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by Lisa McMann Ever since she was 8 years old, high school student Janie has been uncontrollably drawn into other peoples dreams, but it is not until she befriends and elderly nursing home patient and becomes involved with an enigmatic fellow student that she discovers her true power. This is the first book in a 3-book series. by Malin Lindroth The narrator is in love with a bad boy named Johnny. Johnnys friends play a cruel trick on a misfit named Susie by convincing her that Johnny is attracted to her. When the prank goes too far, the narrator wants something big to happen to prove Johnny still loves her. The prank goes horribly wrong, and Susie becomes an even bigger victim. by Blake Nelson A 16-year-old Portland, Oregon, skateboarder, whose parents are going through a difficult divorce, is engulfed by guilt and confusion when he accidentally kills a security guard in a train yard. by Clem Martini 15-year-old Greg is in a teen sex offenders facility because of an assault on his stepsister. He hates the professionals who try to help him and cant wait to go home. When he enters a room for a meeting, his mother is there, and his step dad is by her side. The thing is by Sarah N. Harvey When Jack is interested in something, he puts his all into it. When best friend Leah decides to have plastic surgery for her 16th birthday, Jack is horrified and determined to stop her. He finds out that her surgeon might be doing something bad, he wants to do something about it but then it turns violent. by Caroline Adderson 15-year-old Cass is too cool. But she struggles with what role to play in life. Its her director father, long absent, who leaves her struggling to figure herself out. The one thing she knows is that shes sick of her mothers boyfriends. But when a school film project comes up, things get very strange. by Ryan G. Van Cleave While trying to impress a beautiful, unattainable classmate, 14-year-old Andy discovers that a fellow social outcast may be planning an act of school violence. by Billie Livingston A mother-daughter duo share thoughts of suicide, but things might not end up that way. Could a daughter kill her mother? by Michael Northrop Seven high schoolers are stranded in their high school during a week-long blizzard that shuts down the power and heat, freezes the pipes, and leaves them wondering if theyll survive. they might not want him to come back home. by Alex Van Tol Jill is enduring a brutal summer job on a mountain ranch, guiding wannabe-cowboys on trail rides. On a solo ride with a handsome stranger, she ends up in a fight for her life with no one to help her. by Elizabeth Woods Cara, solitary and bullied in high school, is delighted to reconnect with her childhood best friend Zoe, whose support and friendship help Cara gain self confidence, even as her classmates start dying. by Adrian Chamberlain Duncan decides to try out for a local rock band. He plays the bass in the school orchestra, but it is a long way from band camp to rock star. Joining a heavy-metal band, he tries to fit in, dumping his old friends and trying to walk the walk. But his dads girlfriend introduces him to her musician brother, Duncan discovers that there is more to being a guitar hero than playing in a metal band.