In the wake of being sexually assaulted by her pastor, sixteen-year-old Amina struggles to regain her footing until she finds the strength within herself to confront her abuser in court. "Sixteen-year-old Amina Conteh has always believed in using her words as her weapon--even when it gets her into trouble. After cursing at a classmate, her father forces her to volunteer at their church with Pastor Johnson. But Pastor Johnson isn't the holy man everyone...

"Sometimes I think Dad knew what happened to me that Labor Day weekend, and that was why he had a heart attack - it literally broke his heart. Just when Grace is beginning to get used to being an orphan, her estranged uncle suddenly comes forward to claim her. That might be okay if he'd spoken to her even once since her father died. Or if moving in with Uncle Rusty didn't mean returning to New Harbor. Grace spent the best summers of her life in New...

Told in two voices, middle-schoolers Sammie and David's long-term friendship is endangered when new student Luke begins flirting with Sammie just when David decides to confess his crush on her.

"When seventeen-year-old Victoria Parker is suddenly placed into foster care, she struggles to find words for the abuse that upended her life"--

Finding the Strength: Book OneCan a young woman reveal her traumatic past to the woman who wants her to release the bubbling rage inside… her rage to live? Charlie is attempting to start over after a horrifying, life-altering event pushed her and her family to the breaking point. Living with relatives in a different state might be her chance at something normal, something better. Charlie may be broken, but she's a survivor. Even retaking her senior...

An innocent seventeen-year-old girl is propelled into life-threatening danger when she meets Danny van der Linder, South Africa's most feared drug lord, who stops at nothing to own Anna.Inspired by real events, GIRL IN THE PICKLE JAR is Nicola Ann Beykirch's debut novel. It is a raw and scandalous account of Anna Savanna Wilde's entrapment inside South Africa's callous underworld.The only way Anna can survive is by beating Danny at his own treacherous...

Anna mène une vie heureuse auprès de ses parents à Cape Cod. Sa tante, son oncle et sa cousine Tara s'installent dans la maison voisine, une vieille bicoque hantée par la sorcière Goody Hallett qui pétrifie la bouche de ceux qui trahissent les secrets. Anna découvre que sa cousine Tara envoie des bouteilles à la mer. Quelle fille étrange...Pourquoi dit-elle à qui veut l'entendre que sa couleur préférée est le rouge car c'est celle qui...

High school senior Renzy Callen hasn't uttered a word in years. He likes being invisible to all around him; it keeps life safe and predictable. In his attic bedroom, he experiences a world far from the drama of his family. He doodles, listens to music, and contemplates the troubled souls he observes when attending self-help meetings designed for people with problems he doesn't have. Renzy lives his life like a spectator, always on the outside of life's...

"Do you know what you are? You're gold. You're gold, and he's nothing. At Jonesville High, casual misogyny runs rampant, slut-shaming is a given, and school athletes are glorified above all else. Best friends Suze, Nikki, Ani, and Lydia swwear they'll always have each other's backs against predatory guys--so when Suze suddenly starts dating wrestling star and toxic douchebag Tarkin Shaw, it's a BIG betrayal. Turns out, it's not a relationship--it's...