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Ethan has always tried to get attention from his family, especially his dad, who's focus is always on his troubled stepsister, but when a dark secret threatens to destroy his family, Ethan's turns to his hacking skills to find the truth.

Corinne and her best friend, Romi, plan to spend their summer transforming themselves into more attractive girls so that they can gain popularity at school, but when Corinne finds out that her mother has breast cancer, she is forced to challenge her perspective on beauty.

After moving to Vancouver's lower east side with her mother, Ariel gets on the wrong side of a group of girls when she receives unwanted attention from their boyfriends, and when she is labeled a slut, Ariel tries to break free of the reputation she has earned.

When Dan's mother stops taking her medication for schizophrenia it is up to him to keep the family together.

Raine has good grades, great friends, and an adoring boyfriend, but she really wants to be pretty and thin.

"Suri and Liv have been best friends since kindergarten. Suri, the photographer, has always been the safe, responsible one, afraid to take risks. Now that the pair is in high school, she's worried that her more outgoing and adventurous friend will outgrow her. Then Liv's wild, risk-taking personality leads her down a dangerous path--and Suri is afraid of losing her for real. But if she chases Liv down that same path of drinking, partying, hooking up with older guys and doing drugs, will Suri be able to save her friend--or herself?"--Back cover.

Awkward teenager Zadie likes two things: drawing superhero graphic novels and fighting. When Zadie loses a fight for the first time and nearly kills the girl, Kat, out of revenge, she becomes the victim of a massive cyberbullying campaign. As bad as that is, Zadie handles it, until the violence is taken out on her younger sister, Romona, causing Zadie to lose control of the rage.

"Being in a band is Stelle's escape from her mother's depression and the chaotic clutter at home. Although she is able to lose herself playing drums in the basement of her dad's new house, once she leaves, it's like the world is going crazy. One bandmate's parents refuse to acknowledge that he is gay. Her band's only potential lead singer dresses like a vampire. Even her best friend with the 'perfect family' is on edge. It's the confused conversations Stelle has with her grandmother that hold the key to unlocking the unhappiness at the heart of her family"--Back cover.

"In suburban Vancouver, in a multiracial mixed-income neighbourhood, three 14-year-old friends, a boy and two girls, go to a party organized by the boy's older brother. One of the girls, who comes from a mixed-race Aboriginal/Caucasian family of lower socio-economic standing, is raped, which has very serious consequences on her mental health. Two years later, photos of the crime and the victim show up on social media and the girl's friend decides to confirm the victim's account of her experience, and confirm that the assailant was his own brother's good buddy. His actions of first remaining silent, then finally speaking up, have unexpected consequences for everyone, including him"--Publisher.

Sixteen-year-old Olivia, a high school student and drummer in a band, finds herself on the run when her jealous boyfriend commits a crime and insist they must flee from a criminal looking for payback.