When his family's farmland is taken over by developers, eleven-year-old Obe Devlin encounters a plastic-eating animal who becomes his best friend and biggest secret.
"A surrealist novel about four teenagers who find unconventional ways to escape standardized tests and their perilous world, and discover that the only escape from reality is to face it"--Provided by publisher.
"An emotionally damaged seventeen-year-old boy in Pennsylvania who was once an infamous reality television show star, meets a girl from another dysfunctional family, and she helps him out of his angry shell"--Provided by publisher.
Tired of suffering at the hands of his psychopathic sister and receiving no support from his family, Gerald Faust devises a plan with his friend, Hannah, to stage a fake kidnapping so they can receive ransom money and disappear to create better lives for themselves.
"An emotionally damaged seventeen-year-old boy in Pennsylvania who was once an infamous reality television show star, meets a girl from another dysfunctional family, and she helps him out of his angry shell"--Provided by publisher.
When her best friend, whom she secretly loves, betrays her and then dies under mysterious circumstances, high school senior Vera Dietz struggles with secrets that could help clear his name.
Unable to confide in her parents, Astrid Jones looks into the sky and speaks with the people onboard planes flying overhead. In the process, she forms an unexpected connection with these strangers that not only allows her to work through her personal problems but changes her life for the better.
"An emotionally damaged seventeen-year-old boy in Pennsylvania who was once an infamous reality television show star, meets a girl from another dysfunctional family, and she helps him out of his angry shell"--Provided by publisher.
Overburdened by his parents' bickering and a bully's attacks, Lucky Linderman begins dreaming of being with his grandfather, who went missing during the Vietnam War, but during a visit to Arizona, he finds a new perspective.
When her best friend, whom she secretly loves, betrays her and then dies under mysterious circumstances, high school senior Vera Dietz struggles with secrets that could help clear his name.
