Kategoria BISAC: Young Adult Fiction >> Law & Crime

From Academy Award-winning writer, actor, and activist in the LGBTQ community comes a groundbreaking story about love, prejudice, and being yourself.

"This complex, illuminating and beautiful book reminds us we have to look for the light even in the darkest corners." --Brian Selznick, author of The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Phoebe's life in Neptune, New Jersey, is somewhat unremarkable. She helps her mom out with her hair salon, she goes to school, and she envies her perfect older sister. But everything changes when Leonard arrives.

Leonard is...

One day, fifteen-year-old Carmina Knight's life was perfect, and the next, she'd lost everything. Her family, her home, almost everything that she knew. Alone on the streets, she can't trust anyone, but she also can't make it alone.

Neil Crowther is the investigator on the Knight case. He knows that he has to unravel the web of deceit and track Carmina down quickly, or there will be no one left to save.

Praise for Cynthia has a Secret

--Cynthia has a Secret hooked me at the beginning and kept me interested right to the last page. Filled with...

"Every time I think I'm out, they pull me back in." --Michael Corleone, The Godfather

Since her release from Liberty Children's Facility, Anya Balanchine is determined to follow the straight and narrow. Unfortunately, her criminal record is making it hard for her to do that. No high school wants her with a gun possession charge on her rap sheet. Plus, all the people in her life have moved on: Natty has skipped two grades at Holy Trinity, Scarlet and Gable seem closer than ever, and even Win is in a new relationship. But when old friends return demanding that certain debts be...

When everything changed, Kelli thought she would be happy. But nothing really changed.

Kelli's life has never been easy. She's always faced her problems head on. She's strong and savvy and in charge of herself. All of that is about to change. Her life is turned upside down when she discovers the secret that her mother has been hiding from her for years. Kelli thinks it is her one chance at happiness. But is it?