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Star football player Ryan Hale, who dreams of being a filmmaker, agrees to be an exchange student's bodyguard for money that Ryan wants to use for an application to film school, despite his father's and teammates' wishes.

After Rob's brother Adam is released from prison, Rob hopes that their family can go back to "normal." When Adam invites Rob to go on a road trip with him to check out a college, Rob is afraid that Adam is looking for an easy way to get what he wants instead of working for what he wants.

Sixteen-year-old Penny Capelli has just moved to a small town to live with her aunt Stella when Penny's dog digs up a human skeleton in the backyard that is over twenty years old. Penny, her cousin Simon, and his friends investigate the mystery and try to learn the skeleton's identity. However, they quickly learn that their efforts could provoke the killer again.

"When a distant storm knocks out the power at Cam's high school, he heads out of town for burgers with his friends before going to pick up his little brother, Peter, at the school bus stop. But suddenly they are caught in a deadly tornado and Cam barely makes it out alive. Rushing home, he returns to find that Peter is missing, his house is in ruins and his parents are locked in a big fight. Cam must battle extreme weather conditions to find his brother and try to keep his already fragile family from being torn apart"--Provided by publisher.

"In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, after a string of really bad luck, a teenage boy takes a women up on her generous offer of free room and board. But he soon learns that things are not as they seem"--Publisher.

"In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, a young teen is thrilled when she gets into art school but shocked to learn that some students feel she doesn't belong there"--Provided by publisher.

"Ester 'Essie' Tomasi is a genius. She got an early entrance scholarship to university and at eighteen years old is already in her second year of pre-med. But Essie also struggles with a dark secret: she has a serious gambling problem. She is falling deeper and deeper into debt, struggling to keep up with her heavy course load and unable to make even the simplest of decisions without flipping a coin. But when Essie makes a bet that she can't cover, it's her identical twin sister, Aggie, who comes to the rescue, making a dangerous deal with the gangsters holding Essie's latest bet. Essie must find her way out of this mess or risk losing everything she's ever cared about"--Provided by the publisher.

"Jason is sure his sister, Becca, was murdered, but he's the only one who thinks so. After finding a photograph Becca kept hidden, he decides to infiltrate a boxing gym to prove that she didn't die accidentally. As a transgender kid, Jason's been fighting for as long as he can remember, and those skills are going to come in handy as he investigates. Quickly invited into the inner circle, Jason must balance newfound friendships with the burning hate that drives him. Jason soon feels torn between two worlds, determined to discover what happened to his sister but struggling with the fact that this is the first time he's ever felt like he belonged somewhere"--OCLC.

David must find a way to handle the secret he has learned about the death of his younger brother and his stepfather's murder when he becomes the prime suspect in the killing.

"In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, a teen tries to balance the last year of high school, a new romance and looking after her sister with mental health issues"--Provided by publisher.