Young Adult Crime

Jojo's back, released from jail, and people are tense and afraid all over again. They wonder if his friends will start showing up again. They wonder if they'll be walking down the street one day and they'll run into Jojo and Jojo will give them attitude or shove them around, just for fun. Jojo's friends have a way of making it hard—really hard—on people who decide to press charges against Jojo. Then there are the people who have hate in their hearts. These people wish something bad would happen to Jojo. Something really bad. Ardell Withrow is one of those people.

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 ...

Seventeen-year-old Yvette doesn't know what's worse: being locked up on a high-security psych ward for a crime she's not sure she committed or having to see the vacant eyes of her fellow patients. All she wants is her sister back, her parents to get a clue, her brother to quit dealing drugs, the murder trial to be over, and, most of all, to be reunited with the pretty little pills that change the gory red on her hands to a much more pleasant hazy blue. Well that and serious, hard-core, merciless revenge.

Aiden and his grandmother, a bit of a con artist, spend a day scheming to get money for sick family members. This short story, the opening chapter of a novel-in-progress, was accepted for publication by seven literary magazines and deemed "story of the month" by one of them. In 2017, James Mulhern was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. "A terrific psychological drama--Does Aiden grow up morally stable-or follow in his mother's/grandmother's footsteps? Does he come to believe that religion plays such a dynamic role in determining right from wrong?? Fascinating/ gripping read" (FICTION on the ...

Milly, Aubrey und Jonah Story haben ihre legendäre Großmutter Mildred Margaret Story nie kennengelernt. Grund dafür war, dass ihre Eltern schon vor langer Zeit von der High-Society-Matriarchin enterbt worden sind. Da erhalten die Cousins eine Einladung: Sie sollen den Sommer auf dem Anwesen ihrer Großmutter auf der Insel Cape Cod verbringen. Die Eltern der drei sehen darin die große Chance, sich wieder auszusöhnen. Doch schnell wird klar, dass Mildred Margaret Story andere Pläne verfolgt - und dass die Familiengeschichte dunkle Abgründe birgt.

AN EDGY REVENGE THRILLER THAT WON'T LET YOU SLEEP Hannah Riley was just fourteen when intruders broke into her home. Four loud shots rang out and suddenly their home was on fire. In the blink of an eye, she was alone and her privileged life took a horrible turn. Nine years later, waiting in line at a car wash, one of the killers walks by her car. Should she tell the police or come up with her own justice for those on The List? As prepared as she is, not everything goes as planned. How will she use her quick wit to overcome an insane killer in a remote spot in the middle of the night? Never ...

The Urban Promise Prep School vows to turn boys into men. As students, J.B., Ramón, and Trey are forced to follow the prestigious "program's" strict rules. Extreme discipline, they’ve been told, is what it takes to be college bound, to avoid the fates of many men in their neighborhoods. This, the Principal Moore Method, supposedly saves lives. But when Moore ends up murdered and the cops come sniffing around, the trio emerges as the case's prime suspects. With all three maintaining their innocence, they must band together to track down the real killer before they are arrested.

Seine ersten beiden Einsätze haben den 14-jährigen Connor Reeves nachdenklich gestimmt. Will er wirklich weiterhin einen Job ausüben, der ihn regelmäßig in Lebensgefahr bringt? Colonel Black, sein Vorgesetzter, hält es für sinnvoll, Connor eine Auszeit zu gönnen. Er schickt ihn als Begleitung einer Diplomatenfamilie auf Safari nach Afrika. Doch was als vergnügliche Urlaubsreise beginnt, gerät bald völlig außer Kontrolle... "Bodyguard - Der Hinterhalt" ist der dritte Teil der actionreichen Bestseller-Serie von Chris Bradford.

The first in a fantastic new history series from the acclaimed Tony Robinson. Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining and gory bits about the Romans! It's history, but not as we know it! Find out everything you ever needed to know in this brilliant, action-packed, fact-filled book.

Ruth is not thrilled to be spending the weekend at the family farm visiting the ancient GG, her coolly distant step-grandmother. With no internet or phone coverage, Ruth occupies herself by re-reading old Agatha Christie novels, eavesdropping on the adults, and definitely not daydreaming about her sort-of-cousin Dylan. But when GG dies under suspicious circumstances, Ruth's dull weekend turns into an enforced-family-holiday-slash-possible-murder-investigation – and she's not about to let the police get in the way of her chance to solve a real-life murder mystery.

