Bluford High: It's not just school--it's real life. Vicky Fallon can't take it. Her father lost his job, her parents are constantly fighting, and her little brother is out of control. Once an honor student, Vicky is quickly falling behind in her classes at Bluford High. Now her teachers, friends, and boyfriend, Martin Luna, want answers. Pressured from all sides, Vicky knows something is about to snap. But the explosion that hits her home is worse than anything she could have imagined.

Bluford #16: Breaking Point

Teen & Young Adult

Langan, Paul

Folan, Karyn Langhorne

Literature & Fiction

Scholastic Paperbacks

Bluford High: It's not just school--it's real life. Jamee Wills never expected Vanessa Pierce and her friends to go this far. The trouble begins at cheerleading practice when Vanessa starts teasing Angel McAllister, a shy new girl at Bluford High. When the insults turn nasty, Jamee tries to stop them. She wins Angel's friendship but makes many enemies. Now Jamee is a target, and someone is texting lies and pictures of her all over school. Unwilling to tell her family or snitch on her fellow cheerleaders, Jamee is cornered. Will her next move solve her problems--or make them worse?

Bluford #18: Pretty Ugly

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Bluford High: It's not just school--it's real life. Jamee Wills never expected Vanessa Pierce and her friends to go this far. The trouble begins at cheerleading practice when Vanessa starts teasing Angel McAllister, a shy new girl at Bluford High. When the insults turn nasty, Jamee tries to stop them. She wins Angel's friendship but makes many enemies. Now Jamee is a target, and someone is texting lies and pictures of her all over school. Unwilling to tell her family or snitch on her fellow cheerleaders, Jamee is cornered. Will her next move solve her problems--or make them worse?

Pretty Ugly (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Children's Books

Turtleback

"This is for real. Get your sister and get to the Mountain Place." With those last words from his mother, fifteen year old Liam Harper and his ten year old sister, Lilly embark on a perilous journey of survival. The bombs are coming any minute-and after they fall, Washington DC and the nice suburb that Liam has called home-will be gone. With only minutes to escape, Liam and Lilly and six other kids-some friends, some foes-embark on a desperate mission to survive first the blast itself, and then the terrifying days ahead in the ruins of the world they once knew. In the wreckage of their community, without food or transportation, their only hope of safety is to walk to a mountain cabin almost two hundred miles away. If they can get to the Mountain Place, they hope to be reunited with Liam's father, a decorated military veteran and survivalist who will protect and shelter them. But the journey brings Liam and his friends face to face with death and danger, deprivation and disease and worst of all: the realization that life will never be the same again. In this the first of The Doomsday Kids series, Liam and the others confront their losses and find family and hope in each other.

The Doomsday Kids #1: Liam's Promise

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

K Squared Books

"Shoot first...ask questions later." That's the motto for the world after the apocalypse. After their periolous escape from the wreckage of Washington.DC, the surviving kids reach the Mountain Place, only to find their troubles have just begun. Fifteen year old Nester, who had been on the fast-track to success in the world before the bombs,has no skills for his new life of tending animals, maintaining fires and guarding their safe house from intruders. Buffeted by threats both internal and external, Nester must put aside his own guilt and grief to take care of the others. Then, as nuclear winter sweeps over them killing crops and animals, a medical emergency threatens one of their number. Nester must make a desperate choice that shatters their little community and alters their hopes for survival in a heart-breaking way.

The Doomsday Kids #2: Nester's Mistake

Faced with the inevitability of his death from radiation exposure, Rod Wasserman has one final wish: to go home. Hoping to find his mother in the ruins of Washington, DC he plans to sneak away from the safety of the Mountain Place on a solitary journey into the Wasteland. Amaranth Jones has one wish: to end her budding romance with Liam Harper and see her friends at the Mountain Place survive and thrive. But Amaranth's convinced that Liam will do better if she stays as far away from him as possible. So when Amaranth catches Rod packing for his desperate journey, she insists on joining him--whether he wants the company or not. And so begins an exciting post-apocalyptic adventure, as narrated by the unpredictable and not-always likeable Amaranth Jones. As she and Rod make their way back to ground zero, the two confront the horrors of their new dystopian world. Food and water are scarce, nuclear winter has killed both plants and animals. Human life has little meaning-- and some desperate people have surrendered to the ultimate inhumanity: cannibalism. Threatened by the weather, by other survivors and their own demons, Amaranth and Rod must learn to trust each other if they have any chance of making it through hell and back. As Rod grows weaker, Amaranth must make more and more difficult choices to ensure their survival. How far will she go to help Rod achieve his last wish? And if they find Rod's mother, can the three of them make it back to Liam, Nester and the others again? This is Book 3 of The Doomsday Kids new adult, post-apocalyptic series. Book 1, Liam's Promise and Book 2, Nester's Mistake are currently available. Book 4, Amy's Gift will be released in April 2015.

The Doomsday Kids #3: Amaranth's Return

Jamee Wills never expected Vanessa Pierce and her friends to go this far. The trouble starts at cheerleading practice when Vanessa begins teasing Angel McAllister, a shy new girl at Bluford High. When the insults turn nasty, Jamee tries to stop them. She wins Angel's friendship but makes many enemies. Now Jamee is a target, and someone is texting lies and pictures of her all over school. Unwilling to tell her family or snitch on her fellow cheerleaders, Jamee is cornered. Will her next move solve her problems--or make them worse?--From back cover.

Pretty Ugly (Bluford)

Turtleback Books

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