Each year, the Round Rock Public Library accepts entries into the Young Author Writing Contest. This book is a collection of 2023 participant' stories and poems.

Amateur sleuth China Bayles finds herself in over her head as she struggles to cope with a crisis in her personal life, the annual chili cookoff, a womanizing judge, and mayhem.

Sheriff Kurt Muller of Aspen, Colorado, a former hippie, investigates the murder of a prominent Argentinian journalist, a case which brings him into conflict with the FBI, ever suspicious of Muller's radical past.

An illustrated book of jokes and riddles organized into chapters with such titles as "Rude Food," "Furry Tales," and "Check-up Chuckles."

How do you proceed when you are betrayed by someone you trusted? Ask Sam. When she discovers someone she had considered a friend is the son of The Crocodile--the criminal mastermind she's tasked with capturing--she has to proceed with caution, not raising suspicion that she knows who he is or what he's done. Evangeline Sampierre may be fierce, intense, independent, and strong, but trying to keep herself from The Crocodile's jaws is going to take everything...

Many years have passed since civilization's brush with apocalypse. The world's greatest threats have all been silenced. There is no anger, no hatred, no war. There is only perfect peace ... and fear. But a terrible secret has been closely guarded for centuries: every single soul walking the earth, though in appearance totally normal, is actually dead, long ago genetically stripped of true humanity. Fleeing pursuit, a young man named Rom stumbles into...

This rhyming picture book is about one of Earth's last undisturbed places. Travel to a far away island shrouded in fog to meet exotic rare creatures. An educational and entertaining journey through richly saturated watercolors. You will learn what photosynthesis is and why this vital ecosystem in Papua New Guinea is so critical to the ecology of our planet. You'll understand why people from across the globe are working to protect this enchanting land...

Four women of three generations wrote, and stored for years, the heartspeak of their lives. This poetry tells of their joys, loves, families, nature, and choices each made. The voices are distinctly personal and reflect their sense of place, age and personality. From Washington D. C. to New York, from Kentucky to south Texas, their thoughts are turned to verses. The writing timespan is broad, stretching from the late 1930's to yesterday. The poems...