Stronger than you know by Jolene Perry
15-year-old Joy has finally escaped her abusive mother and, while living a seemingly comfortable life with her aunt, uncle and cousins, battles with the psychological scars suffered at the hands of her mother. Just as Joy thinks she is healing, she learns she must testify at her mother's court trial.
Beautiful Goodbye by Nancy Runstedler
Gillian finds a Ouija board in the attic of the new home she and her family buy after the death of her father. The board launches back in history where Gillian and her companions make friends with different characters in time and learn lessons that will help them cope with life once they return to the present time.
Destroying Avalon by Kate McCaffrey
Avalon finds herself the target of an intense cyber-bullying campaign after moving to a new town and starting classes at a new high school.
Nate's summer plans are quickly changed when his estranged father, Larry, appears and wants to take Nate on a trip - to the jungle of Vietnam where Larry fought in the Vietnam War. Larry's hope is that Nate will better understand his father by seeing first hand where Larry's war experience changed him. WARNING: The author issued an advisor for violent scenes and course language to reflect actual war conditions.
Xander's past that he has tried to keep hidden explodes on graduation day. Suddenly, this teenager is on the run with a fake ID, a knife and a little money to outrun an abusive member of his family.
Hold tight, don't let go by Laura Rose Wagner
Magdalie and Nadine, cousins raised as close as sisters, survive the devastating Haiti Earthquake in 2010 - but their mothers do not. They adapt to living in a refugee camp in the wake of the earthquake. Then Nadine's father, who lives in Miami, brings her to Florida. Nadine promises to work to bring Magdalie. She, in turn, realizes her life is in Haiti and begins to embrace her future there.
Luna's red hat: an illustrated storybook to help children cope with loss and suicide by Emmi Smid
Luna's mother committed suicide one year ago. Luna doesn't understand suicide, or why her mother died, and is scared her father might leave her as well. Luna and her father have a discussion about mental illness and the effects it can have on the family of someone suffering from it.
