Two girls, one white and one black, gradually get to know each other as they sit on the fence that divides their town.

In an invisible territory at the margins of society lives a wounded community facing the threat of being forgotten by political institutions and having their rights as citizens trampled. Disarmed veterans, taciturn adolescents, drug addicts trying to escape addiction through love; ex-special forces soldiers still at war with the world; floundering young women and future mothers; and old people who have not lost their desire to live. Through this hidden...

"In this poignant coming of age young adult novel a twelve-year-old boy is swept up in the mystery of a young girl's death as he comes to terms with his German grandfather's past during World War Two."--

"When Will Byers finds himself in the Upside Down, an impossible dark parody of his own world, he's understandably frightened. But that's nothing compared with the fear that takes hold when he realizes what's in that world with him!"--

How far would you go to protect the people you love?With the joy of leaving Undraland behind, the anticipation of returning back to the Other Side, where Lucy is most familiar, has everyone in high spirits. Soon she realizes that there will be no white picket fence, no home, and no life until the final portal to the Land of Be is destroyed. Pesta uses every tool at her disposal to claw at Lucy, stopping at nothing to take down the one girl who's managed...

It was the adventure she never expected.Seventeen-year-old Maya's life has been turned upside down: new city, new home, new school. But when the next-door neighbor, Zach, introduces himself, Maya is suddenly more than fine with her move from Colorado. After all, what could be better than a sweet, blond, super-hot neighbor? Things get interesting when they see a mysterious woman through a window in an unkempt neighborhood house. Their imaginations...

The young lady sitting next to him on the sidewalk smiled at him, and his heart stuttered at this sign of approval. Feeling bolder, he let himself get louder, and her blue eyes shone with pride. "One, two, three, four, we don't want your f*cking war!"Something warm and wet hit his face, and he stopped chanting, looking up into the glowering face of young Adeline, daughter of the town's mayor."Animals," she snarled, spitting again at the young woman...

How do you start an investigation when you have no evidence that a crime has been committed? When a seventeen-year-old girl abruptly disappears, the ensuing investigation probes dead-ends seemingly as deep as Montana's Flathead Lake-the geographic and investigative center of The Other Side. The search to find her unearths crimes, but none that can explain her disappearance. When Detectives Steven Wendell and Stacey Knudson grow suspicious that Britany...

It's just the floorboards shifting, right? At least, that is what fifteen-year-old Mira thought. When her parents left for their anniversary dinner, spending the night alone in her century-old house didn't seem like such a big deal. Until now... Lying awake in bed, staring at the ceiling, Mira could no longer ignore the strange sounds emanating from the long-abandoned room above her. As her relentless curiosity compels her to investigate further,...

Anna Chess Burrows has always lived her life just like that – as her life. All that she knew and cared about was that she was the fairest of them all, better than anyone who had ever walked the earth (in her opinion anyway). But what happens when a force from the other side has finally had enough of her self-centered ways? Find out how Anna discovers that the world is much bigger than she or anyone could ever realise and witness the start of her...