Through journal entries required by their social worker at a juvenile detention center, middle-schoolers Katie, Nate, and Renata relate how they came to kidnap their tormentor, Chase, a star athlete from the town's most prominent family, who surprisingly became their willing victim.

Every school day seems to bring more trouble to eleven-year-old Derek, whose former best friend bullies him, while at home he deals with the long absence of his father, a Blackhawk helicopter pilot, and his mother's sudden moodiness.

She hadn't told anyone--not one word about that night and what had been done to her had ever passed Maddy Malone's lips. She'd thought about it at first--had been desperate, even frantic, to tell. But then had come the shame, and the intimidation from the boys who raped her-- and the one who held her down. Now it's the beginning of a new school year and Maddy is hoping that she can continue to hide, making herself as quiet and small as possible. She...

"In the sequel to K-Pop Confidential, Candace is a Rookie idol. Her life is suddenly filled with the fans, cameras, and glamor of stardom: She and her boyfriend, YoungBae, are a K-Pop power couple; she's a walking icon at Brandt Foreign School; and her new girl group, known simply as THE GIRLS, is poised to break records across the industry. With her status as the industry's K-Pop Warrior, she has all the clout at her disposal to make waves. Right?...

"Char has always had to be tough. It doesn't matter what Maleeka, Miss Saunders, and even her sister and guardian, Juju, say. But the hard edges that have always driven people away are now all the protection she has against the world. Turned out of the only home she's ever known, Char boards a bus to nowhere and falls prey to a complex system that takes advantage of vulnerable teens. While Char is living a nightmare, she's smart and strong and determined...