Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

When Lei, seventeen, is stolen from her home to become one of nine Paper Girls, the Demon King's concubines, she proves to be more fire than paper.

Targeted as suspects in the shocking murder of a high school senior, three teens-including a notorious party girl, a head cheerleader and a would-be valedictorian-race to expose long-buried secrets and identify the real killer.

Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her poor mountain home in Nepal thinking that she is to work in the city as a maid only to find that she has been sold into the sex slave trade in India and that there is no hope of escape.

A kidnaping in Ohio leads two policemen to a ring which spirits away abused children. One policeman had his own daughter disappear years ago and now he learns her fate. By the author of The Last Sanctuary.

"Speak up for yourself―we want to know what you have to say."
From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether....

Veata did not expect any special surprises for her eighth birthday, especially the surprise of being sold into slavery. "An Outstanding read." - San Francisco Review of Books "Fast-paced and exciting. Highly recommended." - Readersfavorite.com "A page-turner with rich characters." - Jen Johnson, Author of Scarlet "Exceptionally well-crafted and a joy to read." - Readersfavorite.com "His storytelling reels you in with a dramatic, clever,...

Charlotte Davis is in pieces. At seventeen she's already lost more than most people lose in a lifetime. But she's learned how to forget. The broken glass washes away the sorrow until there is nothing but calm. You don't have to think about your father and the river. Your best friend, who is gone forever. Or your mother, who has nothing left to give you. Every new scar hardens Charlie's heart just a little more, yet it still hurts so much. It hurts...