Joseph, Taylor
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Taylor Joseph
Taylor Joseph is a fifteen-year-old girl who lives in Southeastern Michigan. She is a sophomore in high school and loves writing, which is shown through her inspirational novel The Crossing. Besides writing, she enjoys martial arts, soccer, and basketball.
At age thirteen, she had an idea to write a book about illegal immigration and began writing. After a year of writing and many days of research, she finally completed her novel. She is just an average fifteen-year-old girl with a passion for writing.
Her favorite sport to watch is hockey, and she loves to attend games whenever possible. She likes to spend time with her family and friends and loves animals, especially her exceptionally talented dog Tanner.
Joseph is the author of the nationally released novels The Crossing, Allison Investigates, and For Love or Honor. Her latest work, Breaking Point, bridges the gap between young adult and mainstream fiction.
Allison Martin has two big problems: she has an overly active imagination and she can't stay out of other people's business. Her lifelong goal is to become a detective, and when her neighbor's car is stolen, she seizes the moment. After snooping around, Allison and her friends discover a simple clue that the police somehow overlook. Suddenly they are thrust into the intriguing, close-knit skateboarder subculture that could hold the key to their mystery.
Before they know it, they find themselves neck deep in a group of car thieves connected to organized crime. With nowhere to turn, they are forced to make a tough decision—whether to stand up to the car thieves and jeopardize their families' safety or to look the other way and give up on Allison's longtime dream.
Allison Investigates is a fast-paced adventure that takes the reader deep into the urban underworld, as Allison and her friends make the jump from teens to young adults in the most memorable summer of their lives.
Jim Rankin has been pushed around by the world his entire life. He endures injustice and humiliation, and whenever he tries to stand up for himself, it just seems to make things worse. Finally, a confrontation at work pushes him past his breaking point. He vows to change his ways and his life. In the process, he plans to get revenge for everything he suffered in the past.
And then... he dies, leaving a five million dollar insurance policy. Suddenly, relatives and associates are crawling out of the woodwork like roaches to vie for their share of the windfall. Only eccentric investigator Wendell Cane has any interest in determining Jim's actual cause of death.
Soon deception, lust, and greed push everyone involved to their own breaking point. Who will succeed in claiming the insurance money? And just how far will they go for the ultimate payout?
In a time long ago, when honor meant more than life itself, the most powerful king in the world had everything, but he didn't have the one thing he desired most: peace in his land. His country had been at war with its neighboring nations for more than a hundred years. Despite his ongoing efforts to promote peace, King Cornelius comes to the unwelcome realization that a traitor wants nothing more than to see him dead and his kingdom destroyed.
King Cornelius's world is torn apart when his beautiful wife dies giving birth to his third son. The great king holds his son responsible for his true love's death and refuses to have a relationship with him, pushing him off on a loyal mentor. The mentor soon realizes that young Prince Phillip is a remarkable child and vows to give him the best upbringing possible.
Years later, when King Cornelius's older two sons are killed in battle, the king is forced by circumstances to try to build a relationship with Prince Phillip, while the country descends further into turmoil and intrigue swirls around them. The young prince, rapidly becoming a man, is driven to learn the truth about his brothers' deaths and the forces conspiring against his father.
But when Phillip falls in love with a forbidden peasant girl, his fragile relationship with his father reaches its breaking point. The prince is faced with the terrible choice of forsaking his honor to marry his one true love, or forsaking his love to placate his father and claim the throne.
For Love or Honor is a classic story about good and evil, the consequences of lusting after power and riches, and whether love can triumph over all obstacles.
Twelve-year-old Maria Perez is living in poverty in rural Monterrey, Mexico. Her father died ten years ago, leaving Maria and her mother, Anita, to fend for themselves. There are few jobs in the area, but Anita has done everything she could to ensure their meager survival.
Things are getting worse, and one day Anita is faced with a terrible choice. She makes a desperate attempt to break the never-ending cycle of poverty, with disastrous results. Maria's life is turned upside down when she is separated from her mother.
With no one to turn to for help, Maria must learn to rely on herself when everything seems completely hopeless. She develops courage and perseverance in the face of constantly changing circumstances, in hopes of being reunited with Anita.
But when, with their old life swept away, what must they do next? How can they build a future for themselves--and where? Does a better life exist somewhere across the border between Mexico and the United States? Is the agonizing risk of an illegal border crossing the price of the stable home and security that Maria craves?
The Crossing is a touching, emotional story of one girl's strength and determination for survival, freedom, and a better life.