Bøger af Aften Brook Szymanski

Do-gooder Ridge Hoffman, and his bud Nash Dunham, a playboy wannabe, both seek purpose in high school wasteland of popular hierarchy. When Nash spies a secret message delivered to Ridge, which Ridge goes out of his way to downplay, the pair are pitted against each other for social standing. Once Ridge reads the card inside the envelope his world is infused with special power. With the power comes, pain, responsibility, and an in with the cool kids. Nash is left watching from the sidelines. He goes to extremes to obtain a club invite of his own. But there's more at play than popularity. Ridge learns the power of the club when he accidentally causes a town-wide EMP-like explosion knocking out all technology. When Nash becomes corrupted by power, he seeks the worst supporters-ones who already know about the Hero Club and have plans to use its influence for selfish gains. All Nash has to do is force Ridge to overload his mind. But once he's played his part, Nash is also obsolete.

Lindly Brandt is best friends with the crustiest kid in fourth grade, Peter Holt. When her secret crush takes Peter under his wing. Peter starts wearing Ronin's old clothes and he isn't using glasses. Is Ronin taking over as Peter's best friend? And why is Christy Babcock asking so many questions about Peter? What does it mean for Lindly when things change?

Coordinating outfits and accessories with her friends is Lindly Brandt's favorite part of picture day. But not when her only friends are Peter Holt and Ronin Williams. To make matters worse Ailey who is Lindly's worst enemy is threatening to wear a headband identical to Lindly's favorite purple sparkle band. In an attempt to misplace Ailey's sparkle band long enough for only Lindly to wear hers to picture day something awful happens. What happened to Ailey's headband? Where is Peter Holt? And what do the paper's on Mrs. Fulmer desk mean? Can Lindly Brandt fix a mistake without getting into trouble?

Only one thing can save Lindly Brandt from her downward spiral of lies to avoid total fourth grade humiliation and there is no way she is going to tell the truth unless it's absolutely necessary.

Lowry is a junior at Bronzetown High School. Not that exciting. She has certain expectations about the Japanese exchange student who will be living with her family throughout the year. Tami (the exchange student with a super-American first name) doesn't meet Lowry's expectations. And apparently, no one warned Tami about Lowry's port-wine stain across her face. Plus, none of the other exchange kids in the school seem as weird as Tami.When Tami hides from her host family in odd locations, like under Tami's toddler brother's bed, and calls Lowry a 'monster' to her face, Lowry takes action to get Tami and all her weirdness sent back to Japan. It turns out that's a lot easier planned than accomplished. Even with Tami failing all her classes and having weird sleep habits, Lowry can't seem to get anyone on her side.Spending so much energy on entrapping Tami, Lowry's grades plummet. Her friends don't seem to have her back, her debate coach keeps giving her dumb outdated topics to argue, her parents are in some stupid fight because Bevan (Lowry's older brother with a more severe case of Sturge-Weber syndrome) gets put back on seizure meds. Clearly, it's all Tami's fault and everyone is being totally unfair to Lowry.Ugh! Tami ruins everything!

Lowry is a junior at Bronzetown High School. Not that exciting. She has certain expectations about the Japanese exchange student who will be living with her family throughout the year. Tami (the exchange student with a super-American first name) doesn't meet Lowry's expectations. And apparently, no one warned Tami about Lowry's port-wine stain across her face. Plus, none of the other exchange kids in the school seem as weird as Tami.When Tami hides from her host family in odd locations, like under Tami's toddler brother's bed, and calls Lowry a 'monster' to her face, Lowry takes action to get Tami and all her weirdness sent back to Japan. It turns out that's a lot easier planned than accomplished. Even with Tami failing all her classes and having weird sleep habits, Lowry can't seem to get anyone on her side.Spending so much energy on entrapping Tami, Lowry's grades plummet. Her friends don't seem to have her back, her debate coach keeps giving her dumb outdated topics to argue, her parents are in some stupid fight because Bevan (Lowry's older brother with a more severe case of Sturge-Weber syndrome) gets put back on seizure meds. Clearly, it's all Tami's fault and everyone is being totally unfair to Lowry.Ugh! Tami ruins everything!

O. is a little hippo with big interests. She will inspire you to pursue your interests and embrace your quirks.

GenE must outwit Codebreakers to win a high stakes (Real Player Game)RPG for terminal patients who made the 'Intelligence Donor List', where failure equals death in real life, and winning means eternal life. Teaming up with competitive gamers increases GenE's chances of surviving the challenges of each level, until she realizes her most trusted ally is using her. And rules? Rules are made to be reprogramed, along with everything else.