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When their father went to prison last year for embezzlement, twins Alex and Olly Brucke lost everything: their house, their college funds, most of their friends, and even their mother, who’s so focused on making ends meet that she’s never around anymore. The only thing they can count on lately is each other. But after their father dies unexpectedly in prison, the twins start to fracture. Alex is spiraling, skipping classes to spend all of her time drunk or high. And Olly is struggling with a secret his dad ordered him to keep: they have a secret half-brother named Tyler.

Jack is on the verge of leaving for college, but before he does, he wants to track down his estranged brother, Alex, and find some closure in the wake of their father's death. Meanwhile, Hallie has just found out some upsetting news about a friend in Oregon, and she has a small window to go see him before it's too late. Jack and Hallie are practically strangers. They shared a class together years ago and haven't seen each other since, though they have more in common than they'd ever imagine.

Jessica McMillian and Jeremy Travino are a perfect couple. But now Jessica has been diagnosed as having kidney failure. She is on dialysis three days a week and is so depressed that she's not sure she wants to live. Her one hope for a normal life is a kidney transplant, but she's an only child and her parents aren't suitable donors. Jeremy is determined to donate one of her kidneys to her, but his parents are terrified of losing their only child. Will Jeremy find the strength to go against his parents' wishes and do what he must to save Jessica?

A gripping story of survival and the razor’s-edge difference between perfect cruelty and perfect love. “This isn’t meant to be a confession. Not in any spiritual sense of the word. Yes, I’m in jail at the moment. I imagine I’ll be here for a long time, considering. But I’m not...

Austin Gray is almost 15 and sheï¿¿ï¿¿s tired of not being noticed. So she hatches a plan to become Prosper County's Sweetheart in order to ride through town during the annual parade waving and smiling to everyone. To make her dream come true, however, she'll have to join the Future Farmers of America. But what's a little hunting and fishing (and livestock raising) to a determined teenager?

My dad was killed in the 9/11 attacks in New York. But the stuff in this book isn't about that. It's about the summer my mum went away. The summer that me and Jed and Priti tried to catch a suicide bomber and prevent an honour killing. There's stuff about how we built a tree house and joined the bomb squad; how I found my dad and Jed lost his; and how we both lost our mums then found them again. So it's not really about 9/11 but, then again, none of those things would have happened if it hadn't been for that day. So I guess it's all back to front, sort of….

Miracle’s fingers roam through her hair as memories of her brother, Andre, float into her subconscious. His death changed her. It changed everything. All she wants to do now is try to survive life without him. But memories of her best friend, Kim, blaming Andre for his own death, linger in her mind. Her body tenses at the thought. “I saw him point the gun at the officers.” Kim’s words sink deep inside Miracle’s soul, shattering the love that once existed.

Hattie Larken doesn't know if she's ever been real in her life. A compulsive liar with a quick-witted response to everything, she's willing to skate through high school until she can graduate and escape it all: the monotony of this town, the guilt of everything that happened with her dad, and the debt that her mom's dealing with that she feels responsible for. But then Hattie finds out she's dying. Apparently, she was exposed to a parasite because of a mistake her mom's company made. And she's not the only one.

Seventeen-year-old Klee's father was the center of his life. He introduced Klee to the great museums of New York City and the important artists on their walls, he told him stories made of myths and magic. Until his death. Now, forced to live in the suburbs with his mom, Klee can't help but feel he's lost all the identifying parts of himself. That is until he meets wild and free Sarah in art class, with her quick smiles and jokes. But when an act of betrayal sends him reeling, Klee lands in what is bitingly referred to as the "Ape Can", a psychiatric hospital for teens in Northhollow.

"Listeners will be transported into the eerie world of this atmospheric modern fairy tale...The narrators also perfectly convey the ominous sense of doom as the sisters discover their mother’s hidden, unfinished script, White Fox, and start to unravel twisted secrets and dangerous truths about...

