In this novel for teens, Isabelle knows all about shouldering responsibility: she looks after her younger siblings because their mother is often drunk or absent. School is a nightmare, but one teacher seems to understand that Isabelle has talent to spare.
Harriet is a donor-conceived child who is connecting with her half-siblings in this work of young adult fiction.
A psychological thriller about a girl who wakes up in the hospital and must reconstruct the events of an evening she can’t remember.
Two high-school friends are mistaken for superheroes and decide to act out the roles.
Serena’s hopes of finding her missing brother take a backseat as she deals with being a fifteen-year-old girl in a world that sexualizes and shames young women.
A teenager moves in with her older brother and discovers he is suffering from mental illness.
An abused fifteen-year-old boy tries to take control of his life, but does so by becoming a bully.
Stealing cars to get by and pay her debts, Raven excels at urban climbing and takes pride in her job—until she is forced to take sides and bring down a car-theft ring in this fast-paced entry in the Retribution trilogy.
Jace has taken up boxing on the wrong side of the tracks as he prepares to seek vengeance on his abusive father with two other teen vigilantes in this fast-paced entry in the Retribution trilogy.
In this YA thriller, Lauren’s brother becomes a suspect in a child’s disappearance, and Lauren teams up with a computer enthusiast to uncover the truth.
In this YA novel, Dot enlists the aid of a local boy in her search for clues about the parents who abandoned her as a newborn.
In this paranormal YA thriller, Tess embarks on a quest to find out the truth about her parents and realizes that she possesses unusual powers that link her to the past.
In this YA novel, would-be reporter Cady investigates racism and family secrets in a small Indiana town.
In this YA novel, Betty starts to investigate her mother’s murder and uncovers a sinister connection to the wealthy family she works for.
In this YA novel, Toni travels to Toronto to unearth the truth about the mother she believes hurt and then abandoned her.
A set of linked YA novels of orphan girls uncovering the secrets of the families they have never known.
In this YA novel, Malou, a mixed-race orphan, is on her own for the first time, trying to discover her parents’ identities.
In this novel, twins Justine and Perry have left their home in Australia and embarked on the road trip of a lifetime in the Pacific Northwest.
Bruna lives an idyllic life in a small Italian village in the 1940s, with the worries and joys of any fourteen-year-old girl. The reality of WWII seems far away from her life. But war does come, and as Nazi soldiers occupy her village Bruna must help her family cope with their dangerous new reality. A true story.
Six girls just out of high school spend the summer of 1943 on a farm, doing the work of the men who are off fighting the war in Europe. We follow the stories of Helene, Peggy, Binxie, Isabel, Jean, and the mysterious "X." Friendship, romance, hardship, and heartbreak shape their summer, all against the backdrop of the Second World War.
Jessica struggles with retrograde amnesia after she is injured by a bison on her family’s ranch.
After Tori is sexually assaulted, she tells no one, but her rage and confusion erupt into violent behavior that mystifies her friends and family.
