Lynn Barnes: 31 books

Author Lynn Barnes admits shes known all along that shed been a little different in ways she cant explain. In her memoir, The Last Exit before the Toll, she examines her life and tries to make sense of who and what she is and how her being affects her existence. She reflects on growing up as...

Seventeen-year-old Cassie Hobbes has a gift for profiling people. Her talent has landed her a spot in an elite FBI program for teens with innate crime-solving abilities, and into some harrowing situations. After barely escaping a confrontation with an unbalanced killer obsessed with her mother's murder,...

Set in the gentrified south among debutante balls, grand estates and rolling green hills, Little White Lies combines the charm of a fully-realized setting, a classic fish-out-of-water story, and the sort of layered mystery only author Jennifer Lynn Barnes can pull off. When Sawyer Taft agrees to move...

***The story of shweshwe***is about a type of cotton cloth featuring coloured dyes and printed patterns. The book provides a simple introduction to the product, including what it is, some details of its history in South Africa, and how it is made. Short, simple chapters take the reader through the...

The story of paper is a simple introduction to paper, explaining where it comes from and how it is made. Short, simple chapters describe trees and different types of wood and take the reader through the process of making paper, from planting trees to the finished product. The book includes sections...

***The story of rooibos tea***is about a special kind of tea produced in South Africa. The book provides a simple introduction to the product, including details of its history, how it grows and how it is made. Short, simple chapters take the reader through the process, from the bushes growing in the...

Tess Kendrick, teen fixer extraordinaire, makes her debut in a pulse-pounding thriller about a deadly conspiracy at the heart of Washington that's Scandal meets Veronica Mars. When sixteen-year-old Tess Kendrick is sent to stay with her older sister, she has no idea that the famed Ivy Kendrick...

Includes 3 brand new essays on Gale, the Games, and Mockingjay! **Already read the first edition of The Girl Who Was on Fire? Look for The Girl Who Was on Fire - Booster Pack to get just the three new essays and the extra movie content.** Katniss Everdeen’s adventures may have come...

The Kendricks help make the problems of the Washington elite disappear. . . . but some secrets won't stay buried. For Tess Kendrick, a junior at the elite Hardwicke School in Washington D.C., fixing runs in the family. But Tess has another legacy, too, one that involves power and the making...

Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading people. Piecing together the tiniest details, she can tell you who you are and what you want. But, it's not a skill that she's ever taken seriously. That is, until the FBI come knocking: they've begun a classified program that uses exceptional teenagers...

"Think of the White Gloves like the Junior League—by way of Skull and Bones…" Reluctant debutante Sawyer Taft joined Southern high society for one reason and one reason alone: to identify and locate her biological father. But the answers Sawyer found during her debutante year only left...

The story of potjiekos is about a popular South African speciality food usually cooked in a cast iron pot over an open fire. The book provides a simple introduction to potjiekos, including what it is, a little about its history and how to make it. It also provides a recipe and step-by step instructions...

The story of biltong is about a type of spiced, dried meat produced in South Africa. The book provides a simple introduction to the product, including what it is, some details of its history in South Africa, and how it is made. It also describes why people made biltong in the past and how they did...

The story of feather dusters is a simple introduction to feather dusters and how they are made using ostrich feathers. South Africa is one of the only places in the world where there are ostrich farms that produce feathers specially for making feather dusters. The book’s short, simple chapters give...