What is the first thing you think of when you hear the name Jeffrey Dahmer? That’s right, GRAPHIC NOVEL. Derf Backderf, the author of MY FRIEND DAHMER, actually went to school with the notorious serial killer. Not only does he use his own personal memories of the time they shared the halls together, but [Keep Reading]
When Joey’s mother is killed he is sent to live with the father he never met – Ken Harnett. In addition to dealing with the grief of losing his mother, he has to suffer through high school as the new kid where he immediately becomes the target of ridicule and pranks. No one in town [Keep Reading]
Marit can’t hold onto a boyfriend. Every time the relationship gets physical she freaks out and either scares the boy away or breaks up with him herself. She is afraid of having sex for the first time and obsesses about it. Besides the “no boyfriend” problem on the first day of school, she also has [Keep Reading]
Victoria “Egg” Jurgen is a loner and she likes it that way. Dressed in her long white cloak, with a shaved head and drawn-in eyebrows, she doesn’t talk to people and doesn’t want people to talk to her. Her look and attitude cause her to be “boy proof,” according to her mother. Egg’s unique style [Keep Reading]
Everything depends on your score. High scores guarantee entrance to college and low scores make it difficult to get a job at all. Scores in the 70′s give people the option to work in retail or health services – completely respectable professions, but this isn’t the life Imani wants for herself. She’s been hovering in [Keep Reading]
Benson Fisher has finally found the educational experience he’s been looking for. As a foster kid who has been bounced from home to home for all of his life, he’s never had a chance to stay at a school for very long. He wants to make something out of his life. He wants to learn. [Keep Reading]
Lucky Linderman just wants to get through the day without seeing Nadar McMillan. Ever since he was seven years old and Nadar peed on his sandals Lucky has tried to stay out of his way. It hasn’t worked though. No matter what he does, he always ends up on the wrong end of Nadar’s fist. [Keep Reading]
Snow started falling in the morning and increased in intensity during the day. Conditions were deteriorating so fast that Tattawa Regional High School released students at 1:00 pm, hoping to allow time for the kids to get to the safety of their homes before the blizzard snowed everyone in. Scotty and his friends, Pete and [Keep Reading]
Lochan and Maya are a great team. They share in the responsibilities around the house to where cooking, cleaning, and caring for their younger siblings is like a well-oiled machine. They have their routine. They support each other. As long as they can keep their mother’s attention long enough to get money from her to [Keep Reading]
Sex, Sex, Sex….it seems that is all that is on the minds of the three boys in this book. Dino, Ben, and Jonathan are great friends and all trying to find a way to lose their virginity. Dino is obsessed with Jackie, the most popular girl at school. Jackie doesn’t give Dino the time of [Keep Reading]
