social classes

Ryann Bird lives in a trailer park, on the wrong side of town, meaning a career in space is an impossibility for her--so, Ryann settles into her circumstances and begins acting delinquently with her friends. One day, though, she meets Alexandria, a girl with a broken arm whose mother volunteered for a mission to the far edge of the solar system--a one-way trip. Alexandria at first refuses Ryann's offer of friendship, but slowly Ryann helps Alexandria get to the roof of her house to catch her mother's daily radio signals, and friendship, and perhaps something more, begins to blossom.

In 1940, David Sparsholt--a handsome, charismatic, and athletic young man--arrives at Oxford University to get a degree in engineering. Unaware of how his presence affects others, especially Evert Dax, a lonely son of a famous novelist who will become a novelist himself, David and Evert become friends, and that friendship will influence both their lives and the lives of others for generations.

High school students Connell and Marianne form an unlikely bond that they hide from other people. Connell is a popular football player and Marianne is lonely and private. When they attend Trinity College in Dublin, the roles switch and Marianne has a new social life while Connell shyly looks on from the outside. The two explore other people and possibilities but always return to each other. Then Marianne begins to self-destruct and Connell goes off to find meaning elsewhere, but soon they are both forced to decide how far they will go to save the other.

"Seventh-grader Zoey Albro focuses on caring for three younger siblings and avoiding rich classmates at school until her fascination with octopuses gets her on the debate team and she begins to speak out"--Provided by publisher.

When Lei, seventeen, is stolen from her home to become one of nine Paper Girls, the Demon King's concubines, she proves to be more fire than paper.

With kinetic art and compelling narrative, captures the tragedy of 2005's Hurricane Katrina, and the triumph of the human spirit in the face of disaster, bigotry, and official incompetence.

When Lei, seventeen, is stolen from her home to become one of nine Paper Girls, the Demon King's concubines, she proves to be more fire than paper.

When Lei, seventeen, is stolen from her home to become one of nine Paper Girls, the Demon King's concubines, she proves to be more fire than paper.

The One Percent offers a close look at the wealthiest one percent of Americans and how they compare to the other 99 percent, examining how this group impacts the country's economy and society.