It’s been three months since Lila lost her father to suicide. Since then, she’s learned to protect herself from pain by following two unbreakable rules: 1. The only people who can truly hurt you are the ones you love. Therefore, love no one. 2. Stay away from liars. Liars are the worst. But when Lila’s mother sends her to a summer-long grief camp, it’s suddenly harder for Lila to follow these rules. Potential new friends and an unexpected crush threaten to drag her back into life for the first time since her dad’s death.

Lucas Cook is tired of being the third wheel. He's never even been kissed. Enter Vicky, his new best friend, armed with his late mother's bestselling love guide and a wild idea: transform Lucas into a dating success story. When he finally catches the eye of his long-time crush, Grayson Murray, his world turns upside down. Soon Lucas must decide how much he is willing to change for love and whether he's losing himself-or discovering what he truly wants.

Christopher Betise was always my dream guy—and that's all he was ever supposed to be. A dream. Untouchable. Impossible. Until the day I found out... I was his dream girl. And everything changed. I was seven. He was ten. He told me to call him Chris. I stubbornly refused. Maybe it was just a childhood crush—after all, what seven-year-old truly falls in love? But as the years went on, that innocent flutter grew into something deeper. Something sharper. Something almost painful. Because while I was falling harder every day, Christopher was the charismatic playboy everyone adored—and I ...

Killed by a drunk driver four months ago, 17-year-old Lucas resents his new existence as a spirit. Unseen and unheard, all he can do is watch while his family grieves his death. Brinley, his younger sister, is especially devastated and spirals deep into depression. When she begins to write suicide notes, Lucas is the only one who knows. Desperate to save her, he can do nothing—until Alex, the quiet, homeschooled girl with cancer, inexplicably sees him.

"Just eat." Those were the last words eighteen-year-old Molly said to her older sister, Kat, before the "accident." Now, Kat is a skeletal figure on life support, and Molly is haunted by the weeks of warnings she chose to ignore. The fainting spells, the stumbles, the desperate calls for help—Molly dismissed them all as attention-seeking. But as the doctors prepare to turn off the ventilator, Molly’s guilt transforms into an obsession. She’s convinced Kat’s rental house is a crime scene. She’s certain the landlord is hiding something, and that Kat’s ex-boyfriend has blood on his...

Told in alternating points of view by a wide cast of characters, Twisted Fate is a tensely wrought psychological thriller, perfect for fans of We Were Liars by E. Lockhart. Two sisters. One mysterious boy. Ally and Sydney couldn’t be more different—one shy, the other popular and...

James Patterson Presents a modern retelling of a classic Indian legend, 96 Words for Love is a touching coming-of-age story that reads like Eat, Pray, Love for teens. Ever since her acceptance to UCLA, 17-year-old Raya Liston has been quietly freaking out. She feels simultaneously lost and...

Nathan and his adorable little sister just moved in across the street from Liz Scattergood, and both of them could use a friend. Liz just isn't sure she's the right person. What do you say to someone whose mother is dying? Liz has been coping with tough questions like this all summer. Ever since Liz's grandmother Bunny died, Liz's mother hasn't been the same; she's even started attending a spiritualist church that claims it can contact Bunny on the Other Side.

In the unforgiving streets of Zone 134, power is the only currency that matters. Chosen McKnight never asked for the throne, but when his brother Rico is murdered in cold blood, it's a fate he can't avoid. Now, with nothing but a name and a blood-soaked legacy, Chosen must fight to survive in a world where loyalty is scarce, betrayal is inevitable, and death is always just a step behind. As Chosen rises from the ashes of his brothers empire, he forms alliances, makes enemies, and starts building his own empire.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind meets We Were Liars in this thought-provoking and brilliantly written debut that is part love story, part mystery, part high-stakes drama. What would you pay to cure your heartbreak? Banish your sadness? Transform your looks? The right spell can fix...