traffic accidents

When Nick and Allie are killed in a car crash, they end up in Everlost, or limbo for lost souls, where, although Nick is satisfied, Allie will stop at nothing--even skinjacking--to break free.

A graphic novel adaptation of the tragic story of the wealthy Jay Gatsby and his attempt to win back the love of Daisy Buchanan.

"It's the last summer before college, and Jonas Avery knows he should be excited. Instead, he hides out at home, avoiding his friends, his family, and everything that resembles his old life. Because nothing will be normal again--because of The Accident, when everything started falling apart. Brennan Davis knows she needs to stand up and face her anxiety--the deep, dark, debilitating dread that rules her everyday life. Because what stops her from going out into the world and just living is going to get a whole lot worse. She's leaving for college in the fall, where she'll be confronted with even more to worry about. When Jonas crashes into Brennan--in a harmless, albeit embarrassing fender bender--the two teens connect in ways they never expected. As friends, they help each other overcome their biggest falls and faults, and soon discover that while love can't fix everything, it's sometimes a place to start"--Provided by publisher.

When his father, Luke, is in a serious car accident, Edward Warren must return home to face the man he walked out on six years ago. Along with his sister, Cara, Edward confronts their father's history and the motives they may have for letting him die or trying to keep him alive at any cost.

Dylan struggles to keep his secret after he is mistakenly praised as a hero when he, alone, goes to check on the driver of the car he and his friends threw rock-filled snowballs at, discovering that a single lie can lead to many and fearing the truth will become known.

North Carolina deputy sheriff Miles Ryan, heartbroken over his wife's death in a hit-and-run accident two years earlier, considers love again when he meets his son's second-grade schoolteacher, Sarah--but he soon finds that his wife's death was anything but an accident and danger is not far away.

Fourteen-year-old Henry, wishing to honor his brother Franklin's dying wish, sets out to hike Maine's Mount Katahdin with his best friend and dog, but fate adds another companion--the Cambodian refugee accused of fatally injuring Franklin--and reveals troubles that predate the accident.

Finally part of the popular crowd, Kenzie begins spending too much money on clothes, avoiding church, and dating her best friend's boyfriend behind her back, but a serious car accident and its aftermath force her to make things right with her friends, and with God.

"Noah Savino has been stuck in a wheelchair for months. He hates the way people treat him like he's helpless now. He's sick of going to physical therapy, where he isn't making any progress. He's tired of not having control over his own body. And he misses playing baseball--but not as much as he misses his dad, who died in the car accident that paralyzed Noah. Noah is scared he'll never feel like his old self again. He doesn't want people to think of him as different for the rest of his life. With the help of family and friends, he'll have to throw off the mask he's been hiding behind and face the fears that have kept him on the sidelines if he ever wants to move forward"--Publisher provided.

A young woman saved from freezing to death and drowning in the icy Black Root River outside a small Minnesota town learns her and her friend's accident was anything but, and that she has a personal connection to a similar young woman who lost her life in the same river ten years earlier--and the killer may have just tried to strike again. Determined to get answer, the woman plunges into her own investigation, and uncovers a secret history of violence that, if brought to light, could destroy her hometown.