Cheyenne's not a happy pig lately. She's a gutterpunk in the city and it sucks. But it's better than livin' in the burbs with her crack-head mom and Harley-humpin' Butch. Someone's gonna get killed in that house and it's not gonna be her. She's crashing in an abandoned tenement, Little House in the Ghetto, with Bones and his whiny pit bull Mikey. She's not suicidal but she thinks a lot about who'd come to her funeral--no one probably--if she got hit by a bus. Then she meets Fast Eddie Mack...

A New York Times bestseller—over a million copies sold!Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.Heartbreaking, funny, and bea...

Greg Heffley has always wanted to grow up fast—but reality hits hard. In The Ugly Truth, the fifth book in Jeff Kinney’s #1 international bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Greg is facing boy-girl parties, new responsibilities, and the weird changes that come with getting older.And to make things worse, he’s doing it all without his best friend, Rowley.With relatable moments, laugh-out-loud awkwardness, and middle school growing pains, this b...

Discover the bone-chilling adventures that made Goosebumps one of the bestselling children's book series of all time. Now with all-new bonus materials! Camp Jellyjam is no ordinary sports camp. The counselors seem a little TOO happy. And why are they so obsessed with winning? It might have something to do with the hideous, slimy discovery lurking in the darkness.... It's our ninth fan-favorite prequel to R.L. Stine's blockbuster Goosebumps HorrorLand series. Now with all-new bonus features...

A National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s LiteratureNominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American ReadGhost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is slowing him down in this first electrifying novel of the acclaimed Trackseries from Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award–winning author Jason Reynolds.Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from...

Long-limbed, red-haired Jessie might be the quiet girl on the Texas Twisters, but she's a force to be reckoned with where it counts-on the vault and in her heart. With freshman year on the horizon, Jesse decides that it's time to stop hiding in the shadow of her teammates and do the last thing anyone expects: join the cheerleading squad. Jessie proves that her gymnastic skills make her a perfect fit for the team, and becoming friends with the team captain makes Jessie feel like people care...

In a one-of-a-kind collaboration, seventeen of the most recognizable YA writers—including Shaun David Hutchinson, Neal and Brendan Shusterman, and Beth Revis—come together to share the viewpoints of a group of students affected by a school shooting.It took only twenty-two minutes for Kirby Matheson to exit his car, march onto the school grounds, enter the gymnasium, and open fire, killing six and injuring five others.But this isn’t a story about the shootin...

**"So real it hurts."—David Arnold, New York Times bestselling author of Mosquitoland.A summer of basketball, first love, and the friends who've got your back when life gets crazy, set in a trailer park in small town America.**Travis never gives up.Not when his mom takes off.Not when he gets suspended from basketball.Not when he cracks four ribs jumping off a bridge to impress a girl.Not when he and his best friend Creature get ...

As a straight-A student with a budding romance and loyal best friend, M.T.'s life seems as apple-pie American as her blondish hair and pale skin. But M.T. hides two facts to the contrary: her full name of Monserrat Thalia and her status as an undocumented immigrant.With senior year of high school kicking into full swing, M.T. sees her hopes for a "normal" future unraveling. And it will take discovering a sense of trust in herself and others for M.T. to stake a claim in the life tha...

If only all it took to deal with problems was a special snack....Cassie Stephens is dealing with a lot: She’s got asthma. She’s running for freshperson class president. World War III is being waged daily in her home, beginning at the breakfast table and ending with slammed doors at night. Her older, shorter, more beautiful sister never ceases to remind Cassie that she is a giraffe. Cassie’s not really sure how it started, but eating pistachio nuts always makes her ...

SECOND TO NONE, originally published under the byline ArLynn PresserGarnet Brown is seventeen years old, has a great mother, a boyfriend Andy, and a cute tutor Grant who is undeniably geeky but somehow still charming and attractive. Her life plan revolves around getting into a good college and getting out of the poor neighborhood she's lived in her whole life. The one where she's mostly known as the child of an illicit affair that cost her mother her job and reputation and that left...

Powerful, riveting, and real. Sixteen celebrated authors bring us raw, insightful stories that explore guns and teens in a fiction collection that is thought provoking and emotionally gripping. For fans of Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock and Give a Boy a Gun, and with an array of YA talent like the late great Walter Dean Myers, the poetic Joyce Carol Oates, the prophetic Elizabeth Wein, and the gritty Chris Crutcher, these are evocative voices that each has a different perspe...