Friesen, Jonathan

A pariah in his town and home for the results of his risk-taking behavior, eighteen-year-old Jake seeks adrenaline rushes to clear his dark thoughts, but when Salome, the girl he loves, gets caught up in taking chances, too, the consequences are devastating.

His body twisted by scoliosis and his brain prone to seizures, Jonah Everett feels cursed and doomed to a loveless life, especially when Stormi, his best friend whom he has loved since childhood, seems destined to leave their small town. However, Stormi has premonitions, and everything she sees is telling her to leave town before disaster strikes. Jonah is surprised when Stormi asks him for help, and the two friends discover a dark mystery their small town has been hiding for years.

"When her carry-on bag is accidentally switched with Elias's identical pack, Clara uses the luggage tag to track down her things. At that address she discovers there is not one Elias Phinn, but two"--.

When trying to protect her sister lands seventeen-year-old Crow in a coma, putting her soul in limbo between life and death, she is given a chance to inhabit a loaner body to go back and change the past.

Plagued by Tourette's syndrome and a stepfather who despises him, Sam meets an old man in his small Minnesota town who sends him on a road trip designed to help him discover the truth about his life.

In the year 2250, the Council controls the world's fresh water sources. To keep the peace they have, through years of indoctrination, weeded out all emotion--or so they thought. Luca is the son of the Deliverer--who will one day himself have to travel underground and negotiate with the Rat Men for fresh water--and he seems to have retained his emotions. Which makes him dangerous in the eyes of the Council.

Chloe, who loves the darkness of her family's broken-down movie theater because it hides the scars that line her face, and Nick, who shares her love of movies despite his blindness, are transported into the fantasy world of the script they are writing, where they face adventure and tragedy that could transform their real lives.

Jake, who is a pariah because of the results of his risk-taking behavior, seeks adrenaline rushes to clear his dark thoughts, but when the girl he loves gets caught up in taking chances, too, the consequences are devastating.

Thirteen-year-old Martin Boyle struggles to break a family curse after discovering that he has only twelve weeks to live.