Draw the Dark by Ilsa J. Bick was a very thought provoking book. It centers around a strange 17 year old boy named Christian Cage. He lives with his uncle in the tiny town of Winter, Wisconsin after losing both his parents and aunt in strange accidents. Christian loves to draw more than anything and he seems to enter another world when he begins to draw. He blocks out the world around him and just draws. Christian mostly draws his mother and her eyes. He believes that she lives in a place that he calls, "the sideways place" and that he must draw her out.
Never Eighteen by Megan Bostic is about a young boy named Austin Parks. He received news in the ninth grade that he had cancer. He took the chemo but it was stubborn and progressed to the point where Austin will not see his eighteenth birthday. He goes on a journey one weekend with his best friend, a girl named Kaylee. He then back tracks through his life fixing problems and bringing joy and hope back to many people, whos lives he has touched along his life.
The Silence of Murder A young girl named Hope Long is on a mission to prove her older brother, Jeremy, is innocent of murder. Hope still believes Jeremy didn't kill Coach John Johnson, even though many witnesses saw him flee the scene with a bloody murder weapon in hand. Jeremy is a little odd. He hasn't spoken in many years and collects empty jars as a hobby. The town of Grain is starting to notice, Jeremy doesn't quite fit in.
