Jack Weyland
1) Heather 101
When Jason compliments his wife, Heather, on the amazing dinner she made last year for Mother's Day, he gets a response that surprises him—but really shouldn't have. Soon, Jason, his cousin, Cole, and a few other 'clueless' husbands find themselves learning to cook from the Cook-Nazi at the local prison, of all places. After he learns his Mother's Day lesson, Jason is off to his next fiasco. This short story is filled with wonderful life
...2) Lean on Me
What do you get when you take two girls and three guys with great voices and lively personalities and combine them with some good old songs like 'Boardwalk' and 'Stand by Me'? In Rexburg, Idaho, it all adds up to Fast Forward, the a cappella group that features lead singer Amber Whittaker, and the strong, supportive bass, Greg Foster. Best friends Amber and Greg exchange advice on everything best friends can - dating, music, friends, etc. In Jack
...If talent were pizza, you'd be a supreme - with extra cheese and the whole works. In fact, you could measure your talent any way you wanted to and you'd still come up a winner every time. After talking with thousands of young members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jack Weyland has learned a few things about what's on young people's minds. He'd like to share with you what he's learned about: being happy; being yourself; discovering
..."I just wish people would quit treating me like a little kid," Kade said.
"That fact is, to someone my age you are a little kid," Brenda replied. "Look, if you want to know the truth, being sixteen is no picnic either."
Kade Ellis has a problem. Every day he rides to early-morning seminary and high school with Brenda Sloan, the most beautiful girl he has ever seen—but she's two years older than he, and juniors just
...5) PepperTide
"I have a person-to-person collect call for Jimmy Pepper from Hank Pepper. Will you accept the call?" the operator asked.
"You must have the wrong number," I said.
"Jimmy? It's me—Dad. I saw you on Johnny Carson last week. You were so funny—I died laughing."
"Well, nice hearing from you... call again sometime."
Jimmy Pepper doesn't want to think about his father—the man who abandoned him and
...6) A New Dawn
"Dawn, why don't you tell us about yourself," Cody's mother asked.
She told the things she'd invented about Dawn Fields. They seemed willing to accept it, even though, she painfully reminded herself, it was all a lie. She was an imposter in their home.
They trust me, she thought. But I'm not Dawn Fields, and I'm not a member of the Church, and I can't be married to their son in a temple.
Lisa Dawn Salinger—a prize-winning,
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