Five middle schoolers find a fully stocked bomb shelter constructed decades ago in the local woods by an eccentric tycoon and lost until a hurricane exposes the entrance. So, how to keep the hideout secret from interfering grown-ups--and, more particularly, from scary teen psychopath, Jaeger Devlin.

Wyatt Green is convinced that the annual spate of violence striking her small Vermont town is caused by a shared sickness, but she begins questioning her assumptions--and her memories about the night of her mother's murder--as she is drawn to her classmate Porter and away from her best friend Cash. Every November, every teen in Wolf Ridge is overwhelmed with a hunger for violence. At least, that's the urban legend. After her mother was murdered last...

"The horror of school shootings has become all too familiar to Americans in recent years. Gun violence in schools is part of a disturbing trend toward mass shootings in American society overall. School officials, members of the government, parents, and students around the country continue to search for ways to prevent school shootings"--

"The six sections of the book explore what it means to be a young woman living in a world that doesn't always hear her and tell the story of Kiran as she flees a history of trauma and raises her daughter, Sahaara, while living undocumented in North America. Delving into current cultural conversations including sexual assault, mental health, feminism, and immigration, this narrative of resilience, healing, empowerment, and love will galvanize readers...