Chris is a struggling writer whose marriage is strained and who doesn't have a great relationship with his eleven year old son, David. He finds and gives David a book, one that he had read as a child, for his birthday, but it's not the book David had wanted. Chris begins reading the book to his son each night before bed, and delights in the fact that David becomes very interested in it, but then the seizures begin. A bit drawn out, but overall a good book.

Coralie Sardie is a sheltered young girl growing up in a freak show which her father owns and runs. Eventually her path crosses with Eddie Cohen's, a Russian immigrant and a photographer.

A few cute sarcastic things in there..  

Read about the lives of some ruthless robbers, devious drug barons, ingenious escape artists, unflappable fraudsters, cold-blooded killers, maverick mobsters, audacious outlaws, covert spies, and terrorist masterminds.

Fourteen year old Lily is isolated on the Georgia farm where she lives with her father who physically and emotionally abuses her. Lily's mother was killed when she was a small child, and all she has left of her is an image of a Black Madonna with the words "Tiburon, South Carolina" written on the back. Lily accompanies their housekeeper into town which leads to them running away from home and finding Tiburon, South Carolina. There they stay with bee keeping sisters who help Lily in her quest to find out more about her mother.