Young Adult Humor

Beginning with a house fire the day after Christmas, through the dark and haunted halls of an old Arkansas mansion, to the exciting end in a deadly battle in a dark and dusty Memphis pasture, Me, Boo and the Goob: A Southern Adventure is the hilarious story of three boys struggling to make sense of the adult world. Filled with only the purest of ambitions, the boys careen from mishap to mishap in a story that is as endearing as it is funny.

Izzie is cool, bright and sassy. And when she meets gorgeous Mark, she's on a real high. He's divine. And he likes her! But why doesn't he call when he says he will? Desperate to make sense of things, Izzie spends her time checking her horoscope. And stays at home, just in case he calls. When Izzie loses her perspective and her sense of fun, best friends Lucy and Nesta try to give her a reality check. But there are some things you'd rather not hear.

The rise of the Master of Elements shall mark the return of the Wizard King. Weirden’s where . . . . . . chocolates are free, . . . people have windows instead of tummies, . . . and humans are called Ordinaires . . . because it’s a magical realm in the sky! An ordinary high-school boy, Ariston Baker, takes a risky plunge into an archaic picture book to save his friend, Kylan. Ariston soon realizes he has teleported into a magical sky realm called Weirden. Time is of the essence, for he must cross the tricky magical mazes, fetch his friend, and pass the exit gate before sunset, or he ...

Rael wakes to find herself at an unexpected crossroads in her young life. She has come on vacation to Europe in hopes of forgetting about the past, including failing at the most critical thing in her life: skiing. Of course, at sixteen nearly everything can feel like the most important thing in your life at any moment. Still, Rael is pretty sure training for six years and losing her big race by a tenth of a second is the lowest possible point her life can reach. Well, she was sure of that—until she wakes up in a stone room, alone, bound by rope, and in the care of a vampire. A situation ...

Contrary to popular opinion, vampires are not sexy, romantic, or powerful. In case you hadn’t noticed, vampires are dead. And the only ones who don’t get staked are the ones who avoid attacking people, admit they have a problem, and join a support group. Just ask Nina Harrison - fanged at 15, and still living with her mother. She hasn’t aged since 1973, and the highlight of her sickly, couch-bound life is probably her Tuesday-night group meeting, which she spends with a miserable bunch of fellow sufferers, being lectured at.

True love and friendship has no boundaries, even across time. Christopher and Susan are two teens who are best friends – one a talented guitarist with dreams of attending Julliard and the other a talented young writer who accidentally travel back to the year 1963. While they are there they fall deeply in love and have to make a decision; do they stay with those they love and care about or return home while they still have a chance? But if only one of them returns, how will that change the timeline? Will their entire lives be changed for the better or for the worse? Will their dreams still...

Ruby Innes is in a funk. She’s been sentenced to community service at the very mall she shoplifted from. As a new security cadet, Ruby is unsure of her new role and she's still chafing about being busted. When a string of crimes at the cinema faces the mall, Ruby doesn’t want to investigate it. However, Ruby soon finds herself wanting to keep the movie theater hackers from the same fate that she had, prompting her to dive deep into the world of their amateur films looking for answers to this mystery. She has a lot to figure out, and one of those things is herself. The Mall Cadet is a ...

Ruby Innes is under attack. Someone is attempting to sabotage her life, making it difficult to do her job and start a new relationship with her Kleptos Anonymous boyfriend, Henry. As the weeks tick down until an important trial Ruby is getting more and more desperate to solve this case before it all collapses on top of her. The Mall Cadet is a young adult short-read series where you follow Ruby Innis in her attempts to set things straight after being caught shoplifting. With quick wits and the desire to make up for her wrongdoings, Ruby takes on various cases inside the mall. Will she atone...

Ruby Innes is developing trust issues. She’s just solved the case of the exercise cult and gotten her friend back when things start going missing at the mall. At first, no one notices, then the security team opens a case against this sporty shoplifter. Ruby is immediately a suspect. And in light of recent events, Ruby can’t stop suspecting everyone, even those closest to her. Can she solve the case before she loses her sanity? The Mall Cadet is a young adult short-read series where you follow Ruby Innis in her attempts to set things straight after being caught shoplifting. With quick ...

Ruby Innes has just done something she can’t take back. The case of arson that plagued the mall has gone cold. With the consequences of her actions looming over her head, she’s looking for anything to distract her. Luckily, there’s a new exercise club that’s moved into the mall that’s causing a commotion, and the security team are distracted. Can Ruby find out what the deal is with the club’s mysterious owner while battling her own demons? The Mall Cadet is a young adult short-read series where you follow Ruby Innis in her attempts to set things straight after being caught ...

