When a popular high school girl dies from a drug overdose at a party, will the aftermath drive her best friends to despair?

Sarah and Cassidy have lost their best friend to an accidental heroin overdose, but her death is just the beginning. Their judgmental small town and jealous classmates have twisted the tragedy and forced the girls to defend their friend's memory as they grieve. Without her as the guiding light of their lifelong trio, they are overwhelmed with anger and depression.

As they hang by the strong threads of their friendship, the girls find purpose in supporting their friend's devastated little sister. But is it enough to keep themselves from spiraling into despair?

Can they survive their last year of high school without her, or will the pressure of defending her memory lead to another death?

If you like relatable characters, emotional relationships, and meaningful storylines, you'll love Cecily Wolfe's compelling young adult drama.

That Night

After surviving a childhood of poverty and neglect, Locklyn has a chance to escape her abusive stepfather. Her only friend, Isaiah, loves her more than his own life, but will saving herself put him in danger?

Locklyn Gaines isn’t her mother, but the residents of her small southeastern Kentucky town don’t care. Her mother’s secrets are Lock’s shame, and every time her drunk stepfather uses her as a punching bag, Lock wonders how much her dying mother knows about what goes on in the crumbling old house her mother’s family has lived in for generations.

Isaiah Parker hardly remembers life before the first day of kindergarten, before he became obsessed with the serious, dark-haired girl in sunglasses who lives just beyond the field behind his house and rides the school bus with him every day. Protecting Lock had been a fantasy for the child he was, but Isaiah and Lock are nearly finished with high school, and Isaiah knows that now is the time for him to save her.

Her stepfather has other plans, however, and one night may be all they have to do whatever it takes to escape and start over again, together.

*contains sexual situations, strong language, violence, and depictions of abuse

FOR FANS OF WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING

A Harvest of Stars

Love, loyalty, lies . . . twin sisterhood has a heartbreaking price.

When Victoria returns to her childhood home for her twin sister's wedding after decades of a strained relationship with her family, she recalls the devastating trauma of the high school romance that tore her family apart.

As a pretty, popular high school sophomore, Victoria discards boys as easily as she finds them, unlike her bookish and brilliant twin. When the senior football captain with a reputation of his own develops an interest in her sister, Victoria becomes wary. She’ll do anything to protect her twin, no matter what the cost.

Told as a flashback years later as Victoria wrestles with disastrous adult relationships and her sister's impending marriage, secrets kept for decades bait an emotional minefield. Will painful memories destroy their chance to reunite, or is it too late?

Written by two sisters, incorporating real adolescent memories with fictional details, American Girls looks at the best and worst of growing up girls in the 1980s Midwest and the devastating power secrets can wield over the closest of relationships.

Perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult and Joshilyn Jackson.

American Girls

Destruction.

In a family of healers who save, all I do is destroy. My enforced solitude is for my own safety as well as that of the world, or so my mother tells me.

When the boy next door beckons, I can't help but sneak out to forge a friendship with him. Loneliness leads me to defy my family, but desperation prevails when I discover that the grounds of his private academy hold a secret that could help me learn why my ability is so disastrous . . . or push me to create a catastrophe that will bring only death and destruction.


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Merith Leigh has decided to give herself the best sixteenth birthday present ever: freedom. She's spent the last two years in silent communication with Taran, the boy next door, and his encouragement to meet him beyond their bedroom window views has tempted her to finally break free of her family's bonds. With a leap of faith, she trusts Taran with her future, and he takes her to meet his friends at his private academy, where a secret society that studies magic lurks with secrets of their own. Can Taran and his classmates help her discover why she carries the gift of destruction rather than her family's skill at healing, or will their association prove deadly?

Heir Of Charms

Two travelers. One treasure. Will feuding twin princesses be the key to finding the priceless riches, or will Soryn and Lucas become casualties of a deadly royal conflict?

Childhood friends Soryn and Lucas leave their small village in search of adventure, surprised at their good luck when a stranger in a cave tells them of a treasure hidden within the neighboring Kingdom of Dahut. In exchange for a bit of their food, the stranger offers directions on where these riches can be found, leaving out an important detail – the castle in which it is hidden is the home of Dahut's reigning royalty, twin princesses in a violent battle for the queen's crown.

Will Soryn and Lucas lose themselves in the brutal political fight between Princess Elana and Princess Vivian, or can the two of them preserve their friendship and their lives – while stealing the treasure from the depths of Castle Laurent?

Heartless Kingdom

Have you ever learned a secret about yourself that could change your life forever?

When a mysterious and handsome boy showed up at my high school, all the girls wanted his attention. But who did he approach? Plain, less-than-ordinary me!

Words like changeling and dreamseer made my head spin as Declan, who claims to be my protector, tried to convince me that I’m actually a creature from the faerie realm, switched at birth with a human infant who is the true child of my parents.

Should I follow Declan's lead to discover the truth? How can I not?

Shadow of a Dream

When sheltered teen Mina finds herself unceremoniously dropped off at the front door of the elite and mysterious Larkspur Academy, can she rise to a magical challenge that threatens those close to her heart?

Miserable at the boarding school without her neighbor and best friend, she tries to keep an open mind. A secret library invisible to most students reveals a magical power inside her, and potential allies come to her aid. But will the cousin who bullies her and an emotionally distant uncle keep the keys to the mystery from Mina as the pressure mounts, leaving her to manage a rising crisis on her own?

As she begins to question her identity, her knowledge, and most of all, her inner strength, can Mina rise to the challenge, even if it means reaching out to those she doesn't fully trust, or will she leave a powerful mystery unsolved, exposing everyone at Larkspur as well as her family and best friend to unimaginable danger?

Mirror is the spellbinding first book in the Larkspur Academy young adult paranormal mystery series. If you like smart teen heroines, magical secrets, and powerful friendships, you'll love Molly Lavenza's compelling series starter.