betrayal

Crowfeather struggles to forgive his son, Breezepelt, and the other Clanmates who betrayed him. Even as peace settles in the aftermath of fighting, trouble brews within the WindClan's own territory. And Crowfeather must truly reconcile his past in order to step up as the warrior his clan needs.

Having discovered her affinity for magic, seventeen-year-old beasty Anouk--an animal enchanted to become a human--has longed to find someone to train her to be a witch. If she can harness her powers, maybe she can help her friends, who are also beasties, escape from the trap that has kept them in their animal forms, set on them by Prince Rennar. However, Anouk will learn that the beasties are not the only ones in danger--the witches of Bavaria have unleashed a fierce plague on London.

Young teens are taken by force to an isolated island where they are forced to wear collars that explode if they break any rules and must fight each other to the death.

A graphic novel adaptation of the author's novel about Amir, a forty-year-old novelist living in the U.S., who returns to his native Afghanistan to right a terrible wrong that ended his boyhood friendship with Hassan, a member of the persecuted Hazara people.

"Kazi and Jase have survived, stronger and more in love than ever. Their new life now lies before them--the Ballengers will be outlaws no longer, Tor's Watch will be a kingdom, and Kazi and Jase will meet all challenges side by side, together at last. But an ominous warning mars their journey back, and they soon find themselves captured in a tangled web of deceit woven by their greatest enemies and unlikeliest allies, a place where betrayals run deeper and more deadly than eitherhad thought possible, and where timeless ambitions threaten to destroy them both"--Provided by publisher.

"A murder at an elite New England college tears apart a group of friends--one of whom is playing a dangerous game"--Provided by publisher.

Amir, the son of a wealthy businessman, and Hassan, the son of a servant in Amir's household, grow up in Kabul on the eve of the Soviet invasion; however, ethnic, religious, and political tensions tear the country as well as the boys' relationship apart.

"[A young adult novel that] explores the emotional fallout after a girl cuts ties with her best friend"--Amazon.com.

Amir and Hassan are good friends growing up together in Afghanistan but when the Soviets invade the country, Amir and his family use their wealth and influence to flee to California, but Hassan and his impoverished family, who are also a shunned ethnic minority, stay and suffer.

Amir, haunted by his betrayal of Hassan, the son of his father's servant and a childhood friend, returns to Kabul as an adult after he learns Hassan has been killed, in an attempt to redeem himself by rescuing Hassan's son from a life of slavery to a Taliban official.