**Everyone knows WHO murdered Griffin Tomlin. But only one girl knows WHY...**Griffin Tomlin is dead. And Clara Porterfield's sister killed him...Four months after the murder of the town's golden boy, Clara's world has crumbled around her in a million chaotic pieces.Her sister Emily awaits trial for murder. Clara is keeping a terrible secret. And the town is watching the Porterfields very closely.Now Clara's sister wants something from her - the truth about what really happened that night.Becaus...
Fourteen-year-old Kentucky girl Ricki Jo Winstead, who would preferred to be called Ericka, thank you very much, is eager to shed her farmer's daughter roots and become part of the popular crowd at her small town high school. She trades her Bible for Seventeen magazine, buys new "sophisticated" clothes and somehow manages to secure a tenuous spot at the cool kids table. She's on top of the world, even though her best friend and boy next door, Luke, says he misses "plain old Ricki Jo."Caught betw...
"Teen assassin Boy Nobody is sent on a mission to assassinate the head of a domestic terrorism cell, but his mission turns up more questions about his job than answers"-- Teen assassin Boy Nobody is sent on a mission to assassinate the head of a domestic terrorism cell, but his mission turns up more questions about his job than answers. The plot contains profanity, sexual references, and graphic violence. Book #2
"Near future thriller about a teen forced to become an indentured assassin who has only three days to complete her hit list--with the added complication of her sole ally's brother being the final assignment"--
A classic he-said-she-said romantic comedy, with bonus content including a Q&A with the author.All I've ever wanted is for Juli Baker to leave me alone. For her to back off – you know, just give me some space.Juli has been making Bryce's life hell from the moment they met. All he wants is to live a normal life, without some crazy person mooning after him.The first day I met Bryce Loski, I flipped. Honestly, one look at him and I became a lunatic. It's his eyes.But she doesn't see it that way. In...
Get ready to see the world of teen influencers they'd never want you to share . . . From the bestselling author of PRETTY LITTLE LIARS Sara Shepard and actress and social media star Lilia Buckingham 'Literally could not put this book down. Absolutely loved it!' Annie LeBlancDelilah is Internet-famous, in LA and at the start of something incredible. Everything is going to change . . . but not necessarily in the way she imagines. Jasmine is a child star turned media darling. Her selfies practicall...
Set to the beat of an urban summer, this street-smart novel follows an L.A. teen as he hangs with friends and faces life transitions — and his first romance. Shooting the breeze with his boys. Tightening his D on the court. Doing a color check — making sure nobody's wearing blue or red, which some Crip or Piru carrying a cut-down golf club would see as disrespect. Then back to Auntie's, hoping she isn't passed out from whiskey at the end of the day. Now that Shawn is headed for high school, he...
Grace wants out. Out of her house, where her stepfather wields fear like a weapon and her mother makes her scrub imaginary dirt off the floors. Out of her California town, too small to contain her big-city dreams. Out of her life, and into the role of Parisian artist, New York director - anything but scared and alone. Enter Gavin: charming, talented, adored. Controlling. Dangerous. When Grace and Gavin fall in love, Grace is sure it's too good to be true. She has no idea their relationship will...
In Washington State, seventeen-year-old Cassie learns about the good and bad sides of both love and genius while living with her mother and brilliant, yet disturbed, violinist stepfather and falling in love with a gifted young musician.
Violent Ends
by Shaun David Hutchinson, Neal Shusterman, Brendan Shusterman, Beth Revis, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Courtney Summers, Kendare Blake, Delilah S. Dawson, Steve Brezenoff, and Tom Leveen
In a one-of-a-kind collaboration, seventeen of the most recognizable YA writers—including Shaun David Hutchinson, Neal and Brendan Shusterman, and Beth Revis—come together to share the viewpoints of a group of students affected by a school shooting. It took only twenty-two minutes for Kirby Matheson to exit his car, march onto the school grounds, enter the gymnasium, and open fire, killing six and injuring five others. But this isn’t a story about the shooting itself. This isn’t about...
The Monsterjunkies (Monsterjunkies, #2) (Monsterjunkies, an American Family Odyssey, #1)
by Erik Daniel Shein
Cuando la gente ve a George, cree que es un niño. Pero ella sabe que no es verdad. George sabe que es una niña. George cree que jamás podrá decirle a nadie que ella, en realidad, es una niña. Un día, su profesora anuncia que su clase va a representar una obra de teatro. Y George desea con todas sus fuerzas el papel de la niña protagonista, Charlotte. Pero su profesora le dice que ni siquiera puede hacer la prueba para el papel... porque es un chico. Con la ayuda de Kelly, su mejor amiga, G...
In his mind, he's a superhero. In the real world, he might just destroy his high school... Waldo would rather fantasize about defending Earth from aliens than face the drudgery of his junior year. But when the comic-book nerd falls for the most popular girl in his class, the only shot he's got is to level the playing field... Teaming up with two fellow outcasts, Waldo devises an unconventional plan to get the girl of his dreams: bring down every other cool kid that stands in his way. But as th...
A bleakly poetic and powerful teen drama, from the best-selling author of The Knife That Killed Me. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 14+ Mog clings to the social fringe through association with Chris. But when Chris befriends loser Duffy and threatens Mog's status, Mog takes drastic action. There will be consequences…A tragic tale of betrayal, sparsely and finely told by a master of teen storytelling. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluct...
When Ella is kidnapped, her family don't realize just what a nightmare they are entering. Because the kidnapper has more than just money on his mind - and as his plans unfold, all the members of the family are forced to confront their deepest, darkest secrets. This is a major new novel from the author of the Carnegie medal-winning "River Boy". * Prize-winning author: Tim Bowler has won the Carnegie Medal, the Angus Book Prize (twice), and the Lancashire Children's Book Award. * A tightly-plotted...
The Battle of Jericho (The Jericho Trilogy, #1)
by Sharon M Draper
Sixteen-year-old Jericho is awaiting initiation to the Warriors of Distinction, the oldest and most exclusive club in school--but how high a price will he have to pay to belong? Find out in this first novel in Sharon M. Draper's Jericho Trilogy. When Jericho is invited to pledge for the Warriors of Distinction, he thinks his life can't get any better. As the most exclusive club in school, the Warriors give the best parties, go out with the hottest girls, and great grades are a given. When Ariell...
Alfonso Jones can't wait to play the role of Hamlet in his school's hip-hop rendition of the classic Shakespearean play. He also wants to let his best friend, Danetta, know how he really feels about her. But as he is buying his first suit, an off-duty police officer mistakes a clothes hanger for a gun, and he shoots Alfonso.
Parece ficción, pero es un hecho real. En 1969, en un instituto de California, un profesor puso en marcha el experimento educativo más controvertido de la Historia: creó un movimiento entre sus alumnos, al que bautizó La Ola, para ilustrar el auge del nazismo en Alemania y los terribles acontecimientos que este trajo consigo. Creía tenerlo bajo control, pero se equivocaba. Las consecuencias de dicho experimento se recogen en este libro escalofriante, vertiginoso y revelador. Una lección precisa,...