In Hannah's world, every dollar counts. When she comes home to find that her alcoholic mom is wasted, she's not surprised. But when she discovers that her younger brother, Seth, has disappeared with the overdue rent money, she worries they'll be…
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High Interest YA Page-Turners
They might be funny or freaky. They might be about the real world or virtual reality. About natural disasters, bullies, new relationships, or finding who you are. But the important thing is that they are fast-paced and attention grabbing from first page to last.
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- Jennifer is happy to be accepted to a prestigious art school, and creates works that incorporate her indigenous heritage. Her happiness wavers when some resentful kids tell her to stop being "so Indian".
- The other night, Trace Brewster, Max's best friend and star hockey player for the Hawks, scored on his own net and put the teams chances of qualifying for an upcoming tournament in jeopardy. Since then, Trace has gone silent and is shutting everyone…
- Michael has been getting into trouble lately. As a consequence, his mom is making him look after his grandfather for the summer. The thing is, Gramps isn't your average senior citizen: he's a retired burglar with a lifetime of criminal knowledge.…
- It's Lux Lawson's first day at Augusta Savage School of the Arts in Harlem, and she's determined to make it work. She can't get kicked out of another place, especially since her only other option is military school. So when she runs into the Flyy…
- Bran's taking the recycling down to the basement when the lights go out and the elevator stalls. Bran's phone's dead, he can hear screaming, but he can't get out. He manages to pry the doors open only to find that something's very wrong. His own…
- Charlie Hope was not expecting to spend his summer trying to solve a murder. Helping his mother run the family hotel doesn't usually offer much excitement. When an elderly resident with a secret, criminal past dies from a fall down the stairs,…
- Jaylin is studying for a stressful English exam when she receives a message from her best friend, Fatima. The thing is, Fatima died a year ago in a terrible traffic accident. At first, Jaylin thinks someone is playing a horrible prank, but as the…
- Will's father was just found dead under mysterious circumstances. He was a retired cop who'd been working as a night security guard at the SulCorp sulfur mill. Now, to determine if his death was a tragic accident or something more sinister, Will…
- Jen learns that her mom has been keeping a secret: Jen has a biological father who isn't the dad she grew up with. Now this secret threatens to tear their family apart.
- Dex is dropped onto a deserted tropical island to compete in a high-stakes internet reality show. He takes it to the extreme to gain the most likes and social media followers needed to win.
- Two foster brothers Zack and Peter must pull together to survive after a flash flood leaves them stranded in an evacuated neighborhood of their riverside town.
- Del works at an animal shelter by day, but by night she meets with her Great Aunt Kitty and old friends that use their criminal skills to right wrongs. In this fun book, the modern-day Robin Hoods set out to return a necklace to its rightful owner…
- Charlotte's grandmother has spent most of her life searching Dorothy Lake for Dottie, its reputed lake monster. The townsfolk think she's crazy. Charlotte wants to use her new drone to prove Dottie is real so everyone will stop making fun of her…
- Leon, a short and chubby gamer, is shocked when the cool kid invites him to test out a not-yet-released virtual reality video game. When a glitch puts them in real-life danger, it's up to Leon to battle a dragon and save himself and his friend.
- Jason is sure his sister, Becca, was murdered, but he's the only one who thinks so. After finding a photograph Becca kept hidden, he decides to infiltrate a boxing gym to prove that she didn't die accidentally. As a transgender kid, Jason's been…
- Jack loves mountain biking, and when his dad forbids him to ride in the forest surrounding Lytton because of the risk of wildfire, the reality of BC's heat dome sets in. Days later, the village of Lytton burns down, forcing Jack to evacuate to…
- Matt is counting down the days until he turns sixteen. He's been living with his foster parents in Yukon River valley in their isolated cabin. He is done with the harsh lifestyle and helping his abusive foster dad, Dan, run the traplines so he can…
- Tessa must prove her brother innocent of murdering his girlfriend's parents with an axe, a mystery that proves all too close to the Lizzie Borden murders one hundred years earlier. This propulsive, supernatural thriller imagines what might happen if…
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