"Annika Dietty thinks her future is with Dylan Sopick--until they run away together. One day, after weeks of secret planning, seventeen-year-old Annika Dietty leaves home at dawn to run away with her boyfriend, the charming and popular Dylan Sopick. She tried telling her friends and family how amazing Dylan is, but after they all seem set against the relationship, she's decided their only chance is to run away together. But not everything goes according...

"In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, Lucy "Lucky" Graves breaks her ankle in a rugby game and jeopardizes her future"--

"This picture book, written in the first person, is gentle, supportive, and straightforward. It describes a child's experience with worry and the many ways it can surface, as well as ways to cope with what can be a challenging emotion for young children.Back matter for adults offers more context and expands on the information in the book"--

Themes: Realistic Fiction, Mental Illness, Punk Rock, Rape, PTSD, Bisexuality, Teen, Young Adult, Chapter Book, Hi-Lo, Hi-Lo Books, Hi-Lo Solutions, High-Low Books, Hi-Low Books, ELL, EL, ESL, Struggling Learner, Struggling Reader, Special Education, SPED, Newcomers, Reading, Learning, Education, Educational, Educational Books. Expelled from high school number one, Tyler Ruiz is attending his second. Not a great record for a sophomore with anger issues....

Fifteen-year-old Lizzie Cohen recalls what it was like growing up with her imaginative but disturbed older sister Tess, and how she is striving to reclaim her own life since Tess died.

After their mother dies of typhoid, Verna and her younger sister Carlie move with their father, a psychiatrist, and stern Aunt Maude to an asylum for the mentally ill in early-twentieth-century Michigan, where new ideas in the treatment of mental illness are being proposed, but old prejudices still hold sway.

One night, a bird swallows a star, making him as bright as a diamond. Because of that, nobody wants him around. Except . . . an amazing traveler who crosses the vast desert. Discover how one little bird, who is excluded by all of his fellow animals for being different, is able to find solace and friendship after shedding a few glittering tears. The text plays on repetition to help build confidence in emerging readers, and the wonder of what follows...

The most popular--and hated--girl in school is murdered and the suspects are aplenty, but when Dawn becomes the number one, she must uncover the truth before another person dies.

Promised to each other before they were born, Cadence and Sphinxie, separated after he deliberately cut her face, are drawn back together at age sixteen, but Cadence is even less stable mentally and Sphinxie, sweet, plain, and attracted to his brilliance, tries to be loyal but fears for her life.

Je ne suis pas comme les autres gars de ma gang. J'ai d'énormes responsabilités qui m'attendent : ma blonde est enceinte et les factures s'accumulent. La pression monte et mes économies fondent à la vitesse de l'éclair. Voilà pourquoi je tente à tout prix de remporter le gros lot : billets de loterie, machines à sous, soirées poker... Tout le monde n'arrête pas de me dire que j'ai un problème, mais c'est que personne ne me comprend! Si...