As he tries to come to terms with his mother's death, Vernon finds solace in his growing relationship with the neighborhood outcasts, an alcoholic and her retarded son.
Feeling increasingly alienated from his successful and affluent parents, a 17-year-old boy becomes involved in drug dealing.
Free Association Where My Mind Goes During Science Class (Adventures of Everyday Geniuses, #0)
by Barbara Esham
Have you ever started to think about one thing and ended up thinking about something completely different? Emily does it all the time. For example, today in science class they were learning about the Arctic Circle. Emily was following along, but then she suddenly became distracted by one of her adventurous ideas. It's not that Emily isn't picking up the information in class she just needs an outlet for her extra thoughts.
Henry Whelp is a big bad wolf—or will be,someday. The only son of the infamous Red Riding Hood Killer, Henry is worried that he may be following in his father’s violent footsteps. He tries to distance himself from his past, and avoids the other teens at St. Remus Home for Wayward Youth, a detention centre in Dust City—a rundown, gritty metropolis known for its production of fairydust. But when Henry’s psychiatrist turns up dead, Henry finds himself on a trail of clues that may lead to proof of h...
'Look, Mick,' he said, 'you're going to find out from somebody in the gym, so you might as well find out from me. Those supplements you're taking? They might get you a little bigger, but just a little. If you're after serious results, there's other stuff that produces better results much faster, stuff that a lot of guys in the gym use.' 'What other stuff?' 'You know what I'm talking about-gym candy.' Runningback Mick Johnson has dreams: dreams of cutting back, finding the hole, breaking into th...
Rurals and Townies (Blanchette High Series) (Blanchette High, #1)
by L J Launer