Young Adult Crime

In his meteoric, 13-year rise to fame, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led a mass movement for civil rights - with his relentless peaceful, non-violent protests, public demonstrations, and eloquent speeches. But as violent threats cast a dark shadow over Dr. King's life, Swanson hones in on James Earl Ray, a bizarre, racist prison escapee who tragically ends King's life.

Hoodie Rosen's life isn't that bad. Sure, his entire Orthodox Jewish community has just picked up and moved to the quiet, mostly non-Jewish town of Tregaron, but Hoodie's world hasn't changed that much. He's got basketball to play, studies to avoid, and a supermarket full of delicious kosher snacks to eat. The people of Tregaron aren’t happy that so many Orthodox Jews are moving in at once, but that’s not Hoodie’s problem.

Step into Mackinac Island's scorching summer of 1979, where reality and fantasy blend in a whirlwind of murder, movies, and magic. Meet Jack McGuinn, a paperboy with life on the island all figured out until Hollywood descends to film "Somewhere in Time" with Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. Jack's world unravels amidst the movie madness.

“Just do this one thing for me.” Drew's mother says it more often than good morning. Heidi Hill has been juggling shady side hustles for all of Drew’s seventeen years, and Drew knows that “one thing” really means all the tedious and necessary things her mother thinks are boring, including taking care of her fifteen-year-old sister and eight-year-old brother. In fact, Drew is the closest thing to a responsible adult they’ve ever known.

When someone burns down the home of the school janitor and he dies in the blaze, everyone in Addamsville, Indiana, points a finger at Zora. Never mind that Zora has been on the straight and narrow since her father was thrown in jail. With everyone looking for evidence against her, her only choice is to uncover the identity of the real killer. There’s one big problem - Zora has no leads. No one does. Addamsville has a history of tragedy, and 30 years ago a similar string of fires left several townspeople dead. The arsonist was never caught.

Jake has finally got his driver's license, and tonight he has his brother's car as well. He and his friend Mickey take the car out and cruise the strip. When they challenge another driver to a street race, a disastrous chain reaction causes an accident. Jake and Mickey leave the scene, trying to convince themselves they were not involved. Jake finds he cannot pretend it didn't happen and struggles with deciding on the right thing to do. Should he pretend he was not involved? Or should he go to the police?

In 1924, 18-year-old college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb made a decision: they would commit the perfect crime by kidnapping and murdering a child they both knew. But they made one crucial error: As they were disposing of the body of young Bobby Franks, whom they had bludgeoned to death, Nathan's eyeglasses fell from his jacket pocket. Multi-award-winning author Candace Fleming depicts every twist and turn of this harrowing case.

No hay territorio más desconocido que el infierno de la humillación. Cuatro años atrás, un incendio destruyó el almacén de Alberto Soler en Hondares. En la caja fuerte se encontraron unos huesos humanos. La agente Padilla se vio implicada personalmente en el caso. Todo lo que sucedió durante ese curso en el instituto prendió la mecha que haría saltar unas cuantas vidas por los aires. Este es el relato de la investigación.

Beck Birsching has been adrift since the death of her mother, a brilliant but troubled investigative reporter. She can’t stop herself from slipping into memories of happier days, longing for a time when things were more normal. So when a mysterious letter in her mother’s handwriting arrives in the mail that reads Come and find me, pointing to the small town at the center of her last investigation, Beck hopes that it may hold the answers. But when Beck and her sister Riley arrive in Backravel, Arizona, it’s clear that something’s off.

Young people coming of age today face new risks, expectations, and laws that didn't exist when their parents were young. What They Don't Teach Teens provides teens, tweens, and young adults with up-to-date, realistic strategies to protect themselves against the pitfalls of modern adolescence.

Two days before the start of her junior year, 17-year-old Janelle Tenner is hit by a pickup truck and killed - as in blinding light, scenes of her life flashing before her, and then nothing. Except the next thing she knows, she's opening her eyes to find Ben Michaels, a loner from her high school whom Janelle has never talked to, leaning over her. And even though it isn't possible, she knows - with every fiber of her being - that Ben has somehow brought her back to life.

Ce roman est l'histoire d'une fulgurante amitié qui tourne au drame. Charlène, jeune adolescente de 13 ans un peu effacée, entre en classe de cinquième. Dès le premier jour de la rentrée, Sarah, nouvelle dans l'établissement, fait sensation auprès de tous les élèves, séduits par cette fille à la personnalité magnétique. Charlène la regarde avec admiration et haine mélangées. Finalement les deux jeunes filles se lient d'amitié.

Para el estrafalario Erik Vogler, maniático del orden y la pulcritud, las cosas no podían empezar peor aquellas vacaciones de Semana Santa: en lugar del soñado viaje a Nueva York con su padre, iba a tener que pasar esos días con su abuela. Aun así, ni en su peor pesadilla el obsesivo y temeroso Erik hubiera imaginado que se vería involucrado en los asesinatos en serie que estaban conmoviendo a toda Alemania.

Ojalá existiera un libro con respuestas a las preguntas legales que se nos ocurren, pero que no sabemos a quién hacerle. Ahhh… pero ¡sí existe! 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. Aquí daré una pincelada a las cuestiones más básicas para enfrentar la vida adulta de buena forma.

But the weather-beaten sailboat Chance Taylor and his father call home is thirty years old and hasn’t sailed in years. One step from both homelessness and hunger, Chance worries about things other kids his age never give a thought: Where will the money come for the electricity bill, grocery bill, and moorage fees? So when a new job falls his way, he jumps at the opportunity. He knows how much he will earn; what he doesn’t know is how much he will pay.

Mein Name ist Nikka. Ich wurde ermordet. Aber das war erst der Anfang... Als die 16-jährige Nikka in einem Krankenhaus zu sich kommt, hat sie Mühe, sich zu erinnern, was passiert ist. War sie nicht eben noch mit ihrer Freundin Zoe auf dieser Party? Dann plötzlich ... Filmriss. Nikka erfährt, dass sie tot war – schockierende 21 Minuten lang. 21 Minuten ohne Herzschlag, aber keineswegs ohne Erlebnisse. Denn sie erinnert sich an einen dunklen Tunnel, in dem sie einem Licht entgegenirrte und in dem auch Zoe war.

Al Capone was a criminal, but he was once loved by his community. Apparently, he is said to have lived the life of Robin Hood, in the sense that he was generous to the poor. Was that truth or fiction? Maybe learning about his life will help us realize if there’s any truth to the stories or not. Grab a copy of this book today!

America in 1982. Japanese car companies are on the rise and believed to be putting American autoworkers out of their jobs. Anti-Asian-American sentiments simmer, especially in Detroit. A bar fight turns fatal, leaving Vincent Chin - a Chinese-American man - beaten to death at the hands of two white men, autoworker Ronald Ebens and his stepson Michael Nitz. From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry is a searing examination of the killing and the trial and verdicts that followed.

Jazzy, Max and Maddy are three friends at an amusement park where they discover tunnels and witness a shocking murder. When they return, they are denied legitimacy. Maddy goes home and nothing changes. Jazzy comes home to a chaotic family of siblings, but Max comes home to discover his whole world is flipped upside down. Embark on this journey with Jazzy, Max and Maddy to enjoy a stellar ride.

Nicole tem 19 anos, está num emprego que odeia e, em poucos dias, o garoto de quem gosta irá se casar com outra. É nesse momento em que a vida parece sem rumo que ela recebe a ligação de Toninho, seu pai biológico que foi embora pouco depois de ela nascer.