Ash Tennant's life is going nowhere fast; after his dad departs for New York, Ash's abusive, druggie mother, Rhonda, hauls him off to Bristol, away from his friends, school, and grandmother. Soon after enrolling in his new school, Ash becomes the favorite target of Lee and Lucas Jessop, a dynamic duo of beatings and torment. But when Ash signs up for the Facebook-supported game "Avenger," a mysterious spirit dubbed "Big Brother" begins slaughtering his enemies, one by one.
Percival Adler is an ordinary boy who gets bullied because he is skinny, small, and an easy target. One day he is running away from three bullies Huey, Dewey, and Louie. He runs into the forest, and finds a door in the middle of it. He has to make a choice, should he go through the mysterious door or should he get pummeled. The door leads him, his friends, and his sister to an adventure with knights, samurai, pharaohs, and kings. The fate of the world is in their hands.
"The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf" by Ambelin Kwaymullina is set 300 years in the future. The old world has been destroyed, and a new world has been formed. There are people who have special abilities. People with abilities, illegals, are believed to be dangerous and are locked in a detention center. Ashala Wolf is an illegal. She is the leader of The Tribe, a group of teenagers all of whom ran away to avoid being detained. When Ashala is betrayed by Justin, a new Tribe member, as well as an undercover enforcer, her whole world comes crashing down.
On planet Zolei your sixteenth birthday is feared. Will you be marked? As their only hope of survival, a group of marked teens race across the land in a desperate search for a hidden training camp. Will they make it with their enemies in close pursuit?
Abby is trying to look like an ordinary girl on the outside, but she can't hide it from herself on the inside. Talking isn't always easy, and now she gets visions too... way creepy. It all becomes a race to save her new friend's life, David. He just moved there, and she already has to save him and explain how she knew. Next she gets more visions of someone...a secret group. Does it have anything to do with someone she knew?
"If You Find Me" is a book about two girls who live in the woods. Carey, fourteen and Jenessa, six have both had to fend for themselves. Their mother kidnapped Carey when she was young and has been negligent ever since. The story follows them as their mother sends for help and then leaves without a trace. Carey's father comes to take her home, but Carey's mother has been telling her about her "evil" father. Soon Carey learns the truth about her family and what really happened the night that she was taken from her home.
A girl finds her fathers friend is living with them now and comes to find out her life isn't exactly what she thought it was. She must learn to accept her new life and those around her.
Edna In the Desert by Maddy Lederman is a riviting novel about a young girl and her summer banishment to her grandparent's house. In fact, their house just so happens to be in the desert, or as Edna likes to say, the middle of nowhere. When her parents abandon her with her grandparents who live just outside the small ghost town of Desert Palms, Edna makes a horrid mistake that will alter her entire summer. She decides to run off into the desert and die. Little does she know that dying in the desert isn't quite what they make it seem like in the movies.
Becca, an average teenager, never thought she would have to wield a sword. But after her little brother Timmy is abducted, she has no choice. Throughout her journey, Becca begins to discover that she can do things she never thought she could do. With the help of Master Miyamoto, her newfound friend Mike, and a seemingly nerdy boy name Joey, she must journey into the Shadow Realm and take back what is rightfully hers. Read "Jade Dreams" to learn how Becca embarks on a perilous journey of self discovery and adventure.
Vinnie is a self-proclaimed misfit who asks "Why don't I ever fit in anywhere?" His search for the answer takes him across the country from New York to California. Vinnie hopes that the communal feeling that dropping acid and other drugs brings will help him connect with other people. Through the thick haze of a drug-induced stupor, Vinnie experiences many 'firsts' that expose his faults and true inner thoughts. In the end, it is up to him as to whether he wants to walk down the honest road of rehab, getting help and answers.
