Teen Age Boys

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.

Abi hasn’t had an easy life. In fact, the opposite. And when she has to move in with her Grandma midway through her senior year, she thinks it’s just getting worse. Little does she know a boy down the street and a rag tag group of friends are about to turn her world - and her heart - upside down. Start listening to the series that will make you laugh, cry, and swoon today.

What’s the problem? Sixteen-year-old Filipino American Angelo Rivera will tell you flat out. Life sucks. He’s been uprooted from his San Diego home to a boring landlocked town in the middle of nowhere. Behind him, ocean waves, his girlfriend, and the biggest skateboarding competition on the California coast. Ahead, flipping burgers at his parents’ new diner and, as the only Asian in his all-white school, being trolled as “brown boy” by small-minded, thick-necked jocks. Resigned to being an outcast, Angelo isn’t alone.

Sixteen-year-old Bluebelle, also known as BB or Big Bones, lives her life unapologetically. She loves life! She loves food! When BB has a worse-than-usual asthma attack, her mom insists she go to the doctor. There, she is told that she is overweight (no surprise) and prediabetic (big surprise) and must lose weight, move more, and keep a food diary. To get out of this immediate health crisis, she agrees to make an effort. Then a tragedy occurs in the family, and things get seriously complicated. Suddenly, losing weight and moving more are the least of her worries.

Gary Paulsen introduces listeners to Charley Goddard in his latest novel, Soldier's Heart. Charley goes to war a boy, and returns a changed man, crippled by what he has seen. In this captivating tale Paulsen vividly shows listeners the turmoil of war through one boy's eyes and one boy's heart, and gives a voice to all the anonymous young men who fought in the Civil War.

She's a mean girl. He's a bad boy. Every school has at least one. Even Silver Valley High, but what happens when the two collide? Almost legal age Echo embarks on her senior, but it turns out things aren't going as planned. Her parents leave her home alone to fend for herself, but you can't have house parties if your dad cuts you off, leaving you dead broke, and there's nothing to be happy about. Artist is not your everyday bad boy cliché. He has a style all his own. Artist isn't just the bad boy, he's the new kid.

Walking home after school, Johnny observes the class bullies playing football in the local cemetery. The lead bully Leo kicks a plant off a grave, demolishing it. Johnny sympathizes with the interned person and replaces the destroyed plant with a new one. The spirit of the interned soul is Agnes Starr. She manifests after witnessing Johnny's act of kindness.

Jun hates boy bands. They are disruptive in the classroom, annoying, have no talent, and are now affecting his role as class president. After a talk with his teacher, Jun must convince his best friend, Saki, to give up her obsession over Akatsuki, the particularly vexing boy band, or abdicate his class privileges. But his talk with Saki doesn’t go well. In his attempt to understand what all the fuss is about, Jun goes down the rabbit hole of Akatsuki, only to find another unusual fan of the boy band that has his classmates raving.