Fiona Taylor enjoys staying out late with her friends. She hates her mother. She’s bored by her high school, and tired of her day-to-day life. A typical teenager, perhaps. Except, in some ways, Fiona is not typical. Her mother has forbidden her to enter the basement. A man jogs past their house every day trying hard not to look like a cop. And her mother's cello case seems to get heavier every time she brings it home. Oh, yes: there’s also a killer in the history books called the Red Creek killer, caught years ago—but is about to become part of Fiona's life.

Sookie King lives for 5pm, leaving the office and enjoying her twenty-something life. Her boss is the worst, her job is boring, but at least that's not her entire life. In fact, she's not really Sookie King. There's a knife in her handbag. And text messages on her phone from another boss entirely.Five years ago, the Red Creek Killer went to prison. But blood is so much stronger than water—and you can't escape the tide. Following the events of the first book, Down Red Creek, Llewellyn has brought us another exciting thriller in the Red Creek series.

From USA Today featured novelist and Western Writers of America Spur award finalist Milana Marsenich, The Swan Keeper is an historical, coming-of-age novel set in 1920s Montana. On her eleventh birthday, Lilly’s family visits the Cattail Marsh to see the newly hatched cygnets. The family outing turns tragic when Dean Drake shows up with his shotgun. Lilly sees him kill her father, injure her mother, and slaughter the bevy of trumpeter swans. The sheriff, her mother, sister, and best friend all think Lilly is trying to make sense of a senseless accident by blaming Drake. But Lilly knows ...

Ojalá existiera un audiolibro con respuestas a las preguntas legales que se nos ocurren, pero que no sabemos a quién hacerle. Ahhh… pero ¡sí existe!, y lo tenes en tus manos. A pesar de que el derecho sea algo que usemos en nuestro día a día, las personas que no se dedican al mundo de las leyes no saben mucho al respecto. La vida adulta joven llega con muchas aventuras, obligaciones y deberes, y es crucial que sepamos cómo sortear ciertos contratiempos propios de la adultez.

A Jewish girl turned spy must infiltrate an elite Nazi boarding school in this highly commercial, relentlessly nail-biting World War II drama! After her mother is shot at a checkpoint, 15-year-old Sarah - blonde, blue-eyed, and Jewish - finds herself on the run from a government that wants to see every person like her dead. Then Sarah meets a mysterious man with an ambiguous accent, a suspiciously bare apartment and a lockbox full of weapons....

Jacob Barnaby lives in a small town in the shadows of the Adirondack Mountains, where neighbors know each other and gossip spreads like dandelions. On the night of his birthday party, the 17-year-old son of a prominent attorney learns his father has a secret. To make matters worse, his father plans to represent the man Jacob and his friends think is responsible for putting the school bully in a wheelchair. Will his father’s actions ruin both Jacob’s family and his senior year? Can Jacob salvage his relationship with his girlfriend?

Mein Perso? Einkassiert. Meine Adresse? Gefühlt am Allerwertesten der Welt. Mein neuer Name? Nicht so schlimm wie Lieschen Müller, aber fast. Meine Freunde? Futsch, kein Kontakt erlaubt. Und nun? Geh ich halt diesem arroganten Personenschützer auf die Nerven. Süß aussehen tut er ja.

Aged seventeen, Lee is inside for a crime he has committed. And he soon finds out that prison is not the holiday camp he’s heard about. Warned to ‘play by the rules’, he has to decide whose rules - the screws’ or the other cons’. Life in a Young Offenders Institution is about survival. But the real struggle is inside Lee himself. Is he destined to be a ‘career con’ or can he choose to change his life? A powerful, compelling story for older children about one boy’s experience of prison, from acclaimed author J.A. Jarman.

Vor fünf Jahren wurde Brynns Lieblingslehrer ermordet. Nun kehrt sie an ihre alte Schule zurück, fest entschlossen, als Praktikantin einer True-Crime- Serie den ungelösten Mordfall von damals aufzuklären. Brynns ehemals bester Freund Tripp war einer der drei Teenager, die den toten Lehrer gefunden haben. Seine Aussage entlastete die zwei anderen Verdächtigen und diese stehen seitdem in seiner Schuld. Tripp selbst hat nie vergessen, was er für die beiden getan hat – und dass alles eine Lüge war.

Everyone has secrets in high school. But no one has a secret quite like Camila Hernandez's. For as long as Camila can remember, her mother has been in prison. And Camila has tried to make sure no one finds out. She avoids all friendships. She keeps to herself. Because if people get too close to her, they might find out the truth. And once they know, they will see her only as a criminal's daughter. Sure, some of Camila's classmates also have parents doing time. But her mother isn't any ordinary criminal. Her mother is on death row.