<div><b>Two best friends are caught in a love triangle with fatal consequences</b>Pauly and Oakley have been best friends since they were kids. When newcomer Lilly moves to their small New England town, both boys fall in love with her immediately. Unbalanced Pauly becomes Lilly&rsquo;s boyfriend, and Oakley becomes the one she confides in&mdash;the one who always puts things right. But a love triangle can&rsquo;t stay peaceful for long, and erratic, obsessive Pauly can&rsquo;t be trusted. How can Oakley keep making things right when things are so very wrong? </div>

Whitechurch

<div><b>In the He-Man Women Haters Club, there are no girls allowed!</b>Convinced that girls don&rsquo;t play by the same rules as guys and are impossible to understand, thirteen-year-old Steven forms a club for &ldquo;He-Men&rdquo; only. Jerome, Wolfgang, and Ling-Ling are the other members: three misfits who have no idea what it really means to be a &ldquo;He-Man.&rdquo; Steven wants to be a &ldquo;Johnny Chesthair&rdquo; just like his bully of a father, and he tries to create the club rules and take charge. But soon the club is out of his control. Girls laugh at him, and his friends won&rsquo;t listen. Does Steven have what it takes to be a &ldquo;He-Man&rdquo;? And what is a &ldquo;He-Man,&rdquo; anyway?       </div>

Johnny Chesthair

<div><b>The He-Man Women Haters Club is about to discover something more terrifying than girls: camping!</b>In this follow-up to <i>Johnny Chesthair</i>, thirteen-year-old Steven has been ousted as the leader of the club he formed for boys only. As the members reorganize under new leader Jerome, Steven&rsquo;s father and uncle decide to take the boys into a real man&rsquo;s world&mdash;a place where men can be men: the deep woods! Now, Steven, Ling-Ling, Wolfgang, and Jerome must deal with eating bugs, a paintball war, and a wild storm. To make it through the weekend, the He-Men will need to man up!</div>

Babes in the Woods

<div><b>The He-Man Women Haters are rocking out in a punk band!</b>With Wolfgang newly installed as their leader, the He-Men recruit club members Scratch and Cecil, and form a garage punk band. In no time at all, Scratch and the Sniffs is born&mdash;the problem is, no one can actually play an instrument. But lack of talent doesn&rsquo;t stop the He-Man Women Haters Club from chasing stardom&mdash;or at least a few bucks!</div>

Scratch and the Sniffs

<div><b>The He-Men must stay strong when one of their members starts talking to the enemy: a girl!</b>One of the He-Man Women Haters blatantly violates the main rule of the club: consorting with the enemy. And this enemy&rsquo;s not just any girl; she&rsquo;s someone&rsquo;s sister&mdash;Ling&rsquo;s sister! When Wolfgang is put on trial for his misdeed, the boys discover it&rsquo;s getting tougher to be feared and respected in their neighborhood, especially with dissent in the ranks.</div>

Ladies' Choice

<div><b>Nothing breaks the heart of a He-Man Women Hater like one of their own joining ranks with the girls!</b>When Wolf forms his own club in a beauty shop with the Girl Scouts as members, the He-Man Women Haters take it as a declaration of war. Then Jerome strays from the group after visiting the beauty shop, and Steven knows he must take action, letting a girl into his club. But soon the He-Men realize they are in over their heads! The final book in the He-Man Women Haters Club series is filled with betrayal, defections, and double agents as Wolf and Steven face off. It&rsquo;s an all-out war, and only the best club will survive.</div>

The Wolf Gang

<div><b>The move to a lovely seaside cottage unravels the McLuckie family&rsquo;s tight spool of emotions</b> The McLuckie family has not been so lucky. After losing two wives, Mr. McLuckie has been left with one child from each love: ten-year-old Walter and fourteen-year-old Sylvia. He decides to move the family to a new home, a ramshackle seaside cottage called the Gravedigger&rsquo;s Cottage, where they can start anew. But soon Mr. McLuckie starts acting strangely, taking a leave of absence from work and becoming obsessed with fixing leaks, stockpiling canned foods, and chasing a mysterious rat. Then, Sylvia and Walter hear the rumor of the Gravedigger&rsquo;s Cottage: the house &ldquo;chooses&rdquo; its occupants. How will the McLuckies get the fresh start they so desperately need?</div>

