Contemporary

When you are fighting to forget, what would make you remember? Pan Harris is is brash, loud and damaged. Ordered into foster care, Pan is full of anger at the mother who abandoned her, and the older sister who kept her from her father. Pan is certain that she knows the reality of her past until she meets Hunter, the boy who understands her story better than anyone else, and who just may be the key to unlocking the truth of Pan s memories. But are some memories best left forgotten? And is Hunter worth Pan breaking her most important rule Never. Trust. Anyone.

Miranda’s disbelief turns to fear in a split second when a meteor knocks the moon closer to the earth. How should her family prepare for the future when worldwide tsunamis wipe out the coasts, earthquakes rock the continents, and volcanic ash blocks out the sun? As summer turns to Arctic winter, Miranda, her two brothers, and their mother retreat to the unexpected safe haven of their sunroom, where they subsist on stockpiled food and limited water in the warmth of a wood-burning stove.

Our hero? Jack Samsonite. His mission?
1) pass his GCSEs
2) get the girl (to notice he exists)
3) survive the week without a serious face punching
Good thing he’s got a plan. Well, half a plan…

I'm nobody much

Mila creates headlines around the world when she is rescued from an unpopulated island off the coast of Florida. Now a teenager, she has been raised by dolphins from the age of four.

Researchers teach Mila language and music. She learns too, about rules and expectations, about locked doors and broken promises, disappointment and betrayal.

The more Mila finds out what it means to be human, the more deeply she longs for her ocean home.

The rains didn't come this year. There is almost no food. Sahay didn't think life could get worse. But now, her uncle is rushing her through the night, away from the only home she's ever known - out of Ethiopia, forever.

Blinded as a child, Rahel has always relied on her grandmother to guide her. But suddenly Rahel's parents are sending her and her brother on a long and frightening trip, with no assurance of when, or if, they and her grandmother will follow.

17 year old Col leads a double life. In public he is a member of the town gang, but in private he escapes to the forest. However, the townsfolk need to produce timber to survive, yet by doing so, they will destroy Col's green land. A story of the conflict between ecologists and loggers.

When Greg stands up to his father and achieves his dream of becoming a rally driver, he proves to his parents that he can be as successful as his more academic brother and sister.

A collection of fiction short stories by leading teen writers about losing your virginity.