Orca soundings

Jenessa uses the thrill of illegal street racing to deal with the tragic death of her best friend.

"Seventeen-year-old Mark "Shark" Hewitt is good at playing pool. Really good. When he, his mom and sister move to a new town, Mark immediately seeks out the local pool hall. He loves to play, but even more than that, he just loves hanging out with the regulars. It reminds him of good times with his dad, who is no longer in the picture. When one of the patrons notices Mark's natural gift for the game, he forces Mark to use his talent for profit. Now Mark has to find a way to get out from under this sleazeball's thumb and protect his family"--Provided by publisher.

Jack launches a full-scale protest when his best friend Leah announces her plans to get plastic surgery for her sixteenth birthday, and though he gets a lot of attention, things turn violent when someone else takes up the cause, and Jack must give a lot of thought to what he wants to do next.

"New Hope Academy, or, as seventeen-year-old Jane Learning likes to call it, No Hope, is a Baptist reform school where Jane is currently being held captive. Of course, smart, sarcastic Jane has no interest in reforming, failing to see any benefit to pretending to play well with others. But then Hannah shows up, a gorgeous bad girl with fiery hair and an even stormier disposition. She shows Jane how to live a full and fulfilling life even when the world tells you you're wrong, and how to believe in a future outside the 'prison' walls. Jane soon learns, though, that Hannah is quietly battling some demons of her own"--Publisher's website.

"In this high-interest novel for teen readers, Jemma witnesses a drive-by shooting but is afraid to speak up"--Publisher provided.

Mike and Lindsay's friendship is ruined by a simple misunderstanding, but when Lindsay is caught in a compromising position and the footage goes viral, Mike knows he has to put aside any hard feelings and help Lindsay in her time of need.

Ian, inspired by a documentary on fast food, starts an online boycott of Frankie's fast food restaurants that multiplies to the extent that it attracts the attention of the company's lawyers and eventually forces the chain to add healthy choices to its menu.

When Cameron discovers a baby abandoned in the woods, he tries to discover whether his sister is the mother.

Sixteen-year-old Logan, having died in a car accident, learns about the afterlife from a guide and his grandmother and is given the opportunity to save his younger sister from being molested by a family member, but choosing to do so has consequences.

When Chris finds a wallet on the street he tries to return it to its owner. In trouble at home and at school, he is struggling to do the right thing. However, as circumstances slowly start unraveling and his whole life appears headed down the drain, Chris realizes that the person who owns the wallet looks a lot like him and has a life he would do almost anything for. What if he switched identities? What if he became someone else?.