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Will Robie, a freelance hitman working for the government, rescues a teenage girl whose parents' disappearance may be linked to a vast, high-level cover-up.

A rebellious two-spirit teenager runs away from home to find his birth mother and reclaim his Mi'kmaw heritage.

"Punkzilla" is on a mission to see his older brother "P", before "P" dies of cancer. Still buzzing from his last hit of meth, he embarks on a days-long trip from Portland, Ore. to Memphis, Tenn., writing letters to his family and friends. Along the way, he sees a sketchier side of America and worries if he will make it to see his brother in time.

It's 1939 and Patsy Schwartz has bigger problems to deal with than the Great Depression, the raging Dust Bowl, or another looming world war. Forced to disappear from Baywater, Minnesota to avoid an arranged marriage to the local sheriff's son, Patsy hits the open road with her best friend, Virginia Burg. The pair of young women make their way west, running from conniving parents, the mob, and corrupt local law enforcement. Woven together are the adventures...

Roy is a heavy-drinking criminal enforcer and mob hit man whose boss set him up in a double-cross scheme. After killing his would-be assassins before they could kill him, Roy discovers Rocky, a young woman being held captive, and reluctantly takes her with him on his escape. Determined to find safety and sanctuary in Galveston, Roy must find a way to stop his boss from pursuing them while trying to out-run the demons from his and Rocky's pasts.

Collects the novels of the Modern Faerie Tales trilogy, and also includes a new short story. Tithe: Sixteen-year-old Kaye, who has been visited by faeries since childhood, discovers that she herself is a magical faerie creature with a special destiny. Valiant: Seventeen-year-old Valerie's a runaway who's living in New York City with a group of squatters. She agrees to help track down the lair of a mysterious creature, and finds herself feeling affection...

Having abandoned corporate law, David Adams is now the voice of justice for the city of Austin's vulnerable outcasts. His new client is Parker Barnes, a trembling twelve-year-old runaway and foster-care poster boy arrested for petty theft. Dealt a rough hand in life, he reminds David of his own childhood. This should be a simple, if heartbreakingly familiar, case. Until the FBI muscles in. Parker is also a suspect in the murder of a federal witness....

Two kids from different worlds form an unexpected friendship. Cody's home life is a messy, terrifying story of neglect and abuse. Autumn is from a wealthy, loving Indigenous family, who is "in" with the popular crowd at school, even though it is hard for her to want to keep up.