Keyword: social themes
Ratwhiskers and Me
1/7/2008
Paperback
A powerful atmospheric verse novel set in the Victorian goldfields in the 1800s.
The Visitor
1/8/2018
Hardcover
A story about friendship and shyness, full of light and colour, that plays out in a mini theatre. A book for kids and all ages.
What Can't Wait
1/6/2016
Paperback
“Another day finished, gracias a Dios.” Seventeen-year-old Marisa’s mother has been saying this for as long as Marisa can remember.
The Stand-In
1/4/2018
Paperback
A hilarious and charming story about a working-class kid who rents himself out as a (completely platonic) stand-in date for the socially awkward but wealthy in order to earn money for college, by the screenwriter of the classic teen movie “A Sure Thing.”
The Way Back from Broken
1/4/2018
Paperback
A unique, heartfelt, and gorgeously written story of the power of wilderness to heal.
The Disturbed Girl's Dictionary
1/10/2019
Paperback
Told with laugh-out-loud humor and take-no-prisoners frankness, this is a story of incredible resilience amid the dangers and chaos of poverty, prejudice, and personal demons.
Fugly
1/12/2019
Hardcover
A wrenchingly honest, thought-provoking exploration of a girl judged and dismissed by society who must break the cycle of shaming that traps her in her real life and comforts her in her online one.
