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?
G1 Ginny's First Story    by JT Kalnay
Price: $4.99 USD. 96900 words. Language: English. Published on May 20, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Social Issues.

This is a coming of age story where Ginny, a gifted triathlete, but also a gifted hacker, must decide whether to use her talents for good or for evil. Ginny was bullied as a child. Luckily she had swimming, biking, running, and computer programming to turn to when everyone was against her. Now that she has become a champion triathlete and a gifted hacker a crisis makes her face a choice.
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...
Brackets    by Scott Shoemaker
Price: $2.99 USD. 60070 words. Language: English. Published on May 9, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Social Issues.

Four friends set up tournament-style brackets to fight the people who have tormented them and decide who really should be at the top of the high school food chain.
Barely Breathing (The Breathing Series, #2)    by Rebecca Donovan
Price: $6.99 USD. 146090 words. Language: English. Published on May 8, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Social Issues.

"I've spent most of my life trying to make it to a future that still hasn't happened, or avoid a past that won't let me go. I don't remember when I've ever just stopped to live in the present, to hold on to the seconds I'm in." There's so much more to life than breathing.
Wrists    by Jay Broderick
Price: $4.99 USD. 38130 words. Language: English. Published on May 2, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Gay & Lesbian.

Graham's mind isn't a place you'd want to venture. Elijah is ready to go that extra mile. This book challenges the stereotypes of eating disorders and shines a light on a "rare" strain of this mental illness: Anorexia Nervosa in men.
Diary of A Teenage Mom book 1    by Elizabeth Ann Trigg
Price: $5.99 USD. 40890 words. Language: English. Published by Navarone Books on April 17, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Family.

16 year old Emma's life comes to a screeching halt when she discovers she's pregnant. Her mother practically disowns her and ships her off to have the baby far away where the event will have no negative impact on her social standing. When Emma finally declares she's keeping the baby, she must face her mother's resentment, alienation from her friends and the baby's father. Book 1 of 10.
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.
Dissecting Sean Connor    by R.J. Hamilton
Price: $5.99 USD. 35290 words. Language: English. Published on April 13, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Gay & Lesbian.

Sean Connor, a teenage boy who wants nothing more than to be left alone, can’t seem to catch a break. Constantly bullied with nowhere to turn, Sean finds himself losing control. After twins, Jonathan and Jessica move in next door, things seem to be getting better, but good things don’t last forever, especially not for Sean.
The Diamond City (Book Three: The Diamond City Trilogy)    by Patti Larsen
Price: $4.99 USD. 58490 words. Language: English. Published on April 9, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Social Issues.

Fresco is finally free of the blue joy forever. Even better, his brother Daniel is alive and clean, the leader of a group fighting the corporation for years. But Fresco faces worse than his own self-doubt and hatred at his weakness. A new strain of Wasteland has hit the streets, one that turns his kind into savage killers. Their only recourse is to invade the project and end it once and for all.