"Franny never lets anyone know how often she thinks of the charismatic, troubled mom who left her years ago, any more than she talks about the unaccountable things Mom did while she was still in the picture. Life with Nana is safe and secure, and Franny's innovative art projects fill any lonesome times. But when Nana has an accident and Franny's estranged uncle returns home to help out for a while, some long-guarded family secrets come to light. Franny...

"Sunless Freak: Memories of a Schizo moves forward to stake a spot in the pantheon of memoirs on mental illness. New author David Makepeace zagged into the reality of living with schizoaffective disorder. His life of undiagnosed and untreated mental illness descended to drinking and drugging to mask and cope with his condition. Making use of vulnerability, David writes chapters with valiant heart through a messy journey-his life, post-psychotic break....

"As late summer 1951 descends on Elmira, New York, Myra Larkin, thirteen, the oldest child of a large Catholic family, meets a young man she believes to be Mickey Mantle. He chats her up at a local diner and gives her a ride home. The matter consumes her until later that night, when a triple homicide occurs just down the street, opening a specter of violence that will haunt the Larkins for half a century. As the siblings leave home and fan across...

"In this moving true story, Kao Kalia Yang shares her experiences as a Hmong refugee child navigating life at home and school in America while carrying the weight of her selective mutism"--

Looking for a fresh start, sixteen-year-old Libby and her family return to her mother's childhood home only to discover that the house's strange beauty may disguise a sinister past.

A teen girl grapples with the death of her brother as she starts a new job in the caverns of Ohio—only to become the number one suspect in her coworker's murder.