Authors:Laura Sanchez, Alex Sanchez,
Publisher: Sunstone Press
Keywords: adobe, home, plans, flexible, houses
Number of Pages: 200
Published: 2001-10
List price: $22.95
ISBN-10: 0865343209
ISBN-13: 9780865343207

ADOBE HOUSES FOR TODAY features 12 plans for compact, beautifully-proportioned adobe homes in modern and traditional styles. Yet the book offers much more. The richly illustrated text shows how the basic houses, designed for today’s smaller families, can be as flexible as a set of building blocks. Intriguing drawings demonstrate how readers can expand and adapt the plans to fit their own budgets, family sizes, style preferences, and building sites. After a brief look at adobe’s rich history, ADOBE HOUSES FOR TODAY surveys adobe’s advantages as a building material. Next, r

Author: Alex Sanchez
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Keywords: boys, rainbow
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2003-05-01
List price: $8.99
ISBN-10: 0689857705
ISBN-13: 9780689857706

Jason Carrillo is a jock with a steady girlfriend, but he can’t stop dreaming about sex...with other guys.Kyle Meeks doesn’t look gay, but he is. And he hopes he never has to tell anyone -- especially his parents.Nelson Glassman is "out" to the entire world, but he can’t tell the boy he loves that he wants to be more than just friends.Three teenage boys, coming of age and out of the closet. In a revealing debut novel that percolates with passion and wit, Alex Sanchez follows these very different high-school seniors as their struggles with sexuality and intolerance draw them i

Author: Alex Sanchez
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
Keywords: bait
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2009-06-09
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 1416937722
ISBN-13: 9781416937722

When a guy in his class looks at him funny, Diego punches him in the face, and ends up on probation. At first he wants nothing to do with his probation officer. But as Diego starts to open up, he begins to realize that Mr. Vidas is the first person in his life who ever really wanted to listen to him. With Vidas’s help, Diego begins to make real progress in controlling his anger. He even opens up enough to tell Vidas about the shark tooth that his stepfather gave him that he uses to cut himself. But only if Diego can find the courage to trust Vidas with the darkest secrets from his past w

Author: Alex Sanchez
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
Keywords: rainbow
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2003-11-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0689854773
ISBN-13: 9780689854774

NELSON GLASSMAN may have been exposed to the HIV virus and is terrified of testing positive...but what if being positive is the only way to keep the guy of his dreams? KYLE MEEKS finally has the guy of his dreams and is ready to do anything to stay by his side...but will "anything" include sabotaging his own future? JASON CARRILLO knows he has to face his future and is prepared to face it out and gay...but is he prepared to let go of the dream that has sustained him all of his life? As their high school days draw to a close and these three friends move toward one of life’s most defin

Author: Alex Sanchez
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
Keywords: boys, rainbow
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2001-10-01
List price: $17.00
ISBN-10: 0689841000
ISBN-13: 9780689841002

Jason Carrillo is a jock with a steady girlfriend, but he can’t stop dreaming about sex...with other guys. Kyle Meeks doesn’t look gay, but he is. And he hopes he never has to tell anyone -- especially his parents. Nelson Glassman is "out" to the entire world, but he can’t tell the boy he loves that he wants to be more than just friends. Three teenage boys, coming of age and out of the closet. In a revealing debut novel that percolates with passion and wit, Alex Sanchez follows these very different high-school seniors as their struggles with sexuality and intoleran

Author: Alex Sanchez
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
Keywords: hard
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2004-09-28
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0689865643
ISBN-13: 9780689865640

Frederick is the shy new boy, and Xio is the bubbly chica who lends him a pen on the first day of class. They become fast friends -- but when Xio decides she wants to be more than friends, Frederick isn’t so sure. He loves hanging out with Xio and her crew, but he doesn’t like her that way. Instead he finds himself thinking more and more about Victor, the captain of the soccer team. But does that mean Frederick’s gay? He hopes not -- he sees how everyone makes fun of Iggy, a boy all the other kids think is gay. Frederick has to deal with some tough choices: Even though he is

Author: Alex Sanchez
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing
Keywords: god
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2009-05-05
List price: $8.99
ISBN-10: 1416909001
ISBN-13: 9781416909002

How could I choose betwen my sexuality and my spirituality, two of themost important parts that made me whole?High school senior Paul has dated Angie since middle school, and they’re good together. They have a lot of the same interests, like singing in their church choir and being active in Bible club. But when Manuel transfers to their school, Paul has to rethink his life. Manuel is the first openly gay teen anyone in their small town has ever met, and yet he says he’s also a committed Christian. Talking to Manuel makes Paul reconsider thoughts he has kept hidden, and listening to