Kate Jarvik Birch Books in Order

Wynne expects to be selected to bear children for the controlling Union, but her friend Odessa receives the coveted role instead. Working with newborns, Wynne recognizes the system's cruelty and must choose between obedience and trying to save her friend.

Genetically engineered Ella is sold as a human pet to a congressman's family, trained to be graceful and obedient. His son Penn sees her as a person, and their forbidden attraction awakens desires for freedom that her owners cannot tolerate.

Ella has escaped to Canada, but other human pets face violence and she remains separated from Penn. Entering a dangerous black market under an assumed role, she tries to rescue him and expose the breeding program that created her.

Legal reform has failed to secure freedom for Ella and other former human pets. With Penn and a small rebel group, she challenges NuPet's hidden extermination plans, but accusations of bombings and a web of blackmail threaten everyone she loves.

Beginning painters learn to use opaque gouache through step-by-step projects depicting food, household objects, landscapes, and flowers. Guidance on supplies, color mixing, transparency, reflections, and fine details helps them build the techniques needed to make everyday subjects look realistic.