Teen Violence

When Hinton Helsinger leaves the Youth Correctional Center, he's set on reforming his impulsive ways. But things at home have changed: his dad has been killed, his mom's remarried his uncle, and his uncle is the new kingpin of the family gang that controls the town's drug trade. Threatened by Hinton's return, Hinton's uncle hatches a sinister plot using Hinton's girlfriend, Olivia, as a pawn. As Hinton struggles between the impulse to avenge his dad's death and the desire to seek a way out of that corrupt life, he embarks on a downward spiral of revenge and madness....

Det er nyt det hele. Mit navn er nyt. Min mormor er ny. Det er i hvert fald nyt, at hun er i vores liv. Og nyt, at jeg bor her. Hun siger, at politiet kommer om lidt. Jeg sætter mig op så hurtigt, at jeg bliver svimmel. Min far er eftersøgt. Min søde lillebror er væk. Han er blevet kidnappet. Af vores far. I virkeligheden hedder Johanne slet ikke Johanne. Og hendes bror, Christian Eriksen, har valgt sit navn efter fodboldspilleren af samme navn. De er på flugt fra deres voldelige far, og mens de jagter et nyt liv, jagter faren dem.

Ian's band is finally taking off. But the band's front man and Ian's best friend, Orlando, can't catch a break as a black kid in their white town. Tension with a security guard lands both Ian and Orlando in jail, and when Orlando is held indefinitely, someone will need to take over the band until he gets out. When Orlando chooses Chase, the band's bassist, to step in, Ian is slighted. As Ian's resentment builds, he plots his revenge. One by one, he turns his bandmates against one another, with tragic results.

Point guard Mercedes Morgan is on track to set the all-state record for three-pointers. She's even caught the attention of a big-time college recruiter. But her sister has fallen in with a gang from the old neighborhood, and a drive-by shooting lands her in a coma. Now their little brother might be headed down the same dangerous path. Can the star player help her family leave the past behind them while also saving her season, or will they always be on guard?

Hjælper du altid en ven, hvis du hjælper? Rune er i tvivl. Det er Max’ beef, det her. Han må klare det selv. På den anden side er det fire mod én. Max ville ikke have en chance. Kniv er en del af serien MELLEM_RUM, som er en serie af lette kortromaner til udskolingen. Fortalt helt enkelt og skrevet af etablerede forfattere med fingeren på pulsen. Mange unge med forskellige former for læsevanskeligheder synes, at de har svært ved at finde alderssvarende og fede bøger, der passer til dem.

This audiobook explores the reasons of the terrorist attack of 9/11 and how the U.S. has responded.