The year of Luminous Love is about three teen-aged girls. Ciana, a cowgirl with her home at stake and a cowboy she can't be with. Arie, a girl who has suffered from cancer her whole life and then there's Eden. A daughter of a mental mom, she also has a boyfriend named Tony who becomes controlling and overprotective. Eden becomes frightened by him and needs to escape. So, when Ciana inherits money from her grandma's will, she decides to use it to get herself and her friends a trip to Italy and Eden sees her chance to escape her crazy boyfriend, Tony.
All American Boys is a book about two boys - one white, one black and the adventure they both go on. Rashad is the black boy and Quinn is the white and they both attend ROTC and play on the school’s basketball team. The story starts on a Friday night as the boys head out with their separate groups to go partying. Rashad stops to get chips before meeting his boys at the party and one incident later he’s beaten by a white cop and put into the hospital. Quinn sees the whole thing go down and knows the cop, Paul Gulluzo, who beats the boy.
Arrows Over Agincourt takes place in the early 1400s starting in England, though the majority of the book takes place in France. King Henry V leads his army across the English Channel to reclaim his land in France.
This historical fiction is depicted through the eyes of a young man who lives in a small village not far outside of London. He and his friend desire the spoils of war so they can return to their village and marry their sweethearts.
Tressa and Luke are in love. They have been best friends for an extremely long time. However, only one of them is alive, and that person is Tressa. Luke was Tressa's only friend. With a mother who always ran away all over the country with Tressa by her side, it was hard to make friends or keep them. But Luke always remained her friend, even after Tressa and her mom were gone for years. While they were dating, none of their family members approved of their relationship, because Tressa and Luke are actually step-siblings.
The book Lies in the Dust is a graphic novel about the Salem Witch Trials and a young woman named Ann Putnam. Ann Putnam gives us her insight on how the Salem Witch Trials came about and her participation in the multiple deaths of innocent people, with the aid of her sister, mother and father. Ann and her sister are being controlled by fear so they go along with her parent's plan to falsely accuse and hang the women and men of the town. By doing this, her parents believe they gain power over the little pitiful village but they only gain disrespect and fear.
An autobiographical graphic novel by Liz Prince, "Tomboy" provides readers with an insightful view into an individual's experiences, struggles, and revelations with identity and gender through simple cartoons and conversational writing.
In Gaby and the Best Middle School Self-Defense Book Ever, you will read about how Gaby and Lily become close friends as they write a book together for a school assignment. Their book gives advice on how to handle the many problems middle schoolers face today. Through real-life experiences, such as bullying, feeling left out, and the struggles of making new friends, they stick together through it all. Their book becomes a great resource for others. Middle school just might not be as hard as it seems…
This book is about a girl named April. She fell in love with a boy named Matt. She has some hard decisions to make about friends, family, and Matt. She is not sure what to do this summer. Does she go to camp, stay home, or hang out with Matt? She is headover heels for Matt but he is confusing April. She is not sure how he feels. He acts as if he has mixed emotions. She feels like he is not that into her at times but at other times she feels like he is crazy about her. What is a girl to do?
In Disneylanders, Acacia "Casey" Allison is about to start highschool. She and her family always go on an annual Disneyland summer vacation trip with her best friend. Yet, things are already different during this vacation, since Casey's ex-best friend isn't coming. After losing her best friend, Casey suspects this will be the worst summer ever, until she meets the cute boy at the park. Could this mysterious boy make her summer worth the while? Or is this the end of Casey's perfect summer vacations?
In this suspenseful novel, Damien, AKA Renegade X, is the son of his famous hero father, and a villainous mother. As his powers develop, Damien decides that he wants to become a hero, and starts training at Heroesworth, a school for up and coming heroes. But because he is half villain, he starts to get punished for things not altogether wrong. Given the choice to continue at Heroesworth and become a League member, Damien must choose if this is the path he wants, or if he wants to join the Truth, his grandfather's association for villain rights.
