Young Adult Literature eBooks

It's the summer of 1975. Eighteen-year-old Grace Barnett knows she should be preparing to leave for college in September. But a strange Memorial Day boating accident on the creek near her Virginia home-she's the only witness to the apparent suicide-kicks off a series of events that will define her f... More...

Lauren Cross is the first female player on a WHL team-goaltender Joseph Larken´s team, the Spokane Chiefs. For Joseph, the prospect of a season in the publicity shadow of a new female goalie promises to be a nightmare. Hiding behind a carefully built wall of anger, Joseph is relieved when a scandal ... More...

She lives in fear of the two-legs, of the noisy, massive trains that scream in and out of the station, of cats and rats and dogs and the dark of the tunnels. She lives in the subway, where the hard shoes kick her ribs, where shrill voices beat her ears, where she subsists on the garbage of the human... More...

It's `bead season' at slippery rock high. This year the bead-snatching grad game called `Gotcha' has been banned as an official school activity because the teachers have decided to put an end to a dangerous tradition. After paying an entry fee the players are given a bead and someone´s name. The obj... More...

The seating on the bus is different this year. That´s because Raedawn and I and Sherry and Steve crossed the line. Things have changed since Raedawn and Vince started going out and the racial boundaries in town have slipped a bit. But when Dune, who never took sides, disappears, Raedawn is determine... More...

At fifteen, Ethan is on the fast track to nowhere. In and out of group homes and constantly in trouble, Ethan is fighting to find a sense of who he is. After breaking into an amusement park and being savaged by a police dog, he is befriended by a paramedic. Offered a choice of court or going on a ri... More...

In his second novel, satirist David Reiter does for the Australian education system what the BBC series Teachers did for the British system. Like every primary teacher, Cherry Kaufman had her ideals--once. You put in the hours, get the degree and hope your first job isn't a five hour drive west of B... More...

Spits is a full collection of the poetry of Sara Bond which reflects upon our darkest and brightest emotions. Succinct and visceral, her poetry beautifully captures the spectrum of human emotions. More...

This volume assembles the first four Tom Swift adventure books in one volume: Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle Tom Swift and His Motor Boat Tom Swift and His Airship Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat More...

When eleven-year-old Sam Webber's father disappears without a trace, he and his mother are forced to relocate to a tough neighborhood, closer to her job. Unfamiliar with his surroundings and intimidated by the students of his new school, Sam recounts the sometimes frightening, sometimes delightful d... More...