Thirteen-year-old Boli lives in a small pueblo near Mexico City, a landscape destroyed by drug crime, and when his parents leave town and are not heard from, Boli hopes to inspire a luchador to help him find them.
In 1919, Ava Navarra and Corinne Wells are best friends performing by night at the Cast Iron nightclub in Boston and conning the city's wealthy elite by day. When Ada finds herself imprisoned at Haversham Asylum, Corinne is the only one who can help her escape. But things are even more dangerous on the outside as the two face betrayal at every turn.
Seventeen-year-old Asa flees her domineering father to prevent her sister's mind from being reprogrammed, but she must ally with a smuggler named Riven to outwit a bounty hunter, a criminal syndicate, and a monster lurking in the city's circuits.
Lists and defines legal terms, law enforcement terms, medical and psychiatric terms, weapons, nicknames of prisons, criminal slang, names of gangs and terrorist groups, drug culture slang, and other words relating to crime.
Batman and Robin work together to protect Gotham City. But when Catwoman and several of her friends stir up trouble in the city, Batman will need the help of his superhero friends to stop them all.
"How should society deal with drug crimes? Many people support tough-on-crime laws and harsh sentencing guidelines to effectively punish offenders and deter crime; yet others are not so sure. An increasing number of people believe that rehabilitating offenders with drug addiction and other issues is a more humane and effective way to deal with drug crimes and make communities safer for all"--Provided by publisher.
"The wedding night's barely over, but Catwoman's back on the streets, this time to expose a copycat who's pulling heists around Gotham City. As Selina cracks the whip on her former criminal cohorts, she's attracting unwanted attention from one of Gotham's most dangerous groups. The mob? Nope. Try the GCPD. And as if the Bat-Bride didn't have enough problems, don't miss the debut of an all-new villain determined to make trouble for all nine of Selina's lives"--Provided by publisher.
As Queen Victoria lies dying and with her family in danger, a group of friends races to track down the anarchists responsible for George's death, even as Montmorency seeks to teach a new generation to forgive.
"Traces Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow's wild path from dirt-poor Dallas teens to their astonishingly violent end and the complicated legacy that survives them both"--Provided by publisher.