Ruby Innes is settling into her new life. She’s found a place working as a security cadet at the mall that she stole from. She’s making new friends at her kleptos anonymous meetings. She’s even getting along with the other cadet, Emily. She’s decided she wants to help keep other people out of the trouble she was in. When a scourge of arsons descends upon the mall, it leaves the mall security force overwhelmed. With her newfound love of solving a case, Ruby is certain that she can crack this one. But what happens when she does? The Mall Cadet is a young adult short-read series where ...

Joe je boháč, přesněji řečeno nejbohatší dvanáctiletý kluk v celé Británii. Má všechno, nač si vzpomene: vůz formule 1, kino, pět set párů sportovních bot, orangutana jako sluhu. A přece mu něco důležitého chybí: kamarád. Poprosí proto tátu, aby směl chodit do docela obyčejné školy, inkognito! Jak se ale před spolužáky tvářit, že jste kluk jako každý druhý, když dostáváte 100 000 liber kapesného měsíčně?

Scott Ferdowsi has a track record of quitting. Writing the Great American Novel? Three chapters. His summer internship? One week. His best friends know exactly what they want to do with the rest of their lives, but Scott can't commit to a breakfast cereal, let alone a passion. With college applications looming, Scott's parents pressure him to get serious about a career path like engineering or medicine. Desperate for help, he sneaks off to Washington, DC, to seek guidance from a famous professor who specializes in grit, the psychology of success.

After getting caught hooking up with her best friend’s ex on the last day of junior year, Kendall starts senior year friendless and ostracized. She plans to keep her head down until she graduates. But after discovering her online identity has been hacked and she’s being framed for stealing from a dealer, Kendall is drawn into a tenuous partnership with the mastermind of a drug ring lurking in the shadows of her Brooklyn private school. If she wants to repair her tattered reputation and save her neck, she’ll have to decide who she really is - and own it.

The countdown to extinction has begun! After Maia narrowly escapes from yet another execution attempt, she finds her life upended once again. As specters from her past reappear and friendships she had always counted on swiftly collapse around her, Maia is left struggling with her inner demons. All the while, the R’armimon Empire’s mighty Execution Fleet draws closer to Tansi, and everyone braces for annihilation. Maia races to find a way to stop the R’armimon and rediscover the true meaning of friendship, forgiveness, and courage. Will she be on time or is it already too late? Maia ...

Kate Sanderson has been burned by love. From now on, she thinks, I will control my own destiny, and I will be reasoned and rational. But life has other things in store for Kate. Namely, a summer abroad studying Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in the very town where the star-crossed lovers met, Verona, Italy. Kate is thrown together with two other American teens and three Italians for a special seminar - and for volunteer duty at the Juliet Club, where they answer letters from the lovelorn around the world. Can Kate's cool logic withstand the most romantic summer ever?

Disappearing wasn’t going to be enough…they needed a plan…some answers…and a safe place where they couldn’t be found…and time to figure out what to do next….and why their pursuers are interested in Harper’s father. With only moments to spare, Jackson Riley knows that taking the elevators to the ground floor of the hotel isn’t their optimal escape route. But as always he’s prepared. But nothing could prepare him for the information that was unexpectedly obtained during his and Landon’s escape.It’s the middle of the twenty-third century and while there have been ...

Growing up next to the Harper boys, Tori Williams learned to hold her own with them. Her brother Gabe is best friends with the boys, and Tori deals with the youngest Harper boy, Deacon. There's a slight issue when Tori dates Bradley Wilson, whom the Harper boys can't stand. Wanting to keep Tori from her idiot ex-boyfriend, Nate and Deacon develop a plan of their own. Elias Harper graduated college and returned home to work in construction. While Nate and Deacon scheme to keep Bradley from Tori, another issue arises when Elias takes an interest in a particular neighbor girl. What happens ...

Now that Payton and Parker Gray have survived their first year of college and found love, their twin brothers, Patton and Paxton Gray, are joining their big brothers along with cousins when they return to college. The problem is Patton and Paxton are known as the devil twins for a reason. Payton and Parker try to reign their brothers in but will need help from family to do so. If you thought the older Gray Brothers and Harper Boys were crazy, you haven't seen anything yet with the younger boys. The college will find out how much of a force of nature the Gray Brothers and Harper Family are. ...

Miguela Angeles is tired. Tired of her abuela keeping secrets, especially about her heritage. Tired of her small Vermont town and hanging out at the same places with the same friends she’s known forever. So when another boring Sunday trip to church turns into a run-in with Sam, a mysterious hottie in town on vacation, Mica seizes the opportunity to get closer to him.