Lauren McLaughlin Libri

A 21st century response to Walter Dean Myers's classic Lockdown , The Free takes a look inside juvie, where Isaac West is fighting for a second chance.In the beginning, Isaac West stole to give his younger sister, Janelle, little a new sweater, a scarf, just things that made her look less like a charity case whose mother spent money on booze and more like the prep school girls he’s seen on the way to school.But when his biggest job to date, a car theft, goes wrong, Isaac chooses to take the full rap himself, and he’s cut off from helping Janelle. He steels himself for 30 days at Haverland Juvenile Detention Facility. Friendless in a dangerous world of gangs and violent offenders, he must watch his every step.Isaac’s sentence includes group therapy, where he and fellow inmates reenact their crimes, attempting to understand what happened from the perspective of their victims. The sessions are intense. And as Isaac pieces together the truth about the circumstances that shaped his life—the circumstances that landed him in juvie in the first place—he must face who he was, who he is . . . and who he wants to be.

When Max suspects that Mitzi's father has snuck vegetables into her muffin they hurry to the lab of her neighbors, Juan and Juanita, to investigate.

Set in the future when teenagers are monitored via camera and their recorded actions and confessions plugged into a computer program that determines their ability to succeed. All kids given a "score" that determines their future potential. This score can get kids into colleges, grant scholarships, or destroy all hope for the above. Scored's reluctant heroine is Imani, a girl whose high score is brought down when her best friend's score plummets. Where do you draw the line between doing what feels morally right and what can mean your future? Friendship, romance, loyalty, family, human connection and human value: all are questioned in this fresh and compelling dystopian novel set in the scarily forseeable future.

A heartwarming tale about adoption, diversity, and acceptance that's perfect for all types of families! A lyrical adoption story that tenderly addresses a baby’s transition from the care of her birth mother to that of her adoptive parents. This lovely poem illuminates the role of an adopted child’s birth mother, respecting her choice to give her child to a loving family. We follow a mother’s journey as she carries her child, searches for deserving parents, and ultimately creates a new family. The story offers a version of the process that is full of warmth, care, and joy. An adoptive mother herself, author Lauren McLaughlin was glad for an opportunity to memorialize her family’s own fairy tale, and Meilo So’s ethereal illustrations breathe magic into an already wondrous experience.

Na první pohled se zdá, že se na ospalém předměstí Jonesvillu ve státě Massachusetts nic moc neděje. Studenti Jonesvillské střední se nemohou dočkat, až uniknout ze spárů maloměsta a třídních klik. Jenže za zavřenými dveřmi se toho odehrává mnohem víc. Zničehonic se provalí, že miláček města a sportovní hvězda Tarkin Shaw je predátor, který už léta využívá svého privilegia, aby bez jakýchkoli následků zneužíval mladé dívky. Po šokujícím napadení jedné z nejpopulárnějších holek na škole, je skupina otřesených, ale tvrdohlavých přátel připravena se pomstít - ale věci nejdou tak docela podle plánu. A tak jsou místo toho nuceni veřejně se postavit nespravedlivému světu, který dívky zpravidla vykresluje jako oběti, které dostanou, co si zaslouží.