Fiction » Young adult or teen » Social Issues

My Sanctuary    by Sarah-Jane Lehoux
Price: $2.99 USD. 12310 words. Language: English. Published by Vagabondage Press LLC on May 14, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Drama.

A lonely girl who dreams of an impossible future. A sullen boy with a troubled past. Together, with a stained glass angel, they form a bond that shelters them from the cruel indifference of life in a church-run orphanage in the 1950s. When a “secret game” leads to the unthinkable, a choice must be made that no mother, real or imagined should ever have to face.
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?
Cyberbullied by the Mean Girls! - A Quick Help Book for Tweens and Teens    by A. T. Sorsa
Price: $4.50 USD. 8720 words. Language: English. Published on May 9, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Social Issues.

This book includes a fictional story about cyberbullying. A group of mean girls decides to cyberbully a new girl at school. How will the cyberbullied girl react and what can she do to stop the harassment? This book includes some advises what to do if you are being cyberbullied, and how to prevent cyberbullying to happen.
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.
Verbally Marked    by Mikayla Holden
Price: $2.99 USD. 9990 words. Language: English. Published on April 27, 2012. Fiction » Young adult or teen » Social Issues.

Cara, Pete and Naomi all have something in common: each has suffered from multiple forms of abuse. Verbally Marked is a young adult verse novel that follows each of their personal stories as they struggle to overcome their hardships.
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?
We Begin with History: Is Black History Month Still Relevant? - Tribute to Carter G. Woodson: Black History Month Or African-American History Month Or U.S. History    by UrbaneBooksPublishing 
Price: $2.99 USD. 3990 words. Language: English. Published on April 17, 2012. Essay » Literature.

"We Begin with History: Is Black History Month Still Relevant? - Tribute to Carter G. Woodson: Black History Month Or African-American History Month Or U.S. History" is an essay and poetry ebook on the imnportance and relevance of African American history month in the context of a broader U.S history and world history.
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.