Genre: Teen/YA contemporary KIRKUS REVIEWS: ...dazzling, richly textured YA debut..." One sext -> disastrous effect. Fifteen-year-old Polarity Weeks just wants to live a normal life, but her life implodes when her sixth-period history classmates start ogling a nude picture of her on the Internet. Polarity would never have struck such a shameless pose, but the photo is definitely of her, and she’s at a complete loss to explain its existence. Surrounded by disbelief and derision on all … [Read more...]
Featured Book: Sam’s Top Secret Journal: We Spy by Sean Adelman
About Sam's Top Secret Journal: We Spy by Sean Adelman Sam's Top Secret Journal: We Spy will be $0.99 from 12/25/2015 through 12/31/2015. Join Sam as she embarks on her first big adventure in this middle-grade mystery full of fun, suspense...and just the right amount of spying! Sam is a middle school girl living a normal life-except when she is occasionally bullied for the differences kids perceive in her. Sam has Down syndrome. See how she and her brother John work together to find some … [Read more...]
Secret Friends by Lynn Landes
My name is Bella. I am a Pegasus and this is the story of how I met my secret friend, Maximillion. You know what a Pegasus is, right? NO? We are mythical creatures that look like horses with wings. We can fly, well, most of us can. Every day after school it starts. The other Pegasus don’t like me. You see I can’t fly, it scares me. Lots of things scare me. I am different and they just don’t like different. So I run, but it is hard to run faster than a Pegasus can fly. One day … [Read more...]
Angels Club by Courtney Vail
Nearly twelve, Jacinda Gonzalez collects insults rather than friends in her new school, but she finds escape from her bullies at the therapeutic riding farm where she volunteers. When a malnourished horse shows up as a rescue, she takes it on as a project horse, and the horse's sweet nature inspires her to spread kindness around to make a positive difference in the world. Appropriate for all ages. Targeted Age Group:: 8+ What Inspired You to Write Your Book? A local author and I share a … [Read more...]
FEATURED BOOK: On the Other Hand by Jean Gill
Insert Book Cover Link from BookStoreGenre: YA social issues 'A must for all left-handers' AGL Magazine A mix of gripping story with fascinating facts on left-handedness. Everyone should think left-handed - or so 14 year old Jamie thought when she tied her hand behind her back for a day-long protest in school, against persecution of left-handers over the centuries. Her best friend Ryan publicised their cause with a new series of articles in the school magazine but just when their … [Read more...]
EKHO: Evil Kid Hunting Organization by Marie and Max Jones @MarieDJones
Ten-year-old Elvis Jones is tired of being picked on, taunted, and teased by the bullies at his elementary school, so he does what any smart, technologically brilliant kid his age would do: he creates EKHO, the Evil Kid Hunting Organization, a sophisticated network of kid spies and secret agents that utilize a variety of cool gadgets to stay one step ahead of the enemy – the bullies. They hire kids, make them swear allegiance to the organization, and train them as Commandos, Privates, and Elite … [Read more...]
FEATURED BOOK: SOUL FIRE by Nancy Allan
Genre: Young Adult - Literature & Fiction In a heartbeat, a single mistake can alter everything . . . and suddenly you realize . . . life will never ever be the same. Popular Ashla Cameron can do no wrong until the day she makes a devastating mistake. Instantly, she lands in the crosshairs of angry students. Classmates and friends shun her. School bullies hone in on her, and she is targeted by the nefarious Mako Zelter. Her three friends stand strong to protect her, but things spiral … [Read more...]
SOUL FIRE by Nancy Allan @NancyAllan
In a heartbeat, a single mistake can alter everything . . . and suddenly you realize . . . life will never ever be the same. Ashla Cameron can do no wrong until the day she makes a devastating mistake. Instantly, she lands in the crosshairs of angry students. Classmates and friends shun her. School bullies hone in on her, and she is targeted by the nefarious Mako Zelter. Her three friends stand strong to protect her, but things spiral out of control. The mysterious Delta recognizes her … [Read more...]
A Bully in Monkeyville by Ari Mazor @MazorBooks
-- Fred the monkey is being bulled and is keeping it a SECRET -- When Jason Brown moves to town he is lonely but does not know how to make friends. Instead he starts picking on Fred who is much smaller than him. Fred does not want to snitch and does not tell on Jason. But when Fred stops playing outside his friends figure out the reason. Fred's friends teach him that some time 'telling' is the right thing to do and even heroic because it protects everybody. The story of Fred and Jason is told … [Read more...]
Nobody Can Take My Happy Away by Jessica Arnold
A book with a positive message about bullying written for kids (and adults too) by a kid! Emily is the new girl at school. She learns quickly that her first day at a new school isn't going to go the way she expected. She gets teased about her appearance among other things. At first, Emily thinks that there is something wrong with her, and wonders if there is something she can fix about herself to get the other kids to stop teasing. She soon learns that the problem isn't her, it's them. … [Read more...]
