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THE #1 BLACKBOARD BESTSELLERMeet Jazmine Deems: she's twenty-six, steppin' out from under her overprotective preacher father, and determined to escape the streets of South Central and realize her dream of making it in the music business.Meet X-Man: he's embroiled in the violence of the streets, and seems destined for a life spent hangin' with his homies -- until his talent as a tapper attracts the attention of a big-lime record producer.Fate brings Jazmine and X-Man together as promising young stars for the same record company. They thrive on the excitement of their new careers and passionate love, until a power-hungry executive pits them against each other, jeopardizing both their musical careers and romantic future. Follow Jazmine and X-man as they discover that with the right mix of love and determination, it doesn't matter where you're from, it's where you're at.

From the award-winning author of George, the story of a boy named Rick who needs to explore his own identity apart from his jerk of a best friend. Rick's never questioned much. He's gone along with his best friend Jeff even when Jeff's acted like a bully and a jerk. He's let his father joke with him about which hot girls he might want to date even though that kind of talk always makes him uncomfortable. And he hasn't given his own identity much thought, because everyone else around him seemed to have figured it out. But now Rick's gotten to middle school, and new doors are opening. One of them leads to the school's Rainbow Spectrum club, where kids of many genders and identities congregate, including Melissa, the girl who sits in front of Rick in class and seems to have her life together. Rick wants his own life to be that ... understood. Even if it means breaking some old friendships and making some new ones. As they did in their groundbreaking novel George, in Rick, award-winning author Alex Gino explores what it means to search for your own place in the world ... and all the steps you and the people around you need to take in order to get where you need to be.

A Place to Grow picks up where A Place For You left off. Big Mama has a family to raise, even as a new threat to the cubs emerges. 12 year-old Tracy has places to explore, important things to discover, and her first 5K race to run.Aunt Lynette, Mallory, and Jamie continue to provide the love and support that enable Tracy to thrive.And Tracy's wonderful friend, Kitty, is there to watch over them all.

Do you think I should ask him out, Nicholas, or is that a bit forward? GRANNY! We all stared at her. Dad had to sit down. Nicholas s granny has fallen in love with the elderly Hell s Angel next door! Yurrrgghhh. Nicholas s dad isn t happy about it but Granny won t let him get in the way. She has a few tricks up her sleeve . . . and Granny on a motorbike could be a very dangerous thing . . ."

Last Dance by Joyce Lavene; Jim Lavene When the local prom queen is found murdered in the high school parking lot, Sheriff Sharyn Howard gets a double shock. The crime scene, complete with the victim laid out in pristine fashion, is eerily similar to another prom-night murder that occurred ten years before. Sharyn's father was sheriff at the time and caught the perp, who's now on death row awaiting his execution -- just days away. Is there a copycat killer on the loose or is an innocent man about to die for the crime? Facing pressure from her mother not to destroy her late father's reputation, Sharyn looks into both murders. Soon she has proof that the real killer was never caught. Now she must race against the clock to stop an execution and catch a killer, before more innocent blood is spilled.

Jake offers to act as foreman of the family mine after a series of mysterious accidents have left Indigo's father seriously injured. But Jake's real motives are as secret as his true identity, and as personal as his growing attraction to Indigo. When Indigo and Jake are unfairly compromised, Indigo's sense of betrayal hardens into a wariness of Jake's tenderness and suspicion of his intentions. Will Jake's patient efforts to win over the outwardly rebellious, inwardly vulnerable Indigo be enough to break through her loving heart? Or will a devious villain's attempt to sabotage the mine also endangered their future together?

Navajo policeman Ben Toomey was out of his element and knee-deep in something worse than Window Rock's usual chaos. Wealthy Eden Trevoy, the little visitor he'd once adored, was back on the reservation, all grown-up--and tangled in secrets about her lost heritage. She needed Ben's help, and somehow he just couldn't turn her away. But Ben's People said the outsider would never fit into his world, and Eden had her own doubts about her newfound heritage. Yet as Eden learned more about where she came from, she discovered where she truly belonged...with Ben.

Knowing who you are and accepting who you are come at different prices. Jase Kinrick grew up in your typical, all-American household. But after the death of his sister, his parents shut down, forcing him to deal with everything life throws his way alone. Terrified of the person he's discovering himself to be, Jase has his way with every willing girl to try and rid himself of what he fears he is-gay. Escaping California and moving to Seattle to attend the University of Washington, Jase frees himself to the reality that he likes men. Never staying with any guy long enough to get to know them, he doesn't realize that he's still hiding from who he is until he meets Mark. Scared of having real feelings for another guy stirs up the questions and fears he's fought hard to bury. To strip away the barriers to the heart of what is real, and to be okay with what lies underneath, will be Jase's moment of truth. But he'll need Mark to lead him there. **This is a companion novel to the USA Today Bestseller, FADING.**

BOOK 1 in the North Shore Crew Series. This can be read as a standalone.Lil & Gage.Sunshine & Batman.Vivacious, wild and full of life.Dark, broody and misunderstood.Opposites in every way. Together, they are the imperfect love story.Tragedy in Gage's past tore his world apart. Three years of living in a constant state of desolation has left Gage a shell of the man he used to be. He's content to be numb, never wanting to feel - to hurt - ever again. After moving to a new city in a last ditch effort to turn his battered life around, Gage finds himself out of his depth when he meets his cousin's group of friends. One in particular stirs forgotten feelings that Gage is desperate to keep suppressed. Lil.Their connection is unexpected, unstoppable, and surpasses everything Lil's ever felt before. However, she's learned the hard way that men aren't always what they seem, and Gage is no exception to the rule. He burns hot one minute then runs ice cold the next.Lightning doesn't strike twice, or so Gage believed. Not when it came to loving hard then losing his entire world in a missed heartbeat. Once torn and resentful for what Lil makes him feel, Gage is now determined to stop pain-laced history repeating. But will he be too late?

Trinity used to live a life of crime, but now she makes ends meet by working as a barista in New York City.The thing is, though, in New York City... well, making ends meet isn't easy to do with a minimum wage job. Not to mention the fact that customers are beginning to get on Trinity's nerves, and it's becoming harder and harder to keep it together.And now, Trinity's past is calling and she finds out firsthand that just when she thought she was out... they pull her back in.