Off the Grid
Home-schooled and naïve, Cody must attempt to fit in and stand up for what he believes in when he moves to the city.
Orca Soundings are short, high-interest novels written specifically for teens. These edgy stories with compelling characters and gripping storylines are ones they will want to read. Reading levels from grade 2.0 to 4.5; Interest level ages 12+.
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Home-schooled and naïve, Cody must attempt to fit in and stand up for what he believes in when he moves to the city.
In hopes that he will turn his life around and avoid the violent influence of his father, Darwin is sent to an exclusive new school. But old habits die hard, and Darwin ends up in an illegal fight club.
Things go from bad to worse when Colby, who is drug-addicted, loses her home and then ends up pregnant. Maybe now she will find a real family.
When Fiona’s dad is released from prison for a crime he says he did not commit, Fiona struggles with whom to believe and how to move forward.
Will and Big O are brothers, on the run and trying to stay together. Breaking into cars for small change, they stumble across a kidnap victim and end up in a fight for their lives.
After Angie's father leaves town to find work, her family ends up evicted and living in their car. Struggling with the realities of homelessness, Angie discovers slam poetry and her own voice.
Running away from her foster home, Ally finds herself on the busking circuit, performing as a juggler and fire breather.
Injured in a car accident that killed his parents, Nick and his sister are in foster care. Forced into stealing bikes to repay a debt, Nick gets involved with a violent criminal gang.
After Mick breaks up with Jade, his sense of responsibility for her younger brother keeps pulling him back.
When Addy is publicly humiliated, it is terrible, but when she finds out her best friend was involved, it is almost unbearable.
Theo ends up in a strange situation with a girl who has kidnapped her own child.
Rob wants to be a DJ, but when a girl overdoses during his first gig and his brother is implicated, Rob realizes he could lose everything.
Escaping from a wilderness camp for young offenders, Cameron and Brianna end up in a struggle for survival.
When Kenzie critically injures his ex-girlfriend, suspicion grows that it was not an accident, and his behavior seems to confirm it.
Bex breaks into locked and abandoned buildings just because he can, but when a new friend's behavior becomes increasingly risky, he has to do the right thing.
After the death of her sister, Tara struggles to deal with her guilt through slam poetry.
When Brendan is diagnosed with leukemia his life is turned upside down. With a smothering family and distant friends, all seems hopeless until he meets Lark, terminally ill yet full of life.
Jill is enduring a brutal summer job on a mountain ranch, guiding wannabe-cowboys on trail rides. On a solo ride with a handsome stranger she ends up in a fight for her life with no one to help her.
Rosie walks in on an armed robbery in her father's convenience store. Who is the masked man? And why does she think she knows him?
Trying to save his best friend from the horrors of plastic surgery, Jack ends up on the front line of a protest about unscrupulous surgeons.
When her father disappears, Ria is forced to decide if she really knew him.
After being stung by a bee, sixteen-year-old Hannah discovers she has the power to heal.