Fiction » Young adult or teen » Social Issues

Overtime: A Novella    by Shana Norris
Price: $0.99 USD. 34600 words. Language: English. Published on May 21, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Social Issues.

Five months ago, the epic rivalry between the Trojans and Spartans ended in flames. Now the two schools exist in an uneasy ceasefire as a community event threatens to push them over the edge. Cassie Prince just wants to focus on her new relationship. But is happiness possible in a place where loyalties run deep?
Walking Within The Shadows    by David Layman
Price: $0.99 USD. 117340 words. Language: English. Published on May 17, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Social Issues.

Walking Within the Shadows offers the reader a view of a number of issues that young adults encounter, many controversial and many that have to be faced with little or no help from their peers or from real-life experiences. Annabelle Jackson is at an even greater disadvantage; she has been home-schooled and lived as a recluse, very isolated for most of her teen years...
Beauty and the Brat    by Ron Shillingford
Price: $0.99 USD. 4780 words. Language: English. Published on May 12, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Family.

Beauty pageants for children are not noted for good taste and exemplary behaviour. Just ask Tony, who endures constant abuse as step-father of little Modesty, the most obnoxious child on the circuit. But with a mother like Rebecca, Modesty thinks she has the perfect role model and is destined for stardom.
Just Another Day    by A. J. Barry
Price: Free! 360 words. Language: English. Published on May 10, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Social Issues.

What if you kept forgetting your priorities?
Brad's Girl    by Shay Collins
Price: $0.99 USD. 5200 words. Language: English. Published by Snommis Books  on May 2, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Social Issues.

(4.00 from 1 review)
A teen finds herself in the middle of a love triangle gone wrong.
Sticks and Stones    by Chalky MacLaan
Price: Free! 950 words. Language: English. Published on April 30, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Social Issues.

(5.00 from 1 review)
This is a story about how a boy in a small Australian country town who is bullied by his classmates copes with the violence that is directed at him. This story would benefit anyone who is/has been bullied. It would also be useful to study in the classroom in conjunction with an examination of bullying.
A Matter of Perspective    by Cheryl Lee
Price: $0.99 USD. 2600 words. Language: English. Published on April 23, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Social Issues.

Bullying and bullies are high on the minds of everyone right at the moment, both sides of the picture are unique. Will this be any different for the narrator of this story? What would you do?
Alice in Realityland    by K. Sean Jennkrist
Price: $0.99 USD. 41940 words. Language: English. Published by Kathryn Long on April 14, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy.

Alice Patelli is too tall, too clumsy, too shy, too weirdly everything that's unpopular. She has one good friend and lots of optimism. But is that enough to turn life around and make her happy? It takes getting hit in the head with a ball and dreaming of a strangely scary and wonderful world to give Alice the chance for an adventure to make life and love what it should be. Perfectly happy.
Eternal Spring (A Young Adult Short Story Collection)    by Eternal Spring Anthology
Price: Free! 93190 words. Language: English. Published on April 9, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Romance.

0.5 star(4.50 from 2 reviews)
Flowers, vacation, baseball, prom…what does spring mean to you? From unicorn hunters and teenage exorcists to Egyptian princesses and aspiring ballerinas, this collection of thirteen stories by some of the most exciting authors in Young Adult fiction explores young love and new beginnings during the most beautiful time of the year.
The Kettle Pot- a YA short story    by T.M. Johnson
Price: Free! 6650 words. Language: English. Published on April 6, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Social Issues.

Blaine spent his first summer in North Carolina checking out the local scenery. One day he stumbled into the local coffee shop and everything changed. After finally building up the nerve to ask the quiet, shy local out she was gone. His first day of his senior year starts off with a bang. See how the school geek Myra Price fairs when she meets the hottest new guy in school Blaine Woods.