Crush. Candy. Corpse. by Sylvia McNicoll
Summary: Stuck volunteering in a smelly nursing home to complete a forty hour requirement for graduation, Sunny’s initial reluctance is tempered by a talent for taking care of the residents. Her position gives her a new perspective on growing older, and her burgeoning relationship with Cole, the grandson of one of the seniors, changes her. A charge of manslaughter when Cole’s grandmother chokes to death on three pieces of candy means Sunny is facing time in a detention centre, but the trial itself helps her sort through her experiences to find a way to move on with her life....
Read MoreHaze by Erin Thomas
Summary: On a swimming scholarship to a prestigious private school, Bram is doing everything he can to make the Sharks’ swim team. This means participating in hazing rituals invented by the senior members of the team, putting himself and others at risk. When Jeremy, a fellow Shark, comes to Bram with a previous hazing cover-up, Bram is driven to investigate, especially after Jeremy is a victim of what looks like a hit and run accident. Aided by Jeremy’s sister, Abby, Bram is in a race against time to figure out who is really behind the death of a promising former team mate before...
Read MoreLast Message by Shane Peacock
Summary: When Adam’s grandfather, David McLean, dies and leaves a quest for each of his seven grandsons to complete, Adam is torn between mourning his loss, intrigue about the quest, and bitterness about overhearing his grandfather telling his mother he will never amount to much. His trip to France to take care of some his grandfather’s unfinished business challenges Adam to prove his grandfather wrong, but he finds himself facing the same moral quandaries that his grandfather did decades before. One thing is for sure, the quests left by his grandfather will change Adam in ways...
Read MoreCracked Up To Be by Courtney Summers
Summary: Parker’s life is a mess. After showing up at school drunk and a suicide attempt, Parker is being closely watched by her school’s administration and must follow all of the rules they have set out for her if she still wants to graduate. Used to being the popular, perfect girl at school, Parker is now doing everything she can to alienate her friends and family, and it all comes down to one night and a mistake she made that she can never forgive herself for. Caught between her desire to self-destruct and others’ attempts to save her, Parker is pushed to the brink as...
Read MoreThe Prince of Neither Here Nor There by Sean Cullen
Summary: Delivered to an orphanage run by Nuns as a baby, Brendan has a mysterious past. The family he is adopted into is very loving and supportive, but one day Brendan learns that he is actually a Faerie. And not just any Faerie, but a Prince with several amazing powers. Finding out his true identity changes Brendan’s life, and Brendan is put in the position of having to decide who he can trust. Raised by Humans, Brendan is in a unique position to mend the rift between the two peoples and claim his place in the Faerie world. Number of Pages: 384 Age Range: 13-14 Review: An...
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