A boy develops suicidal tendencies after witnessing the death of his childhood friend. While residing within a mental institution he befriends people who alter his perspective on life.

Hadley Jamison doesn't know what to think when she hears that her classmate, Archer Morales, committed suicide. She didn't exactly know him, but that doesn't stop her from feeling like there was something she could have done to help him. So to Hadley's surprise, on the very night of Archer's funeral, she has a run in with Death himself and is offered the chance to go back in time to stop Archer from ending his life. The catch? She only has twenty-seven days to do it. And if Hadley doesn't succeed? Well, she doesn't want to think about that.

"Being reunited with your childhood best friend after eight years apart? Sounds like a heart-warming story. Finding out that said best friend is now a complete jerk who's determined to make your life hell? Not so much." Georgie and Connor were once inseparable. Best friends from birth, they did everything together - well, that was until Connor's dad got a once-in-a-lifetime job opportunity and the family was forced to relocate to New York. At age sixteen, Georgie's life is totally different - her main goal being to keep her head down and escape the brutalities of high school with as little emotional scarring as possible. Balancing school, work and her dwindling social life is enough of a challenge, but it's about to get a bit more complicated when her conceited ex-best friend gets thrown into the mix. Maybe friendship should come with an instruction booklet.

Sam Parker is just an ordinary 16 year old girl, except for the fact that that she lives by herself in Harlem, New York. Having never met her biological parents, Sam has no family other than her mysterious Uncle who always seems to be involved with a dangerous crowd. But when Sam if fired from her only job, she agrees to join a group of vigilantes called "The Nightmares" who are willing to pay her to help protect the citizens of Harlem. Sounds like easy money, right? Wrong. Things soon take a turn for the worst as Sam begins to learn more about the city of Harlem, this group of cop wannabes, and her true past. Sam's life is turned upside down as soon as she becomes a real Nightmare.

"It's only a few cuts and bruises, right? And the pain won't last for long?" Tom asks, boring into me with his big, bright eyes that gleam with a mixture of hope and tears. I only wish I could answer with 'yes', but now for the first time I can't. I've always tried to reassure the kids, but there's just no point in lying anymore. Now there is only reason for escape.