Riley's Ghost

The Dungeoneers

Sunflower Sal

My Diary from the Edge of the World

Toadies (Creepers Mysteries, Book 2)

Finding Orion

Homebound

Ultraviolet

A 2022 William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist, What Beauty There Is is Cory Anderson's stunning novel about brutality and beauty, and about broken people trying to survive―" Intense, brutal, and searingly honest," p erfect for fans of Patrick Ness, Laura Ruby, and Meg Rosoff.

To understand the truth, you have to start at the beginning.

Ava Bardem lives in isolation, a life of silence. For seventeen years, Ava’s father, a merciless man, has controlled her fate. He’s taught her to love no one. But then she meets Jack.

Living in poverty, Jack Dahl is holding his breath. He and his younger brother have nothing―except each other. With their parents gone, Jack faces a stark lose his brother to foster care or find the drug money that sent his father to prison. He chooses the money.

Suddenly, Jack’s and Ava’s fates become intimately―and dangerously―linked as Ava’s father hunts for the same money as Jack. When he picks up on Jack’s trail, Ava must make her own wrenching remain silent or speak and fight for Jack’s survival.

Choices. They come at a price.

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Riley's Ghost

John David Anderson, Erson, John David, 2022

The Dungeoneers

John David Anderson, Erson, John David, 2015

Sunflower Sal

Elizabeth Johns, Erson, Janet S., Janet S. Anderson, 1997

My Diary from the Edge of the World

Jodi Lynn Anderson, Erson, Jodi Lynn, 2015

Toadies (Creepers Mysteries, Book 2)

Connie Kingrey Anderson, Erson, 2013

Finding Orion

John David Anderson, Erson, John David, 2019

Homebound

John David Anderson, Erson, John David, 2022

Ultraviolet

Erson, R.J., R.J. Anderson, 2011