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Smith Bay High senior Auckland Young is watching his life fall apart. His father’s small church is failing and his family is about to lose everything they own. Desperate to escape eviction Auckland turns a teacher’s casual offer of extra credit into an obsessive science project with the potential to make millions. Through trial and error and with the help of his younger sister, two runaway musicians, his school’s rebellious drug-dealing surf king, an exchange student from Bali and a Muslim refugee, Auckland creates Nightbook—a new technology that has the power to create lucid and life-changing dreams. Science, religion and wealth collide when Auckland’s father betrays him by using N ...

Set over the course of two years, a small town girl is forced to overcome struggles beyond her control. A sense of betrayal and guilt lead her search for real family, all the while hiding a dark secret from the one she loves.

In the heart of Georgia, a football player, Bo Creek accepts the challenge of a local banker. When his Grandpa's land is facing foreclosure, Bo Creek must hunt for an elusive whitetail buck that resides on Oglethorpe Estates. During his adventure Creek must rely on spirituality to lead him to manhood. Crazy Toes, the caretaker of the Estates, encourages Creek to disregard modern possessions and trust his instincts. Crazy Toes supplies Bo with key essentials for his quest. Creek must rely on his faith, to endure the most challenging hunt, that ever occurred in Georgia. Oglethorpe Estates captivates a boy's wild heart and a man's determination. Geography enthusiasts can decipher clues ...

Kozan Zentaro is a sixteen-year-old boy who wants to change the world by becoming the OmniKeyo the strongest person in the world, but as his journey continues he finds out that he has a bigger role to play in everyone’s lives than he thinks. Changing the world is gonna get a whole lot harder because little does he know the life of everyone is in his hands. Will Kozan be able to face all his challenges and not only save but change the world or will he just be another hopeless dreamer and have himself and everyone in his life he loves and cares about die...... What Will He Do For Change?

Fareedah Jefferson; author of One Day My World Changed was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1978 to parents Viola and Sandy Jefferson. The oldest of three children, she lived in Crown Heights during her formative years, but was predominantly raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn until she entered the United States Army at the age of 20. As a young child she was always fond of dance, African culture, the English language and writing. After her time in the service she would go on to major in both Journalism and English at Medgar Evers College, which is where she further developed a passion for writing. In the book, One Day My World Changed, Fareedah and her daughter Madison take a retrospective jo ...

Harry was a promising young man destined for a great future. One night changed his whole life as he made the decision to drive drunk. Having done this numerous times in the past, Harry had no idea that this one night would change his perspective on life as he barrels into a car and kills 3 people. This story chronicles his journey being in prison and how he ended up there. The question now becomes, will he be the man who spends his years rotting behind prison walls or will he find a way to rehabilitate himself and make sure that other people don’t make the same mistakes he’s made in his life. This book tackles issues dealing with alcoholism, drunk driving and taking the necessary measure ...

Follow the life experiences of Wynter, who has been dealing with an abusive partner, Abby, seeing a previous life of a beaten Queen and Westminster, who has a unique vision to share along with a young black wolf that has to "shut the doors" on crippling and controlling figures in its life, with the help of the Shaman, Robbie Greytail. For mature audiences, preferably 16 and up.

A group of teenagers head off to winter retreat in the Appalachian mountains. It seems like nothing could go wrong, they were with all their friends and had 24/7 coffee what more could you ask for? But when they go off on a camping trip, everything that could go wrong,does.

After Griffin and his family move from Florida to a small town in Kansas, his life is turned upside down. When he encounters a group of kids bent on making his life even more difficult, what he needs more than anything is a friend. This story, written by a 15-year old, expresses the complexities of bullying, grief, friendship, and the notion that not everyone with a voice can speak.

Willow has been hiding a secret. She is the famous teen phenom drag racer only known as Willi Jr. Neither Willow nor her father, Willi Sr, have revealed their identities. With a new move to a new town, Willow's identity and gender are uncovered, and now she wants the world to know that girls can race the boys. How will the racing world react? Logan is overcoming cancer, is thrust into Willow's life, and is quickly falling for the cute car girl. These new feelings go against everything he planned. How can he help and protect her when everything seems to fall apart for her?