In a world of portals, aliens, and humanity on other planets, Jarra finds herself in a situation. As a Military Honor Child and archeologist, she and her boyfriend, Fian, find themselves in a situation. Jarra and Fian are called in to the military because of intelligent aliens, not the harmless ones but the ones that might destroy Earth! No one knows if the aliens are hostile, friendly or just exploring. Jarra is also an "ape"- someone who can only live on Earth because of a faulty immune system.
April's main goal for the year was to get back her man Billy. Along the way, she hits a few bumps in the road. Relationships with her friends and family struggle, but in the end, advice from her cousin and sassy little girl, Des, come in handy.
In communist Czechoslovakia, lives a teenage boy named Patrik, who does not agree with the ways of the party. He tries to speak out against them with his best friend Danika, but the members of the party are always spying. Things really start to change for Patrik when Danika begins to agree with the communists and become very close with members of the party, while at the same time, he realizes he might just be in love with her. Will Patrik be able to escape the horror of the communist world he is living in? Or will he be caught by the party and suffer the consequences?
Billy Dean has had quite an unorthodox upbringing. His world consists of four walls, some furniture, and other necessities. He spends his days in this room, often with his mother, and in the darkness of the night his father returns to cast a shadow over Billy Dean’s quite simple life. It was the chaos of the outside world, unbeknownst to Billy, which drove him to his confinement and forced him to be a “secret” child. He witnesses this destruction when he finally emerges from his miniscule world at the same time as those around him witness his powerf
Adi Alsaid's Let's Get Lost follows the road trip of a mysterious yet memorable girl named Leila and the four disparate individuals that she encounters along the way. Leila is utterly alive and unique in a mesmerizing sense.
After a tragic, rather mysterious accident occurs, Robin copes with amnesia and dealing with school without her best friend, Emily, who is in a coma. She rekindles a friendship with her old friend, Reno, and together they try to solve the mystery of the accident. Through the memories she can recall and a series of notes she writes to herself, Robin fights to remember what caused the accident, which she feels is the crucial missing piece to the puzzle.
In WhipEye, Samantha starts off being just a quiet, sad girl who talks to a parrot to let go of her feelings. Little does she know that her life is going to change because of that. Charlie (the parrot) starts talking to her one day; he says that she has to rescue him, or the owner of the pet shop (a very bad guy who captures other animals like Charlie and uses them for his own power) will kill him. When she takes him home, the boy next door finds out and wants to help.
The life of an 1890s Russian society girl is full of balls, expensive clothing, young men, and endless lessons in etiquette. If you’re Katerina Alexandrovna, Duchess of Oldenburg, then you also have to deal with all manner of vampires, werewolves, mummies, the undead, and evil fae. That is because she is a powerful necromancer who stands out even among her magical companions. Twice before she has helped her tsar save Russia from being plunged into darkness by evil forces.
Milan's in a very unique position. She's a teenage supermodel hiding the fact that she's hearing impaired. Milan knows what it's like to be discriminated against and teased, and she's reluctant to become the poster child for disabilities at the height of her fame. There are also boys -- a longtime love interest, and a foreign exchange student who swoops into her life in a very big way. She looses her mom and is grieving. Her dad is and has always been distant, and her brother doesn't like her for some reason.
Olivia is not your typical teenager. For one thing, Olivia is adopted. For another, Olivia is more at home in the kitchen than anywhere else. Olivia has been helping at FOOD, her dad Bell's restaurant for years now, but as money is becoming tight, she needs a paying job. Olivia meets a psychic on her way to a job interview, kicking off an entire summer of change. Full of food, love, and the search for a birth parent, Olivia's story uncovers the true meaning of family.
