Teen Age Boys

Lonely Boy, a debut YA novel by Matt Geiler, is a vivid coming-of-age story of resilience, first love, family secrets, and self-discovery. Indie pop sensation Frederick Julius is an intensely private person. But while promoting his latest album on the Power & Pop podcast, he reveals secrets from the pivotal two weeks that inspired it.

Know that one of you will not return… These are the ominous words spoken by the Oracle of Atlantis as it sends the intrepid Samantha and her teenage crew on their toughest challenge yet: relive the ancient Epic of Gilgamesh. Devising an ingenious method for working out where to head to follow in the footsteps of the Sumerian antihero, they face a series of challenges, each of which hides a lesson. Do they copy Gilgamesh or learn from his mistakes? For learn they must to collect the seven holy keys that will lead them to a prize as yet unknown. Pushed to the limits of their endurance ...

Layla Karimi has been cursed by the evil eye. Well, that's what Layla's superstitious grandmother tells her. And Layla reckons it makes sense as she's sort of Australian and sort of Lebanese: a "halfie" who doesn't really fit into either world....

A short story of a teenage boy called James who is confused about the current development of himself both physically and mentally. He finds it difficult to discuss them with his parents, but rather feels comfortable with his grandad. He makes a trip to grandad's house for explanation and advise. Grandad is straight forward with providing answers and encouraging him.

In the summer of 1983, a young teen named Danny Brent and his two best friends share good times and special moments while enjoying that unique magic of childhood, an all too brief time when anything seemed possible. They also share a chilling adventure that bonds them together well into adulthood. Now, for the first time in almost thirty years, Danny is sharing his secret about what really happened, the story about his brief encounter with the Goatman - a legendary creature that exists on the outskirts of town in a haunted area called Goatman's, how he saved his life, and what happens ...

For 17-year-old Winnie, summer can't arrive fast enough - anything to get out of the house and escape the cold war brewing between her parents. With her older sister, Shelby, spending the summer in Boston, Winnie's left to deal with the situation all by herself. Which is why she's happy to spend all day away from home at a cushy job - camp counselor at the prestigious Oceanview Inn. Then Cassie's older and devastatingly attractive stepbrother, Jay, arrives on the island after a disastrous first year at college, and he seems to want nothing more than to wreak havoc for his stepmother and the rest of his family.

Andy Sharpe just wants to keep her head down and get through her senior year. Then, she discovers her freshman sister has a crush on the boy next door - neighbors the Sharpe girls have been warned never to have anything to do with! Before September even arrives, Andy finds herself the director of the school play Romeo and Juliet, with her kid sister and the boy next door in the starring roles.

Paul Walden is not an alpha lobster, the king lobster who intimidates the other male lobsters, gets all the lady lobsters, and wins at life. At least not according to anyone in his freshman seminar. But Paul has found a funny, faithful friend in Roby Smalls and, just maybe, caught the interest of smart, beautiful Natalia Guitierrez. Life as a sharply dressed beta lobster seems just fine, but in the tricky currents of high school, its pretty easy to get pulled too deep.