When Kiana witnesses a shooting in her neighborhood, she believes telling the truth will help a friend who is involved, but her actions may put her in danger.
Clint Asuna, a junior at Grissom High School, befriends a beautiful girl who was hiding behind his truck, but he soon finds out that there is more to the story she is telling him.
When Oscar's English teacher, Mr. Meeker, is attacked in the school parking lot, everyone believes Oscar is responsible, forcing Oscar to track down the real assaulter and clear his name.
David must find a way to handle the secret he has learned about his stepfather and his younger brother's death when he becomes the prime suspect in his stepfather's murder.
In 1824, five white men murder innocent, peaceful Indians, including women and children, causing certain bloody reprisals if the Indians' demands for justice are not met.
When one of their classmates kills another with a gun, two high school students try to come to terms with the tragedy by examining the motives for the killing and by tracing the acquisition of the weapon.
A series of poems reflect the thoughts of various people--town residents young and old, teachers, and some students visiting from the city--caught up in the events surrounding the murder of a beautiful high school student who had recently moved to the small lake-side community of Hudson Landing.
Kristen is trying to forget the death her best friend and that she had dated a murderer; she parties every night, until she meets her ex-boyfriend in the Hamptons.
When serial killer Hank Miller is killed in a shoot-out with police, his abused son Cameron adopts the identity of one of his father's victims in order to find a better life.
Examines the unsolved case of Jack the Ripper, a killer who mutilated and murdered prostitutes in London in the late 1880s, and discusses the ongoing debate over the identity of the serial murderer.