The Gravedigger's Cottage

<div><B>Earl doesn&rsquo;t want to be a bully. It&rsquo;s not his fault that his body is as big as a football player&rsquo;s!</b>Thirteen-year-old middle-schooler Earl has the body and facial scruff of a man&mdash;and this gets him into trouble. Everyone thinks Earl&rsquo;s a tough guy, but he&rsquo;s just trying to get by. Thinking he knows what&rsquo;s right from wrong&mdash;and using his fists to prove his point&mdash;earns him a week&rsquo;s suspension from school. Earl thinks he&rsquo;ll have a relaxing week, but things soon slip out of his control when his home life starts to fall apart. He may be as big as a grown-up, but Earl will learn that being a man means more than how you look on the outside.</div>

Who the Man

<div><b>Ten stunning short stories explore the dark and light sides of teenage life</b>By turns suspenseful and absorbing, wrenching and poignant, these ten short stories illuminate love, loss, and betrayal: A young man must come to terms with his alcoholic father; a teen girl faces an unexpected pregnancy; and a brother must confront his evil twin. An exploration of sexuality threatens disaster, while a love triangle leaves its biting mark. With these masterful tales, Lynch leaves the reader thinking about his characters long after his stories end.</div>

All the Old Haunts

<div><b>Is being popular really as fun as it seems?</b>After surviving high school orientation camp, Elvin and his two best friends embark on their freshman year at an all-boys school. High school serves up all sorts of hardships: the dreaded rumor mill, dances with the local sister school, and jockeying to be seen with the &ldquo;right&rdquo; type of people. But for overweight Elvin, figuring out who the &ldquo;right&rdquo; people are is almost as confusing as his relationship with food. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Chris Lynch including rare images from the author&rsquo;s personal collection. </div>

Extreme Elvin

<div><b>Baseball-loving seventh grader Richard has hopes of turning himself and the new kid, Napoleon, into the best baseball players Boston has seen since the Gold Dust Twins</b>&ldquo;As long as you have baseball on your side you can overcome anything.&rdquo; Seventh grader Richard Moncreif is convinced baseball will ease newcomer Napoleon Charlie Ellis&rsquo;s transition to life in Boston. Napoleon is unlike anyone he&rsquo;s ever met: poised, well educated, and a cricket player from the Caribbean. Napoleon is one of the few black students at Richard&rsquo;s school, where racism is pervasive. But Richard believes that he and Napoleon can get through any hardship and become the next Gold Dust Twins, just like the famous pair of Red Sox rookies from 1975. After all, Napoleon is a natural athlete, and Richard knows everything anyone could possibly know about baseball. He just needs Napoleon to play along. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Chris Lynch including rare images from the author&rsquo;s personal collection. </div>

Gold Dust

<div><b>Elvin just wants to fit in&mdash;but how can he find his place when he doesn&rsquo;t know what to look for?</b>Elvin Bishop is about to attend a three-week-long high school orientation camp, where each student is &ldquo;slotted&rdquo; or placed on an athletic team. Chubby, fourteen-year-old Elvin knows this is not the place for him. From the start, he&rsquo;s told that some kids get picked on more than others, and to &ldquo;try not to be one of those guys.&rdquo; His friends encourage him to toughen up, to avoid being a geek by acting more confident. The trouble is, Elvin doesn&rsquo;t quite know what kind of guy he is. And what if the kind of guy he is now isn&rsquo;t the kind of guy he&rsquo;ll be in four years? At times laugh-out-loud funny, <i>Slot Machine </i>is a keenly felt story of the push and pull of wanting to belong. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Chris Lynch including rare images from the author&rsquo;s personal collection. </div>

