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While is father is serving with the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan, Ryan spends his time playing "Desert Death" at a gaming cafe. When he meets the game's ultimate champion, however, Ryan is forced to confront the real risks his father is taking overseas.

Mel is excited when pursued by the new guy, Colter, but as their relationship becomes more involved, other parts of her life are neglected.

Becky, a former skating star who practices self-mutilation to relieve pressure, coaches a young girl who is showing signs of being a cutter and must come to terms with her own problems while trying to help her student.

Todd enters the high-stakes world of gambling in the hopes of winning enough cash to impress Claire, but he soon finds himself in over his head.

Kanika has dreamed of moving away from her small town and out from under her over-watchful aunt, and when she catches the attention of Danny, the guy she has crushed on forever, she becomes his "ride or die chick." Danny is not what he seems--on her sixteenth birthday, Danny takes her into the city, where he and his friends force Kanika into the sex trade with other girls--including a friend of Kanika's who disappeared before her. Somehow, Kanika has to find a way to save herself and her friend and get back home.

It's been two years since Jared's best friends Kenzie and Bree went to a party where Jared's older brother, Seth, and his friends were competing to see who could have sex with the most underage girls. When an image of Kenzie from that evening surfaces on social media, Jared decides he must stand up against his bullying older brother and help his friend bring the truth that she was sexually assaulted to light. However, digging up an old trauma might only make matters worse for everyone.

Cody begins to realize there is more to life than running with a tough group of friends and beating people up when he starts drumming with a new band, but he is unsure if his old friends will let him leave that way of life behind.

Callum's family moves from Glasgow to Winnipeg, Canada, after he is beaten nearly to death by bullies, hoping for a new start in a new country, but trouble seems to follow the teen who finally gets tired of running.

Vienna, a mixed-race teen and her mother experience racism and domestic violence while living with her step-father. They try to escape the situation by moving to a big city where they begin to start new lives. But when her step-father shows up at her new high school's grad party, Vienna has to find a way to keep herself, her mother, and her friends safe. This book illustrates the very real circumstances women and children victims of domestic abuse face and one family's struggle to escape a violent situation.

A 15-year-old Black girl from a small east coast town is lured into the sex trade by an older teenage boy. Based on true events, this book recounts the physical and emotional abuse experienced by young victims of sex trafficking, and how one girl survives, escapes, and finds her way back home.