Thirteen-year-old Jake loves helping others, but he is at war with himself. Desperate to escape the cruelty of mirrors and the judgment of his peers, Jake listens to a destructive inner voice that tells him the only way to be okay is to shrink himself down to nothing.

Told in raw, soul-baring verse, Jake’s journey takes him into residential treatment as he fights to silence the "hunger" and find his way back to self-acceptance.

The less he eats, the louder the voice gets. To survive, Jake must learn to speak up for himself.

Andrew is just trying to survive Picture Day, but between a relentless bully and a science experiment disaster, everything is going wrong. As the chaos mounts, the "popcorn" kernel of anxiety in his stomach gets hotter, threatening to explode into a full-blown public panic attack.

When he learns his grandmother is missing, Andrew’s internal struggle hits a breaking point. Through humor and "anxiety files," Andrew must learn to navigate his OCD and panic by letting go of control and finally accepting help.

Picture Day is stressful enough—staying calm is the real challenge.

Eighth grade at East Middle School has a secret, and new girl Anna Hunt is determined to uncover it. Last year, Rachel Riley was the most popular girl in school; this year, she’s a total pariah, and no one will say why.

Channeling her love for true-crime podcasts, Anna launches her own investigation to find out the truth. But as she digs through clues and faces social pushback, she realizes the answer is far more complex—and the fallout far more dangerous—than she ever expected.

In middle school, the truth is the ultimate cliffhanger.

Star pitcher Cal Klondike is the golden boy of Walthorne Baseball Academy, with a future that looks destined for the pros. But as scouts fill the stands and the pressure from his father and coach reaches a fever pitch, the stress becomes a ticking time bomb.

Told through a fast-paced collection of transcripts, texts, and news articles, the story follows the moment Cal’s world fractures during a high-stakes confrontation. Now, he must face the fallout of a split-second decision and find the courage to define himself beyond the mound.

One pitch can win a game. One choice can change a life.

After months of surviving on their own, Tig and her brother Peter are thrust into the "perfect" life of their Uncle Scott and his partner, Manny. But Tig isn't interested in their pristine home or idyllic rules—she’s determined to keep things messy, fueled by daily defiance and a wild goal to become a competitive cheese racer.

As she tries to outrun her past and her new guardians, Tig realizes that chaos can’t hide the truth forever. To truly move forward, she must decide which parts of her old life to carry and which ones to finally leave in the dust.

To find a real home, Tig has to stop running and start letting go.

When a dragon shows up to summon him back to the secret Archipelago, Christopher Forrester couldn't be happier. But the magical islands are no longer a paradise; a deadly poison is spreading, and the only way to stop it is a high-stakes mission involving sphinxes, dragon lairs, and a daring prison break.

At the heart of the chaos is Anya, a girl driven by a fierce hunger for justice and accompanied by a loyal flock of birds. Together, they must navigate a world of revenge and myth to save the creatures they love before the darkness takes hold.

A world of myth. A spreading poison. A hunger for justice.

Brooklyn girl Kaylani McKinnon feels like a total fish out of water spending the summer in the snooty, high-society atmosphere of Martha’s Vineyard. But the vacation takes a dark turn when a popular local boy is found dead.

While the town whispers about shark attacks and accidents, Kaylani suspects something much more sinister: murder. As she dives into the island's hidden history and best-kept secrets, she realizes the truth might be more dangerous than anything lurking in the ocean.

The water is beautiful, but the secrets are deadly.

Joe Oak is a master of the "and then, boom" moment—those sudden life-altering disasters that superheroes always seem to survive. When he and his grandmother lose their home, Joe relies on his sketches and comic-book logic to stay afloat. But when he is suddenly left entirely on his own, the stakes turn from difficult to desperate.

With no electricity, no food, and the constant fear of foster care, Joe survives by dumpster diving and hiding his secret from everyone. Just as he finds a glimmer of hope in a stray dog and her pups, a literal tornado threatens to destroy everything he has left.

When the world falls apart, Joe has to find the hero within to land on his feet.

Seventeen-year-old Cassie has a gift for reading people, but she never expected the FBI to recruit her for a classified program. Now, she’s living in a house with other elite "Naturals"—teens with extraordinary skills for profiling, lie-detecting, and data-crunching—to solve the country’s coldest cases.

The mission turns personal when a new serial killer begins targeting people close to the program, dragging Cassie into a lethal game of cat and mouse. To survive, she must untangle the secrets of her fellow Naturals and face a killer who knows her better than she knows herself.

In a house full of profilers, the most dangerous person is the one you can’t read.