Books written by Dana Reinhardt

  • The Summer I Learned to Fly
    The Summer I Learned to Fly

    “Oh.” Swoozie picked up her needles again and went back at the brown and orange mass of yarn in her lap. “She was too upset to drive. She got a ride to the hospital.” I sat down next to her, suddenly seized by exhaustion.

  • We Are the Goldens
    We Are the Goldens

    Duncan and Parker were always polite and accommodating, though I'm sure there were plenty of people they'd rather have been ... I wouldn't have known how to tell if someone had a drug problem, but rumor has it that Parker's was cocaine.

  • Tell Us Something True
    Tell Us Something True

    “William Parker,” she said. “What on earth are you wearing?” He slung an arm around her shoulder. “Deb, River needs cheering up. And these shorts bring joy to the world.” “If it wouldn't make us late,” I said, “I'd make you take a lap ...

  • The Things a Brother Knows
    The Things a Brother Knows

    I mean, I can't say the Price Chopper had it coming. ... off and wrote us all out of the story of his life, the way his behavior would lead any reasonable person to want to understand more, all I'm saying is: he kind of asked for it.

  • We Are the Goldens
    We Are the Goldens

    Looking forward to joining the older sister she worships at the beginning of high school, Nell is alarmed when her sister begins to withdraw in the wake of a painful secret that compels Nell to break their trust.

  • We are the Goldens
    We are the Goldens

    "Since their parents divorce when they were young, Nell and her sister Layla have been each other's stability and support.

  • Tell Us Something True
    Tell Us Something True

    "After River Dean's girlfriend breaks up with him, he stumbles upon a teen group and unintentionally fakes an addiction"--

  • The Summer I Learned to Fly
    The Summer I Learned to Fly

    Drew's a bit of a loner.

  • How to Build a House
    How to Build a House

    Seventeen-year-old Harper Evans hopes to escape the effects of her father's divorce on her family and friendships by volunteering her summer to build a house in a small Tennessee town devastated by a tornado.

  • Tomorrow There Will Be Sun: A Novel
    Tomorrow There Will Be Sun: A Novel

    “This novel is a ray of light in the canon of vacation lit—in Reinhardt’s hands, paradise gone wrong feels very right.” —People A private Mexican villa is the backdrop to this smart, absorbing story of a milestone vacation in a ...

  • Odessa Again
    Odessa Again

    When nine-year-old Odessa Green-Light stomps out her frustration at being sent to her room after shoving her annoying little brother, one particularly big stomp sends Odessa flying through the floorboards and mysteriously twenty-four hours ...

  • The Summer I Learned to Fly
    The Summer I Learned to Fly

    But when her widowed mother begins dating, Drew turns to her father's copy of "The Book of Lists," her pet rat, and Emmett--a boy on a quest--to help her cope.

  • Harmless
    Harmless

    He had a knife. He attacked us down by the river.It was just a harmless little lie.Anna, Emma and Mariah concoct a story about why they're late getting home one night—a story that will replace their parents' anger withconcern.

  • The Things a Brother Knows
    The Things a Brother Knows

    The story of a young marine’s return from war in the Middle East and the psychological effects it has on his family.

  • The Things a Brother Knows
    The Things a Brother Knows

    Although they have never gotten along well, seventeen-year-old Levi follows his older brother Boaz, an ex-Marine, on a walking trip from Boston to Washington, D.C. in hopes of learning why Boaz is completely withdrawn.

  • We are the Goldens
    We are the Goldens

    "Since their parents divorce when they were young, Nell and her sister Layla have been each other's stability and support.