Slot Machine

<div><b>Why is Elvin such a lightning rod for people trying to improve him?</b>For as long as Elvin can remember, it&rsquo;s been just him and his mom, the only blood relative he knows. But out of the blue, his supposedly dead uncle, Alex, shows up. Elvin learns that years ago, Alex stole the money his dad had left to him and his mom&mdash;but now Alex wants to make amends with Elvin. He wants to improve all sorts of things, offering to fix Elvin&rsquo;s hair and get him a gym membership. The problem is, Elvin doesn&rsquo;t think his life needs fixing. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Chris Lynch including rare images from the author&rsquo;s personal collection. </div>

Me, Dead Dad, and Alcatraz

<div><b>Does being loyal make you a hero or a coward?</b>Fifteen-year-old, Irish-American Mick lives in the heavily segregated streets of Boston, where loyalty is paramount and straying from your roots is dangerous. After taking part in a racist attack during a crowded Saint Patrick&rsquo;s Day parade, Mick, who is caught on a TV camera, is considered a hero by his alcoholic older brother and the barflys from his neighborhood pub. But his school becomes a battlefield when Mick becomes the target of every group that has ever wanted to get a fist on him. As Mick becomes more aware of the humanity behind color lines, he realizes that tormenting people for nothing more than the color of their skin is just plain wrong&mdash;but separating himself from his roots will be Mick&rsquo;s biggest fight yet. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Chris Lynch including rare images from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

Mick

<div><b>How can Mick break free from a family that won&rsquo;t let him go?</b>In the second book in the Blue-Eyed Son trilogy, Mick&rsquo;s brutal brother, Terry, prepares for his annual May Day party. But this is no ordinary party&mdash;it&rsquo;s two full days of disgusting pranks and drunken violence. Terry throws the bash to prove that if you aren&rsquo;t in his circle, then you&rsquo;re in his sights. Mick&rsquo;s parents would rather not know what goes on, so they clear out and leave their sons home alone. Mick doesn&rsquo;t want to be there when the mayhem erupts&mdash;but distancing himself from his home and his family will be no easy feat. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Chris Lynch including rare images from the author&rsquo;s personal collection. </div>

Blood Relations

<div><b>After taking refuge in the Sullivan home, Mick crosses over into the dangerous world of dogfighting</b> Something is tearing away at Mick. Despite finding some stability in the comfort of the Sullivan family, and his friendships with Toy, Sully, and Evelyn, he can&rsquo;t seem to escape his roots. Remembering too clearly the bigotry of his old neighborhood and alcoholic older brother, Terry, Mick decides to seek revenge. And what better way to make Terry pay than in a winner-takes-all game of Terry&rsquo;s favorite illegal sport: dogfighting. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Chris Lynch including rare images from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

Dog Eat Dog

<div><b>Three lifelong buddies struggle against the hold of their church leaders</b> &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t let me fall behind&rdquo; is the spoken promise between best friends Drew, Skitz, and Hector. The three teens live in a blurred church-school environment at the mercy of three priests who have an ominous power over them and their families. Together, Drew, Skitz, and Hector can get through the cruelties and power games of Fathers &ldquo;Blarney,&rdquo; &ldquo;Mullarkey,&rdquo; and &ldquo;Shenanigan,&rdquo; as the boys call them. Together, the boys can deal with any issue&mdash;until suspected abuse begins to threaten their bond of friendship. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Chris Lynch including rare images from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

Sins of the Fathers

<div><b>Gordie Foley can&rsquo;t wait to coast through his senior year&mdash;so how did he end up running for mayor?</b>The best girl, the best car, and the best class schedule&mdash;Gordie Foley has it all in his final year of high school. When his beloved grandfather, the former mayor of the town, gives Gordie his trademark Studebaker Gran Tourismo Hawk for his eighteenth birthday, Gordie can&rsquo;t wait to live the most awesome senior year ever. But his grandfather has other plans. Calling the shots from prison, where he has been sent for racketeering, he sets up Gordie to run for town mayor to keep the family name in the news. Now Gordie is heading down the campaign trail&mdash;and this is a ride he can&rsquo;t just coast through. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Chris Lynch including rare images from the author&rsquo;s personal collection.</div>

Chris Lynch

Books By Chris Lynch (18 Books)