Nick Walther

In this riveting story about baseball and brotherhood, a boy from the wrong side of the tracks finds himself pitching his way out of poverty--one strike at a time. By "a premier author of provocative YA sports novels" (The Bulletin). Lazarus "Laz" Weathers has always been shy, and his issue with stuttering when he speaks hasn't helped. Stuck in a Seattle trailer park, Laz finds baseball helps him escape from the world of poverty and drugs. When...

A journey into Minecraft's past reunites Gameknight999 with old enemies. Trapped one hundred years in Minecraft's past, Gameknight999 struggles to keep his real identity a secret from the villagers of long ago, all while preparing them for battle. Herobrine's forces are getting closer every day, advancing across the Overworld and leaving a path of destruction in their wake. Furious at Gameknight's unexpected meddling, the evil virus takes revenge,...

When Mari and her stepsister Sierra share a ride to a music festival with two brothers, T.J. and Tyler, Mari and T.J. are instantly attracted to each other, but Mari is only in Chicago for a weekend with her father's new family, and eventually she will have to return to her increasingly abusive mother--unless she can overcome her reservations about dating and maybe arrange to stay in Chicago permanently. Mari doesn't believe in dating-- it can only...

New York Times best-selling author. Attention Minecraft players: Take an adventure right into the game you love! Can Gameknight999 survive a Minecraft journey 100 years into the past? This adventure series is created especially for those who love the fight of good vs. evil, magical academies like Hogwarts in the Harry Potter saga, and games like Minecraft, Terraria, and Pokémon GO. A freak thunderstorm strikes just as Gameknight999 is activating...

New York Times Bestselling Author! The world of Minecraft comes to life in this thrilling original adventure! Gameknight999 reenters Minecraft to find it completely changed. There are new monsters that he's never seen before: giants and skeleton druids and pinch beetles and king spiders and mistwolves. Villages are larger than ever, and more heavily fortified, Minecraft had become much more dangerous. Even the very trees had changed, with some of...

Eighteen-year-old Travis Hollister is always the stranger who comes to town. As a twelve-year-old escaping a disordered and unhappy home, Travis left the Midwest to spend a summer with his grandparents in the Deep South. There he met Delia, the love of his life, who, tragically, was beyond his reach for two reasons-she was his aunt and she was sixteen years old. That summer made Travis guilty of crimes discovered and undiscovered. For his public...

Schools out for Summer!Time to hit the California beach for a Bleu Streak Tour with new band mate Will Bleu!While the typical shenanigans continue on as usual, lead guitarist and prankster, Maxim King finds himself on an abandoning ride of self-doubt. Can the charismatic musician figure out an exit before completely abandoning the life he worked so hard for, as well as losing the love of an exceptional woman?"If chemistry were enough to fix my stupidity…...

With her oldest son taking a gap year in Europe, her aging father losing his sight and his memory, and her husband of twenty years announcing that he's leaving her, Abbie Bartholomew Jowett is surrounded by overwhelming loss. Desperate to mend her marriage and herself, she follows her son, Bobby, to walk the famed Camino pilgrimage. During their journey they encounter Rasa, an Iranian woman working in secret helping other refugees, and Caroline,...

Inspired by true stories, The Long March Home is a gripping coming-of-age tale of friendship, sacrifice, and the power of unrelenting hope. Jimmy Propfield joined the army for two reasons: to get out of Mobile, Alabama, with his best friends Hank and Billy and to forget his high school sweetheart, Claire. Life in the Philippines seems like paradise-until the morning of December 8, 1941, when news comes from Manila: Imperial Japan has bombed Pearl...

An eighteen-year-old leaves his home in Philadelphia to get away from a drug-addicted mother and her abusive partner, as well as to track down the man he thought was his deadbeat dad. His bus trip across the country and adventures in San Francisco bring answers and unexpected discoveries for him-a young woman and fresh insights about his parents.