Shelley Stoehr - Saving Bone

Saving Bone

MG fiction: Izzy and bff Seven (whose name was supposed to have been “Steven”, but the “t” was left off his birth certificate) set out to rescue a dog, Bone, from its abusive owner. Although they fail repeatedly, they cannot stop trying – though Izzy wonders why not. What's so important that they have to risk "life and limb" to save this dog?

But then Izzy learns a truth about Seven, a reality that is so horrible, she realizes it isn’t only Bone who needs saving – it is Seven.

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Saving Bone

Izzy and bff Seven set out to rescue a dog, Bone, from its abusive owner. Although they fail repeatedly, they cannot stop trying. Then Izzy learns a truth about Seven and realizes it isn't only Bone who needs saving – it's Seven.

Young Adult Fiction

Weresisters

Sixteen-year-old Kyra has no recollection of her life before age ten. One leg is so badly damaged that she has to walk with a brace. And all she wants in her junior year of high school is to be cool. Instead, she becomes a werewolf. Torn among allegiances to her father, her newly discovered family, and the werewolf pack, Kyra must learn to control the beast within and find a way to stop the madman who threatens to destroy them all.

Selene is a beautiful, tough leader of the meanest gang in school—and a werewolf through and through. She is on the top of the world and plans to stay there. Then Selene kills a human and unleashes a murderous rage that threatens to turn her into a mindless, violent beast. Terrified of what she might become, Selene runs away. She must find a way to regain her humanity, and she must do it quickly, because someone is following her…

Crosses

Nancy and Katie are best friends with one big thing in common -- they both cut themselves, “Not by accident, we do it purposely -- and regularly -- because physical pain is comforting, and because now it has become a habit.”

Weird on the Outside

When sixteen-year-old Tracey runs away she finds that making ends meet in New York City for a young girl with few real skills is nearly impossible.

Tomorrow Wendy

“I’ve discovered that if you wear a big enough hat, no one worries much about what’s going on inside your head,” says Cary. And no one, not even her boyfriend, Danny, knows about the things inside Cary’s head. Especially the feelings she has for Wendy, a girl with bright green hair and hard-candy sadness in her eyes.

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