extortion

Cynthia Cyber has trapped two programmers in the video game Space Racers, which she invented but did not get credit for, and sends a monster racer to destroy them if she does not get a ten million dollar ransom--and it is up to 13-year-old Tyler Morant in his secret identity as The Gamer to rescue them before they are destroyed.

"Four friends celebrate a birthday in a luxury hotel. But what starts as a fun weekend quickly turns into an outright nightmare. They receive messages at the door of their room, revealing more and more about what exactly happened a year ago. What the messenger wants is clear: revenge"--Provided by publisher.

"Alice Sun has always felt invisible at her elite Beijing international boarding school. When her parents drop the news that they can no longer afford her tuition, even with the scholarship, Alice hatches a plan to monetize her strange new power--she'll discover the scandalous secrets her classmates want to know, for a price. But as the tasks escalate from petty scandals to actual crimes, Alice must decide if it's worth losing her conscience--or even her life"--Provided by publisher.

Starting a new school in the fall with her friend Shirley, everything is going well for Jamila until Shirley pulls her into a new assignment: stop Chuck Milton, a school bully who is using blackmail and intimidation to become school president--an assignment that will involve a bit of breaking and entering.

"You just dropped off your child at the bus stop. A panicked stranger calls your phone. Your child has been kidnapped. The stranger then explains that their child has also been kidnapped, by a completely different stranger. The only way to get your child back is to kidnap another child - within 24 hours. Your child will be released only when the next victim's parents kidnap yet another child. And most importantly, the stranger explains, if you don't kidnap a child, or if the next parents don't kidnap a child, your child will be murdered. You are now part of The Chain"--Provided by publisher.

"Seventh graders Owen, Gemma, Ally, and Todd, who have nothing in common and barely know each other, must work together and follow the instructions of an anonymous blackmailer. None of them want to go along with the blackmailer's instructions, but each of them has a secret they must protect at all costs"--Provided by publisher.

Team Retribution has been contacted by a teen who is being blackmailed into handing over secrets from the family business. Jace, with the help of his brother, Bentley, start to investigate and soon learn that the teen's family, like his own, is not what it appears to be. Jace, after learning he was switched at birth, then sets out to track down his birth family.

"After saving a man's life, Embry Woods, seventeen, is considered a hero but someone begins blackmailing her for causing his near-death, forcing her to make choices that endanger her loved ones"--Provided by publisher.

When the star of the basketball team is blackmailed, it is up to Matt Stevens, the lone voice for justice in corrupt Franklin Middle School, to uncover who is behind the scheme.

"Long before the two ever met, Misha had seen Tanvi in terrifying visions. What were the dreams about? And how could he have dreamed about someone he'd never met? As their relationship grows, Misha becomes aware of darkness growing within him -- a darkness that could destroy the bond that he and Tanvi have developed. But there is darkness on the outside, too. An evil force is unleashed, and Misha's nightmare become a reality as he and Tanvi fight to survive a horrifying ordeal"--Back of cover.