When enigmatic freshman Amanda Valentino arrived at Endeavor High, she chose three people - Callie, Hal, and Nia - to guide her through the choppy waters of her new school. Except she didn't tell them about each other. When Amanda leaves, the three must reluctantly work together to figure out why. But once they start piecing together the cryptic clues that Amanda herself is leaving for them, they realize that everything they thought they knew about her is false. The more they dig, the mystery of where - and who - Amanda is deepens.

'Whispers flittered all around her, about her. Well about her "Artwork" on the schools brick wall. Neon green profanities were scrawled all over the building. A message to everyone, something she could never really say. Scar is mute by birth, but she's not deaf. She heard wheb her parents debated on putting her up for adoption. She heard all the mean and nasty thing people said behind her back. But no one ever heard HER. No one took the time to figure her out or her what she had to say. Scar had become accustom to the verbal abuse, but one night her parents take it to far and raise a hand to her. Everything changes, her clothes, her attitude, but most of all it the flame that light up inside her, fury gathered in her cool heart. Her face was emotionless, cool, collected but inside everything was falling apart. So instead of the good little mute that everyone ignored, she'll change things for what looks like the worse. Graffiti covered her school from top to bottom, 3 months detetion was all the school gave her. But her parents took this chance to rid themselves of her. Boarding school..... More precisely broarding school for delinquents. And how could this worse any worse? War with long time bad boy delinquent extraordinaire, Carson Gibbs.

Spray Painted Bananas is a romantic comedy about Amber, a broke temp working in a catering firm in London, who after one too many evenings scrounging free wine from wacky art gallery openings with her best friend Farrell, decides there’s no reason she can’t become a conceptual artist herself. A chance meeting with the wealthy, young art curator, Elliott Frinton-Smith, sets things off in a desirable direction. Now all Amber needs is a brilliant idea to grab the attention of the nation. Spray Painted Bananas explores love and ambition with the touch of the absurd and plenty of bananas. It is OUT NOW published under the title THE TEMP by Harper Collins.

Allison Wright is the first to admit she has a great life. With good friends, perfect grades, a promising future and a family fortune stretching back generations; what's not to like? And besides her dislike of music, she fits in perfectly with her circle of friends. Yet as her senior year of high school begins and the pressures of University as well as the future start bearing down, she finds herself looking for something different. She’s just not quite sure what she’s looking for. That is until a passing mention and multiple encounters bring a boy she'd never met before to the forefront of her mind. He's nothing like anyone she's ever met. With his deep grey eyes, secrets and guitar; Cole Mathews might just be that dose of different she's been longing for.

Fourteen-year-old Emily Adams is flunking math - and life. But Emily has a secret, one that she has kept even from her best friends. Soon the ancient legacy coursing through her veins will force her secret to be revealed. Dormant for over a thousand years, an evil has arisen and this time, it will destroy anyone - or anything - that stands in its way. Three teens embark on a dangerous journey and risk everything. For Emily, the fate of her friends - and her world - lies in her hands. Travel with Emily as she unlocks the secrets of her Celtic ancestors as she goes on a mystical journey to the inner house and beyond. Join the Journey . . . WHAT READERS ARE SAYING: "Natalie Wright has divined in Emily's House a simultaneous modern and ancient fairy tale of the greatest kind: sans parents, sans immediate consequence, sans cowardice. Bravery is said to be not the lack of fear, but action in the face of it. Like the best of Grimm, Perrault and Charles Schulz, Ms. Wright's kids find themselves amidst adventure, terror and turmoil, as well as ineffective and/or absent parental units. By their own bootstraps they must find help themselves to find their way home, to save not only each other, but perchance an entire civilization. "Adults drool, kids rule" is the motto for any well-written young adult or children's tale. Natalie's kids indeed rule. This one will last, alongside Grimm, Perrault and Schulz, in the coffers of timeless, fantasy literature. Plus, there's Hindergog and no one could not love Hindergog! Well done, Ms. Wright. Well done, indeed." - Jennifer S. Devore, author of "The Darlings of Orange County"

"You can't fight it now. You've already had a taste." He sounds excited. He sounds EXCITED. Did I just give into this maniac? He's by the mirror now, getting ready for something. Instead, he steps away from the mirror, to let me look inside. The building was still set ablaze. And I was sprawled out on the floor, asleep. I was fighting, as if I was in a nightmare. He faces me again. "...I can feel it..." Without warning, his feet began to sprout large tentacles of black, curling like weeds. They grew quickly, stretching out in fat, long swirls across the floor. They seemed to crowd against the wall and...melt into it. They were attaching themselves to the wall, like giant veins pulsing and growing faster with each second. "W-hat what is this?! Who are you?" I shouted horrendously. I noticed the blackness take hold of my legs and lift me up onto the wall, sticking me in place and tying me down. "LET ME GO!" "I can't Matthew. You're mine now..." He snickers. Matt Midnigh has spent his entire childhood inside an asylum. Every night he has horrific nightmares that he cannot explain... Until now. The residence of the town have gone missing, and Matt's dreams seem to link to the culprit behind it all. Now, Matt must leave his boxed-in world to discover the secrets behind the fires, and find a way to remember his past. But before he can battle the Devil, he must fight the demon within himself.

When 17 year old Harley finds herself jobless, she needs a new job-- and quick. Her uncle comes to her house with a job offer. For her to become a teacher at his school. A school for delinquents. Watty Awards 2010 Winner of Best Overall, Best Romance, Best Female Lead, and Best Cast!

Ally Sanders is the loner and freak of her high school. She refuses to talk to anybody, so people make fun of her. She almost always wears her hood to hide the bruises her father gives her and this just gives her immature classmates more reason to point and stare. She's all alone in the world, but will the new boy change that? Can he convince her to trust him and maybe gain her love? Can he be her knight in shining armor?

Fynn Stark thinks of women as toys. They either satisfy him or are of no use. He would rather spend his time break dancing with his friends, and painting graffiti on the school walls, rather than stay in class, and learn to manage his father's business. His grandmother, tiered of his behavior, sends him to the home of family friends, where he meets their foster daughter, Katrina. A blind ballerina, who is immune to his care free ways and nasty attitude. Will Fynn see the error of his ways, or will he take her down with him into the path of darkness he has buried in his past?