A forceful historical fiction story, Come August, Come Freedom by Gigi Amateau chronicles the life of Gabriel, a black slave born in 1776. Gabriel is taught to read and write at an early age with his master's son and he works in the fields with his family. By his teenage years, he is already impressively strong and eloquent. His master sends Gabriel to become a blacksmith in Richmond, Virginia where whispers of revolution are heard from everyone. Toussaint, the general that emancipated the island of Saint Domingue, now Haiti, inspires Gabriel to start a revolution.
Deadly Delicious is about a girl, Josephine, who everybody thinks will not have powerful conjure (a trait girls have in her family's magic line) except for her grandma.
It's a tale of two teens who come together through fate. When Haley gets herself into a tough situation, luckily West is there to save her. By helping Haley, West now has a target on his back. West and Haley come from two completely different types of families. But somehow they still manage to become friends. Take Me On is a very fast paced book. Its about more than just romance. It's has a lot of fighting and conflicts that make it a different from any of the other stories I've read.
Sean, a senior in high school, hides a lot of secrets. Some of them include Hallie, a college girl; others include his secret application to the Marine Corps. But secrets can change a person, especially a person like Sean.
Take Me On is a heart warming story of a modern day teenager trying to rediscover herself and help her family through a terrible time. The story tells of a poor girl, trying to make everything better for her family with no regard to herself; and a rich boy, who blames himself for the accident in his family, and gets kicked out of his house. He's a street fighter that wants redemption, and she's a professional boxer who's scared of the damage she can cause. They accidently meet and try to help each other. Their pasts aren't good.
Perfect Summer takes place in the future in the UK where fifteen year old Morgan envies her best friend Summer because Summer has the perfect life: rich parents, cute boys, and she is beautiful. Morgan, on the other hand, is not beautiful. Boys don’t even give her a second glance, and her family depends on her parents' jobs just to keep going. In addition, Morgan has a little brother named Josh who has Down Syndrome, something that is considered as an abomination in this society where perfection is obsessed over.
A young teen was born half warden and half demon. Layla didn't know who she was until she met a boy named Roth; Layla isn't supposed to be around him because he is a demon. He gives her attention, and she has never been kissed before because the demon inside her could kill any living soul, and Roth doesn't have a soul, so things start to happen. As she tries to figure out who she is, she goes through lies, guilt, love, fear, and friendship to find out where she belongs.
