Teen & Young Adult

While walking home at night, sixteen year old Melanie Johnson is tackled to the ground by a masked assailant with nefarious intentions. Her savior, a large black dog with soulful eyes, vanishes as quickly as he appears. Threatening messages, dark secrets, and first love jeopardized by it all-Melanie just wants a normal life, but nothing will ever be normal again.

16-year-old Trinity was born during a solar eclipse and left at the doorsteps of a convent along with a torn piece of papyrus. Raised by nuns in the English countryside, she leads a quiet life until fate takes her to the Island of Cats. As Trinity tries to solve the enigma of the torn papyrus, she discovers a world of bloody sacrifices and evil curses—and a horrifying destiny.

Josh hungers for freedom from the controlling, abusive Fundamental Faith in God—a cult that splintered off Scientology. Betrayed, isolated, and grieving after unspeakable tragedy, Josh’s first escape attempt fails. While finding solace in a rustic cabin, he's stunned by an unexpected connection with one of the other kids in the cult orphanage. However, he continues to prepare for a final escape. But when the other kids in the cult need him to protect them, is Josh betraying them by trying to get away?

With the fate of millions at stake, seventeen-year-old Michael Saxon must uncover the secret of his identity no matter what dark truths may be revealed.

Something greater than human… Jaylen Hayes knows that she is different from all other seventeen-year-old girls. Possessing extraordinary intelligence, she is also uncannily powerful and inexplicably hated by wild animals. But it is not until she transfers to Trinity High that she learns the truth about who—and what—she really is. Outsiders is a contemporary, sci-fi tale. The cast of characters is very diverse: from race, to religious beliefs, to sexuality. Due to some of the book’s mature themes, language, and some sexual content, Outsiders is considered Upper YA.

Purenet is one of six wealthy Sanctions, formed by the Emperor and the Untouchables after a devastating world war. Only those born in Purenet have the privilege of living under the dome, protecting their bodies from the sun’s deadly UVA rays. Skylier is desperate to escape her underground confines and save her mother’s life. On a school visit, she hears something she’s not supposed to, and now she realizes that not only is her whole life a lie, but she is in grave danger… She doesn't know who to trust, and her enemies are everywhere… even closer than she realizes.