Hit the Ground Running
In this novel for teens, Dee and her younger brother, Eddie, make a run for the Canadian border when their father disappears and social workers start snooping around their Arizona home.
In this novel for teens, Dee and her younger brother, Eddie, make a run for the Canadian border when their father disappears and social workers start snooping around their Arizona home.
In this novel for teens, a girl discovers that her father's amateur science experiments have sinister goals.
In this next installment of the high-interest Retribution series, Josie and her friends team up again to figure out why so many homeless teens are ending up in the city morgue.
Cat’s life is divided. Before her mom died, she had happiness and purpose. Now, everything seems meaningless. When Cat finds a volunteer program that will send her to South America, she thinks she can escape from her grief. But life as a “voluntourist” is not an escape, and the new people and places Cat meets bring challenges she never expected.
In this thriller for young adults, eight teens spend a scary week on a remote island.
Francis is a shy 15-year-old when he meets confident, 16-year-old Sawyer. Sparks fly, and Sawyer gets pregnant. Francis has a lot of growing up to do, and it seems like he's being forced to do it all at once. Sawyer decides to give the baby up for adoption, but that’s just the start. Where will they be when it’s time to say good-bye to baby London?
In this novel for teens, fifteen-year-old Declan struggles to make sense of his older brother's delinquency, his father's sexuality and his feelings for a girl who is way out of his league.
In this paranormal novel for teens, Jack finds himself drawn into the world of a character from one of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales.
In this novel for teen readers, best friends Maddie and Ivan struggle to cope with Ivan's father’s alcoholism.
In this work of young adult fiction set in the not-too-distant future, Max tries to maintain his identity in a world where the only way to survive is to conform.
Del, a teenager with Asperger's, enlists the help of other special-needs students and a washed-up rock star to win a battle-of-the-bands competition and keep his parents from divorcing.
In this novel for teens, sixteen-year-old Brenna tries to make sense of her life after her beloved adoptive mother dies.
A YA novel that deals frankly with the land mines and pitfalls of teen relationships and sexuality through the lives of two complex but relatable characters.
Anthology of essays, narratives, fictional pieces and poems exploring the connection of Indigenous Youth with the life-sustaining power of water. Fifteenth in the Gatherings Anthology series.
In this novel for teens, Riley gets a crash course in small-town prejudice when an immigrant man is accused of a crime that Riley is sure he did not commit.
In this novel for teens, Matt and Free meet in Paris, where they both play American football on a team in a poverty-stricken suburb where racial tension affects the team.
When his only friend goes missing, Frederick – who has Asperger’s – doesn’t know what to do. His friend Angel made him promise not to tell anyone about her plan to run away, but when the police call Frederick in for questioning his loyalty to her may have done more harm than good.
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.
An historical novel for teens based on events in the life of Caravaggio.
A mystery is solved by two teens, with a surprising outcome.
Harriet is a donor-conceived child who is connecting with her half-siblings in this work of young adult fiction.