Music-loving Azar's vocal cords are broken. So broken, in fact, that talking is excruciating, so she just doesn't. She doesn't answer questions in class, and she avoids every one of her peers besides her middle schooler cousin, Roya. One day, after a particularly stressful altercation in the halls, Azar scampers off to the janitor's closet to relieve stress in the way she always does: by playing music. Things go sideways, however, when her drumming destroys a thousand dollar's worth of cleaning supplies.
Edward the egg loved his family's famous secret recipe for "yummy to the tummy" cheese biscuits! Since he can now cook, he takes a trip to the grocery store to purchase the ingredients. Edward is scared that someone at the grocery store will mistake him for an egg they can cook, so he decides to go there in the early morning when fewer shoppers will be there. Once he gets to the grocery store, he meets an old lady named Sally. He notices that Sally is having trouble reaching the biscuits, so he helps her reach them.
Beau Devereaux is a teenage psychopath who struggles to maintain a respectable image. His dad is a well-known business owner, and Beau is expected to take over the family business one day. Beau is quarterback of the school football team and has a reputation of being a good sport. However, Beau has dark demons struggling to come out. The river, a place where Beau and his buddies like to party, is the only place where Beau's demons come out to play. The river has an Abbey where Beau can inflict pain on others in private, and with a well know rich family, there is no one to stop him.
Marvin, Tori, and Noah don't want to be on their 7th-grade class trip to Raven Island Prison. Tori would rather be on the field with her teammates playing soccer, Marvin wants to be at a film festival, and Noah would rather just be at home than in that creepy prison. The three are paired to be buddies for the field trip and slowly start to build a friendship. However, when they sneak away from the rest of the group into the woods, they notice something very strange: ghosts. They know something very creepy is going on and rush back to find their school group.
After watching her parents’ relationship fall apart, Beth is determined to keep her five friends together no matter what. Nothing will separate them, not even college. But when tragedy strikes and one of her friends, Jason, almost dies, she realizes that she might not be holding on tight enough, or worse, she might not be enough. But a few weeks later, everyone else seems to want to forget that anything happened, and they are even considering attending different colleges! Beth can’t understand. Don’t they feel the crushing weight of keeping Jason alive?
Rory is thrilled to finally be a senior in high school. She’s the captain of the girls' soccer team and is coaching a middle school team. She and her friends are looking forward to all the benefits coming with senior year including the winter and spring dances. But on the first day of school, her world is tipped upside down when Cole Fielding walks through the school doors. A “bad boy,” Cole has a tough, rough around the edges look, not to mention his “I don’t care” attitude.
The Outside Intervention by Andrew Orange is set in a new world order world where there are no countries. There is a Leader over the whole world population while the world's population is divided into segments or castes. The Vors are the ruling class while the simples live to serve the whims of the Vors. But the Vors are actually not the highest in society. The "outs" are higher and have the special ability to read peoples' emotions and even manipulate them. Most of the "outs" are entirely self-serving, self-righteous, and self-absorbed. Except Keir.
Riley Callahan has always wanted to turn into a werewolf. Because Riley comes from a family of wolf magic, every kid turns into a wolf on the first full moon of summer between the ages of 9-12. Riley has always been eagerly waiting, but to her disappointment, at 12-years-old she still had not turned despite many of her friends (and her best friend Stacey) having already transitioned. However, since Riley is now 12, she knows she has to transition this year! Nothing can bring her down, even the possibility of transitioning the same year as her 9-year-old younger brother Milo.
Eleven-year-old Barclay Throne does not like adventure. Instead, he likes to follow the rules especially since he already sticks out in town. He was orphaned just seven years ago when a beast attacked Dullshire, the town he lives in. Luckily, Barclay was able to secure an apprenticeship with Master Pilzman, the mushroom farmer in town. Things are starting to look up for Barclay until Master Pilzman accepts a second apprentice, eight-year-old Selby. Selby is annoying, lazy, and hates mushrooms. Plus, unlike Barclay, Selby has a family waiting for him at home.
The Little Pink Book by Zahra Jons is an engrossing read about the troubles girls face during high school. It follows the main character Amelia (or Melle, as her friends call her) through her high school. In Amelia's school, there is a group of five girls called "THE FIVE". These girls are seemingly perfect in every way; their skin is flawless, hair is silky, and none of them seem to ever gain weight. One day at school, Amelia stumbles upon one of THE FIVE's diaries. But this isn't a regular diary; no, it's a magic diary.
