Runaway Teens

Written by New York Times best-selling author Christopher Golden, Runaways is a fresh take on the Marvel fan favorite. This audiobook includes a bonus PDF with the first issue of the revived Runaways comic series written by Rainbow Rowell with art by Kris Anka. It's easy for fans of the comics...

FOR THE TAKING follows Donnalee Vodka’s journey from a brutal childhood into a life shaped by survival, chance, and unexpected moments of grace. After her mother’s death at age seven, Donnalee is left with a father who turns cruel and violent—until his disappearance places her in the hands of “Uncle Digger,” a man whose fists are only the beginning of what she fears. As she approaches her twelfth birthday, she senses something darker coming… and runs before it’s too late. What follows is a raw and unpredictable odyssey across the American West—from the Nevada desert to ...

Don't miss this gripping, emotional prequel to the hit Netflix series, Stranger Things! The never-before-told backstory of the beloved Dig Dug maven, Max Mayfield, written by New York Times bestselling author Brenna Yovanoff. This must-read novel, based on the hit Netflix series, Stranger Things...

On a night of wild storms, two troubled figures escape from captivity. One is a 15-year-old boy, Samuel Miles, a.k.a. "Smiler", wrongly convicted of theft and sent to a young offenders institution. The other is a cheetah, Yarra, a restless resident of Longleat Wildlife Park. Both are in danger from the outside world—and each other—but somehow their lives become inextricably bound up as they fight for survival on the edge of Salisbury Plain.

Sage’s life as a teenage runaway in San Francisco is simple: Snatch a few hours of sleep on park benches and bus stops; dodge perverts, predators, and cops; and make enough as a street musician to eat. But her world flips upside down when she meets Derek – hot, tattooed, and charming, a singer from Seattle whose looks and talent take her breath away. What begins as a reluctant partnership quickly develops into a cross-country race against time - and awakens a hunger in Sage that’s unfamiliar and exciting. As they travel from coast to coast, Sage and Derek pursue their dream, only to ...

This diary of a runaway girl and her search for a home celebrates hope, resilience, and happy endings as only Wendelin Van Draanen, the author of Flipped and other acclaimed novels, can. Holly has run away before, but this time she actually gets away—and what at first felt like an escape soon...

This is the sequel to Freckles - the moving story of a young girl whose kindness and wholesome philosophy brightens the lives of everyone she meets.

Ian Gray isn’t supposed to have a dog, but a lot of things that shouldn’t happen end up happening anyway. And Gather, Ian’s adopted pup, is good company now that Ian has to quit the basketball team, find a job, and take care of his mom as she tries to overcome her opioid addiction. Despite the obstacles thrown their way, Ian is determined to keep his family afloat no matter what it takes. And for a little while, things are looking up: Ian makes friends, and his fondness for the outdoors and for fixing things lands him work helping neighbors.

Eighteen years. Dozens of houses. Not one place to call home. Rindy has aged out of the foster system and what she wants now is simple: a town to call home and a life no one can take from her. Tinlee Bay is the perfect place to finally grow roots—until one wrong turn lands her on the streets before she gets a chance to start over.

With echoes of Demon Copperhead and Plainsong, a poignant story about a troubled boy on the run, an aging rancher, and a woman at a crossroads, who find unexpected solace and kinship in the family they make. With his long hair and penchant for guitar, teenage Justin is the spitting image of his...

Tyrell is a young African-American teen who can't get a break. He's living (for now) with his spaced-out mother and little brother in a homeless shelter. His father's in jail. His girlfriend supports him, but he doesn't feel good enough for her - and seems to be always on the verge of doing the wrong thing around her. There's another girl at the homeless shelter who is also after him, although the desires there are complicated. Tyrell feels he needs to score some money to make things better. Will he end up following in his father's footsteps?

Thirteen-year-old, Reason Nelson, lives in the Irish-Catholic suburb of Havelock in Lincoln, Nebraska. Reason, a long-haired scrawny white kid, attends a party that is busted by the local police. As he flees, Reason collides with a black detective and a black drug dealer. During the collision, he snatches up what he believes to be his leather jacket. He drunkenly crashes through the back door of the party house and crawls into a doghouse, dragging the jacket with him. In the aftermath of the chaos, Reason discovers he has picked up the dealer’s jacket instead of his own.

When it happened Miguel was sent to Juvi. The judge only gave him a year in a group home - said he had to write in a journal so some counselor could try to figure out how he thinks. The judge had no idea that he'd actually done Miguel a favor. Ever since it happened Miguel’s mom can't even look him in the eye. Any home besides his would be a better place to live. But Miguel didn’t bet on meeting Rondell or Mong or on any of what happened after they broke out. He only thought about Mexico and getting across the border to where he could start over....

No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with "freaky" scars on her arms. Even Echo can't remember the whole truth of that horrible night. All she knows is that she wants everything to go back to normal. But when Noah Hutchins, the smoking-hot, girl-using loner in the black leather jacket, explodes into her life with his tough attitude and surprising understanding, Echo's world shifts in ways she could never have imagined. They should have nothing in common. And with the secrets they both keep, being together is pretty much impossible....

In the 1960s, the era of beehive hairdos and colorful polyester suits was also a time of unrest. People questioned the beliefs that had been passed down for generations. Many joined cults and were led astray. The story of Chester and Ruby Fallon and their daughter, Bertha, reflected the restlessness of that time. All of them had questions that only God could answer. Chester and Ruby found solace in the loving arms of God, while Bertha wandered around like the Israelites in the desert for forty years. Like Jonah, she ran away when she didn’t want to hear God’s voice calling to her. ...

When sixteen-year-old John finds an incoherent young woman stumbling around a gas station late at night trying to get into cars with strangers, the advice from his older sister Sophie is to open his car door. If the young woman gets in, bring her home. She gets in. As the seventeen-year-old sex trafficking victim learns to trust and open up to her new friends, she also discovers that a new life is possible – even if it's a little bumpy. But with the help of her adoptive family – 20-year-old Sophie, her husband Ty, and John and Emi, the siblings orphaned three years ago – she begins to...

Deirdre washes ashore in an idyllic land and enthusiastically enters a discreet and discerning society. But the surrealism is more than skin-deep. Relying upon all her interpersonal skills, as well as elements of her childhood she has been eager to neglect, the indefatigable teenaged heroine must survive in the face of others’ prejudice, mistrust and unspoken desperation to ruin or rely upon her… realising her own sinful nature as well as the very best of her own character. Deirdre, the Wanderer, The Oceania Adventures: Volume 6: Deirdre, the Temptress; Third, ‘Ormond Beach’ edition...

After the traumatic events at Nauset Academy and discovering that evidence went missing after it reached the Sheriff's Department, Logan and Devin have decided to go on an extended Spring Break. What's the point in having your own boat if you can't just take off? They are done with dealing with murder, lies, and corruption. They are ready to start a new life, one where no one knows who they are, or their history. When they discover that their friends are being investigated for murdering the no-longer elusive mastermind behind the drugging and blackmail of their peers, they realize that you ...

Ryan Stone is the town golden boy, a popular baseball star jock - with secrets he can't tell anyone. Not even the friends he shares everything with, including the constant dares to do crazy things. The craziest? Asking out the Skater girl who couldn't be less interested in him. But what begins as a dare becomes an intense attraction neither Ryan nor Beth expected. Suddenly, the boy with the flawless image risks his dreams - and his life - for the girl he loves, and the girl who won't let anyone get too close is daring herself to want it all....

From #1 New York Times bestselling author/illustrator Brian Selznick, a profoundly romantic YA novel about two boys finding each other and falling in love over one summer in Rome.