Editorial Content for Dark Inside
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Mason is called to the hospital when it first begins. His mother has just been in a car accident, and the doctor isn’t too positive on whether or not she will make it through the night. Having lost his father years before, Mason feels numb at the prospect of losing another parent at such a young age. It is with utter disbelief, then, as he watches the hospital television report that his high school has been blown up from some rogue bombers. With his family and friends dead and gone, and the world seemingly going to hell, Mason isn’t sure what to do next. Read More
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The world has descended into chaos, and an ancient evil has been unleashed, turning everyday people into killers. After each surviving tragic disasters, four teens must fight to hold onto their sanity and their humanity.
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The world has descended into chaos, and an ancient evil has been unleashed, turning everyday people into killers. After each surviving tragic disasters, four teens must fight to hold onto their sanity and their humanity.
About the Book
Since mankind began, civilizations have always fallen: the Romans, the Greeks, the Aztecs… Now it’s our turn. Huge earthquakes rock the world. Cities are destroyed. But something even more awful is happening. An ancient evil has been unleashed, turning everday people into hunters, killers, crazies.
Mason's mother is dying after a terrible car accident. As he endures a last vigil at her hospital bed, his school is bombed and razed to the ground, and everyone he knows is killed. Aries survives an earthquake aftershock on a bus, and thinks the worst is over when a mysterious stranger pulls her out of the wreckage, but she’s about to discover a world changed forever. Clementine, the only survivor of an emergency town hall meeting that descends into murderous chaos, is on the run from savage strangers who used to be her friends and neighbors. And Michael witnesses a brutal road rage incident that is made much worse by the arrival of the police --- who gun down the guilty party and then turn on the bystanding crowd.
Where do you go for justice when even the lawmakers have turned bad? These four teens are on the same road in a world gone mad. Struggling to survive, clinging on to love and meaning wherever it can be found, this is a journey into the heart of darkness --- but also a journey to find each other and a place of safety.
Editorial Content for Finding Somewhere
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Sixteen-year-old Hattie is in love with a special horse named Speed, an old fellow with a long history of serving people without complaint. For years, Speed walked in circles giving pony rides to excited kids. He gave and he gave, never objecting, but was always trustworthy. Then he was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson, which is how Hattie meets Speed. She works for them, and right away she bonds with this special horse. But then the Fergusons decide it’s time to euthanize Speed. Read More
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Determined to set an old, ailing horse free, best friends Hattie and Delores drive him west in search of rangeland. But the road takes some unexpected turns as the girls get their own taste of freedom --- and as they confront the reasons they left home.
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Determined to set an old, ailing horse free, best friends Hattie and Delores drive him west in search of rangeland. But the road takes some unexpected turns as the girls get their own taste of freedom --- and as they confront the reasons they left home.
About the Book
Two girls: Best friends Hattie and Delores feel that life in their small New Hampshire town is a dead end.
One horse: Old and about to be put down, Speed gets a reprieve when Hattie and Delores decide to save him.
A road trip: Determined to set Speed free, Hattie and Delores drive him west in search of rangeland. But the road takes some unexpected turns as the girls get their own taste of freedom --- and as they confront the reasons they left home.
Editorial Content for Winter Town
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More than the snow on the ground, more than the break from school (which isn't much of a break at all), more than the tiny, perfect Christmas village his dad builds each year, Evan looks forward to one thing about winter vacation. That would be the annual visit back to New England of Lucy, his former best friend who moved to Atlanta with her mother after her parents' divorce several years earlier. Read More
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Every year, straight-laced, Ivy League-bound Evan looks forward to a visit from his childhood friend, Lucy. But suddenly, Lucy has changed into a dark, scowling stranger, and Evan is determined to find the “Old Lucy” that he knows still exists.
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Every year, straight-laced, Ivy League-bound Evan looks forward to a visit from his childhood friend, Lucy. But suddenly, Lucy has changed into a dark, scowling stranger, and Evan is determined to find the “Old Lucy” that he knows still exists.
About the Book
Every winter, straight-laced, Ivy League bound Evan looks forward to a visit from Lucy, a childhood pal who moved away after her parent's divorce. But when Lucy arrives this year, she's changed. The former "girl next door" now has chopped dyed black hair, a nose stud, and a scowl. But Evan knows that somewhere beneath the Goth, "Old Lucy" still exists, and he's determined to find her... even if it means pissing her off.
Editorial Content for Scored
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Any student will tell you that scores can make all the difference. When their young, they learn that a higher score is better than a lower one. As they progress through different grade levels, they start figuring out who gets better grades than others, and sometimes parents urge their children to hang out with the smarter kids. A single score in high school can mean the difference between a full-ride scholarship to a prestigious college and working for a living. Read More
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Forget everything important in life. All that matters is the score. A high score means the college and job of your choice. A low score means a tough life ahead of you. For Imani, the score means having to choose between friendship and questioning everything she’s ever known.
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Forget everything important in life. All that matters is the score. A high score means the college and job of your choice. A low score means a tough life ahead of you. For Imani, the score means having to choose between friendship and questioning everything she’s ever known.
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Set in the future when teenagers are monitored via camera and their recorded actions and confessions plugged into a computer program that determines their ability to succeed. All kids given a "score" that determines their future potential. This score has the ability to get kids into colleges, grant scholarships, or destroy all hope for the above. SCORED's reluctant heroine is Imani, a girl whose high score is brought down when her best friend's score plummets. Where do you draw the line between doing what feels morally right and what can mean your future? Friendship, romance, loyalty, family, human connection and human value: all are questioned in this fresh and compelling dystopian novel set in the scarily forseeable future.
Editorial Content for The Sharp Time
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When you have a name like Sandinista Jones, it doesn’t really matter how much you’d love to just blend in and be normal; it probably won’t happen. And Sandinista is also saddled with being 18, parentless, and seemingly without any allies. After an incident at school gets out of hand, she decides she can do without high school and gets a job at The Pale Circus, a trendy secondhand clothing boutique. Read More
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The death of her single mother has left high school senior Sandinista Jones alone in the world, subject to the random vulnerability of everyday life. When the school system lets her down, her grief and instability intensify, and she ponders a violent act of revenge.
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The death of her single mother has left high school senior Sandinista Jones alone in the world, subject to the random vulnerability of everyday life. When the school system lets her down, her grief and instability intensify, and she ponders a violent act of revenge.
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Sandinista Jones is a high school senior with a punk rock name and a broken heart. The death of her single mother has left Sandinista alone in the world, subject to the random vulnerability of everyday life. When the school system lets her down, her grief and instability intensify, and she ponders a violent act of revenge.
Still, in the midst of her crisis, she gets a job at The Pale Circus, a funky vintage clothing shop, and finds friendship and camaraderie with her coworker, a boy struggling with his own secrets.
Even as Sandinista sees the failures of those with power and authority, she's offered the chance to survive through the redemptive power of friendship. Now she must choose between faith and forgiveness or violence and vengeance.
