about her own parents, especially her deceased mother. Tracking her mother's path leads to a series of perilous encounters with several dangerous groups of people and canines. However, what's a mother to do except protect her cub even as she tries to reach out to him.

A DANCE IN DEEP WATER is the third entry in the well written "Mitch" series. However, although thee novel is good,it's not quite as enjoyable as the previosu two tales (ICEWATER MANSIONS and BLACK WATER). Mitch remains an endearing character and the story line is loaded with soul searching adventure. What undermines the book a bit is that the support cast, including Cory, come across as caricatures of stereotypes rather than characters. Still, Doug Allyn is able to overcome that with a brilliant plot and the marvelous Mitch.

Harriet Klausner

This is a "MUST READ" for anyone involved in ministry to people with disabilities. Not only is it a MUST READ, it's a "MUST HAVE" for your personal library: while you're at it, get a copy FOR YOUR CHURCH LIBRARY.

While book browsing I picked this one up and could not place it back on the shelf. I read Day Dreams five years ago and have recommend it to every avid who-done-it thriller reader I could. From the very first page you are hooked and transformed into a constant page turning automaton. The caracters seemed so real in your mind. I would read this one again

Mitchel Gant, the harried but heroic aviator of Craig Thomas' cold war techno-thrillers "Firefox" "Firefox Down!" and "Winterhawk" is back. While Gant, like the technothriller genre, seem out-of-place in the 1990's, author Craig Thomas knows well enough not to try stretching outdated ideas. Where once he faced sinister Russians and high-tech fighter planes, Gant is now on the run from Aero UK, a consortium of evil MBA's who succeed by literally crashing the competition. No longer with the CIA, Gant now investigates crashes for the FAA, poring over the ruins of airliners nowhere near as exotic as the Firefox. While investigating the crash of an Aero UK competitor, Gant is pulled into a web of corporate deceit not unlike the power-plays of the cold war, and easily as deadly. With billions at stake, Aero UK will stop at nothing to prevent Gant from revealing its role in the saboutage. Though corporations replace the KGB and the Vance 494 airliner seems a far cry from the MiG-31, Thomas pulls it off, producing a gripping novel, with his trademark prose, terse and fast paced lines written as if the author was in the middle of Tae Bo. Thomas' detailing of Gant's first flight in the Vance jet conveys the gravity and fluidity of flight in ways no author-pilot has been willing or able to approach. Still, "War" is not quite up to the earlier Thomas epics. Its fast pace only highlights how slim a book it is and Thomas doesn't give "War" the wide scope of say "Winterhawk". There is no superweapon slowly bearing down on millions, no seemingly unreachable border, nothing to really convey tension. And there isn't enough of Gant. The nominal hero, Gant is only one of several players, one whom Thomas seems almost reluctant to bring out. "A Different War" is only one of Thomas' latest attempts to say goodbye to the kinds of books he wrote in the 1980's. I just wish he wasn't so eager to do so.

Digital Places presented an ideas of an idealistic world, where 'computers' can be integrated into human's life. The Author proposed many interesting ideas of how our society (cities) can be 'connected' with a ever-changing technology. He also comments on human evolution to be 'connect' with the 'digital' world. This will require great length of dedication and effort from both the government and the private sector. Overall, this book reflect very interesting points where our society can be 'wired' and enhance our life. In the last chapter, the author also present a very intersting and helpful '7 Actions' to lead us to the new height in the 'digital world'. Maybe?, this is the genesis of our 'Brave New World'.

This book is beautifully illustrated capturing the attention of both my 8 year and my teenager. The advanture of this little dragon and his companion is fanciful and delightful. The characters are sweet and interesting. A lesson is learned in the writing this book and it is easily written for those 4 - 8 year of age to understand and possible read themselves.

We have already purchased Vol. 2 of this whimsical series. We hope Jackie French Koller continues this wonderful adventure and we look forward to Vol. 3. If you want to read a fun and interesting story to your child this is the book for you.

Jenny Powers became my friend quickly. I cared about what happened to her. The people, events, and vocabulary are realistic enough to make one make at least a few emergency plans! The book has lots of action and covers a very scary subject, but it tells teens that whatever happens, there will be someone who knows what to do and their help will be needed to do it.

I read this book after reading another by the author as I liked him so much and I was not dissapointed! The book provides detailed, fasinating accounts of people with eccentric hobbies that they have devoted their lives to. For example, Mrs Elizabeth Wells Gallup, the baconian cipherer. A great read. enjoy.

This book is a collection of all different kinds of poems. Everything from the meaning of life "Roses" to the meaning of a rainbow "A Color of the Rainbow" to the end of life "My Death". If you are into to poetry or if you kinda think you could give it a whirl this is a great book to buy and read for yourself. Some of these poems make you catch your breath and other make you feel so good inside that you have to write one yourself. Their are of course better books of poetry out there but this is great for beginners and for old pro's to see some the amateur talent out there. The only bad thing, why I put 4 stars instead of 5, is that there are a lot of poems. I will keep you reading for hours, which can be a good thing if you like doing that kind of thing.