The Absolute Value of -1

Author	Carolyn Mackler
ISBN	0763620912

Fifteen-year-old Virginia Shreves has a larger-than-average body and a plus-size inferiority complex, especially when she compares herself to her slim, brilliant, picture-perfect family. But that’s before a shocking phone call — and a horrifying allegation — about her rugby-star brother...

Author	Katie Green
ISBN	0224090984

Like most kids, Katie was a picky eater. She'd sit at the table in silent protest, hide uneaten toast in her bedroom, listen to parental threats that she'd have to eat it for breakfast.

But in any life a set of circumstance can collide, and normal behavior might soon shade into something sinister,...

Author	Natasha Preston
ISBN	1492618527

DNF at 106 pages.

So, what makes you want to throw a book in a river? Is it:

a. When the wishy-washy heroine is a total idiot;
b. When the love interest's creepy as fuck;
c. When there's a horrible case of let-me-ditch-my-friends-for-the-new-guy instalove;
d. When there's...

Author	Michelle Stevens
ISBN	0399173382

Michelle Stevens has a photo of the exact moment her childhood was stolen from her. In it, she's only eight years old and posing for her mother's beguiling boyfriend, Gary Lundquist an elementary school teacher, neighborhood stalwart, and brutal pedophile. Later that night, Gary locks Michelle in...

Author	April Henry
ISBN	1627795898

Six teens must band together to survive after a shooting breaks out.

When a deadly shooting breaks out in a Portland shopping mall, a diverse group of teens ends up trapped behind a store’s security shutter. To her own surprise, seventeen-year-old Miranda finds the others looking to her...