Top Ten Orca Soundings
This month's top ten are the all time bestselling Orca Soundings.
1. Sticks and Stones, by Beth Goobie, 2002.
Deciding that someone has to take a stand, Jujube gathers all the other girls who are labelled sluts—and worse—and tries to impress on her fellow students the damage that can be done by assigning a label that reduces a person to an object.
2. Overdrive, by Eric Walters, 2004.
A disastrous street race causes an accident; Jake and Mickey leave the scene, trying to convince themselves they were not involved. But can they really keep their involvement quiet?
3. Juice, by Eric Walters, 2005.
How far will Moose's football team go to win?
4. Truth, by Tanya Lloyd Kyi, 2003.
An adult is brutally murdered during a high-school house party, and Jen was there. When no one will go to the police, she decides to try and uncover the truth.
5. Hit Squad, by James Heneghan, 2003.
When Mickey is approached, because of his tough reputation, to join a group of students to take back the school from the bullies, he finds himself caught up in a shadowy world of violence and retribution.
6. Grind, by Eric Walters, 2004.
When Phillip's skateboard stunt website begins to become popular, he is tempted to do stunts that are more and more dangerous...
7. Death Wind, by William Bell, 2002.
Razz and Allie are heading home—right into the path of a fierce tornado. To survive in the horror and destruction that follow the storm, Allie has to call on an inner strength she didn’t know she had.
8. Bull Rider, by Marilyn Halvorson, 2003.
Layne wants nothing more than to follow in his father’s footsteps and to be a bull rider.
9. Kicked Out, by Beth Goobie, 2002.
Dime is fifteen and angry all the time. Her parents don’t like the way she dresses, her boyfriend, her attitude. Her older brother Darren was paralyzed in an accident she walked away from, and Dime is sure her parents wish she were the one in the wheelchair.
10. No Problem, by Dayle Campbell Gaetz, 2003.
Curt seems to have it all – a girlfriend, friends, a good summer job and a guaranteed position on the baseball team with the promise of a professional career. Then, one misstep causes his world to unravel and his life to plummet into the depths of depression and addiction.
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