Samuel Brandt woke up with his thoughts written all over his body. His brother woke up with his head missing. His sister woke up to find that her skin would crack open unless she stayed in water. All of the other children in the secluded Iowa town of Oak Knoll woke up having undergone strange transformations. Now, they are all forced to live at 407 West Marshall Street, the mysterious house outside of town. With the new name of The Boy with Words for Skin, Samuel wants nothing more than to hide from his new life. He painfully and unpredictably sheds his skin, there is a Voice in the entryway closet that is often cruel, and-perhaps worst of all for a naturally shy boy-the other children look to him as a leader. As his seven-year-old brother struggles with their new life, as terrifying growls start to come from the pitch black basement, and as his feelings for a girl begin to grow, The Boy with Words for Skin realizes that he wants to change. He wants to put others first, learn from his peers, and let himself hope that things will get better. The Boy with Words for Skin is the first book in the 407 West Marshall Street series. Each book will advance the story but be told from a different character. Book 2 will be The Girl without Eyes.

Riley isn't alone in saying she's afraid of the rain. After pollution increased the levels of sulfur and nitrogen in the air, her world has been plagued by acid storms. But when she meets Hunter, her life turns upside-down as she discovers that she has an impossible immunity to the acid. Now, she's being hunted for the ability she has no control over, and with Hunter, she leaves behind her home town and heads for the country's Capital, determined to escape over the border and into the unknown land beyond it. But the government has a tighter hold on it's citizens than expected. And it's keeping things from them. Before she knows it, the truth has appeared, and just when Riley thinks she has it all figured out, the secret that has been buried beneath it all is unearthed, and she begins to question everything - even herself. Riley knows she has to escape, but one question remains: Is she going to like what she finds on the other side?

❝oral exchange of sentiments, observations, opinions, or ideas.❞ a series of unrelated stories told only through dialogue in which two anonymous characters share bits and pieces of themselves with the reader.

Kellin is a young girl in a mental hospital. She never really gets visitors but when she closes her eyes and drifts away, everyone she could possibly need is there. With Draven, Bliss, Heavan, Ashley, Pierce, Star, and others her life seems to become more... lively. http://youtu.be/UTmT6krOl1Q