Like most sixteen year old girls, all Ashley Asher wants is to live a normal life. However, that privilege was taken from her years ago when her stepfather sexually abused her. She now lives in Texas with her father, away from her abuser and neglectful mother.
JoJo has been best friends with Sam since she was five. Sam has always been different than other boys; he was never rude to girls and he never seemed interested in girls' bodies like the other boys, until he starts changing and going through puberty. When JoJo sees the bruises on Sam's back she realizes she needs to get Sam out of his house with his abusive step-father. Sam won't leave his mom and his step-sister, though. As this is going on, Sam and JoJo grow into something even more than friends and it scares JoJo more than she'd like.
The Kill Order takes place before the rest of the Maze Runner series: before WICKED was formed, before the maze was built. Mark and Trina were there when the disease broke out and they survived. Mark and Trina soon discover that the disease is mutating into something worse, and they’re determined to figure out how to save the life of those who are left, but first they have to keep themselves alive.
Everything changes in Silesia when Sahara’s prison ship crash lands, leaving her as its only survivor. She is found and saved by Jared, who brings her to his city. Having a tragic past, Sahara has a difficult time becoming part of life in Albadir, connecting only with Jared, whose past is equally torn. Together they share a connection that neither of them understands, but is the only thing that allows them to survive as they battle against the power-hungry Dragon Lords bent on their destruction.
Liesl Shurtliff takes one of the most loved fairy tale characters, LIttle Red Riding Hood, and makes her into a heroine that goes simply by the name Red.
The story follows Red and her friend Goldie (Yes, that is based on the character Goldilocks) on a quest to find a magic that will save Red's sick Granny. There are references to many events in the traditional fairy tale, but they are told in a way that makes the stories seem entirely new.
Jessie Holmes’ entire world has flipped upside down. Things have never been the same between Jessie and her dad since her mother died six years ago, but never did she imagine ending up where they are today. Her father has remarried a rich woman in Los Angeles, where Jessie and her dad move to at the start of her junior year of high school. Here, Jessie attends Wood Valley High School, a prestigious, expensive school where everybody seems to be spoiled brats. Despite these circumstances, Jessie still manages to make friends- and enemies too.
This book follows Brooke, a 16 year old Floridian who, throughout the book, becomes involved in various familial and friendship struggles. It begins with Brooke and her friends attempting to secretly help another friend see her boyfriend, whom her parents disapprove. This ends up backfiring and getting all of them into trouble, foreshadowing another similar event that will take place later in the book.
Autumn is the victim of a cyber prank gone viral. This prank forced her to transfer to a new school where she decides to reinvent herself for her sophomore year. New school new Autumn, so she thinks. She tried to become an outgoing popular girl but she can't escape her old habits that made her quiet and shy. When she learns her best friend, Sophie Rose, is transfering to her new school she gets excited, until Sophie actually comes and she's not Autumn's best friend anymore.
Andie is the daughter of a congressman who got caught in some scandals that ended his career. Andie, who has been basically raising herself and planning her own future, has fallen into ruins after the scandals. Now she has to work, walking a bunch of dogs, and her life will never be the same again. Her plans have been forced to change. Read The Unexpected Everything to find out how Andie is going to take her life and try to put it back together.
