The Castle Key

Let's Party (Two of a Kind, No. 8)

The Other Side of Blue

Facts Speak for Themselves, The

Lucy Rose: Here's the Thing About Me

The Land of 10,000 Madonnas

Ask Amy Green: Dancing Daze

Is Everyone Moonburned but Me?

Ages 13 years & over. Gritty, heartfelt and ultimately redemptive stories for young adults. At 64 Wilnut Street. A fifteen-storey brick building butted against a pocket of comfortable houses, some of which have pools and three-car garages. Two teenagers slouch outside the front door, the lock broken again. A shopping cart lies abandoned in the lobby. The halls hang heavily with the smell of roach spray and a rivalry of last night's dinners. And behind each tightly locked apartment door lie the hidden stories and unspoken dreams of the people who live there. Against the backdrop of this inner-city building, thirteen teenagers labour to overcome the challenges in their lives. There is David, who tries to talk to his father's ghost, and Jennifer, who flirts with men she does not want. Asim, who faces hatred directed against his Muslim family, and Allie, who spends the night on suicide watch over her depressed mother. These intimate stories reveal the troubled encounters and secret hopes of the teens who live in "The Building" as they struggle to turn obstacles into opportunities and make their way in the larger world.

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The Castle Key

Karen Krossing, 2000

Let's Party (Two of a Kind, No. 8)

Megan Stine, 1999

The Other Side of Blue

Valerie O. Patterson, 2009

Facts Speak for Themselves, The

Brock Cole, 1997

Lucy Rose: Here's the Thing About Me

Katy Kelly, 2004

The Land of 10,000 Madonnas

Kate Hattemer, 2016

Ask Amy Green: Dancing Daze

Sarah Webb, 2013

Is Everyone Moonburned but Me?

Stella Pevsner, 2000