Mental Fiction

New school. New year. It’s all too familiar for military brat Sara Parker. After her dad gets deployed, the darkness in her mind is set free, wreaking havoc on every aspect of her life. Stuck in the bottom of a pit with no one to turn to, Sara’s world comes crashing down as everyone around her discovers her secrets, one scar at a time.

When in love, you tend to take each other for granted, and sometimes, that can cost you a lifetime of togetherness . . . Ronnie knew that his first crush was way out of his league, and yet he pursued and wooed Adira. Shyly and from a distance in the beginning, and more persuasively later. He...

Sable wears only black and has always felt that doom is near. Lacey wears pink and seeks beauty everywhere. A sadistic art teacher pairs Sable and Lacey together for their final project. The girls have to get to know one another and select a suitable poem for the back of each other's decorative mirror. Sable is less than thrilled at having to spend time with Lacey, who she believes to be nothing more than a brainless doll. As the project progresses, and Sable gets past her resentment, she learns some surprising truths about who Lacey really is.

In this classic of political and social psychology, Joost Meerloo attempts to account for the mechanisms of mind that have made the brainwashing techniques of totalitarian states so historically successful. His frightening conclusion, that "hardly anyone can resist," appeals to mechanisms undergirding human thought, many of which are not obviously available to individuals.

Tyler Feder had just white-knuckled her way through her first year of college when her super cool mom was diagnosed with late-stage cancer. Now, with a decade of grief and nervous laughter under her belt, Tyler shares the story of that gut-wrenching, heart-pounding, extremely awkward time in her life. Dancing at the Pity Party is a frank and refreshingly funny look at what it’s like to grieve - for anyone struggling with loss who just wants someone to get it.

Life in the Trench is harsh but simple - until a young girl braves an unknown path in a bracing coming-of-age short story by the New York Times bestselling author of Sweet Tooth and the Gideon Falls comics.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the Artificially Intelligent (DSM-V-AI Edition) is a darkly comedic, sharply insightful exploration of the psychological quirks and malfunctions of artificial minds. Equal parts parody and philosophy, it catalogs the new frontier of synthetic psychopathology with absurd precision.

From Koren Zailckas, author of the iconic memoir SMASHED: an electrifying debut novel about a family being torn apart by the woman who claims to love them most Josephine Hurst has her family under control. With two beautiful daughters, a brilliantly intelligent son, a tech-guru of a husband...

A 17-Year-old girl named Tanna Parmstring was born to terrible circumstances. Her early life full of trauma and abuse, caused her brain to not develop the fundamental synapses for caring for others, which created a toxic girl, who knew exactly what she wanted, and exactly how to get it. She meets an 18-year-old boy named Zeb, who was happy, and trustworthy. They fall in love, but he has a severe aversion to the feeling of another person's skin. This is a story full of betrayal, and toxic control.

On the historic campus of the fictional Parthenon University lies Potential Street, a non-descript alley lined by the University's twelve clubs. Each club bears a sign of the Zodiac. The most notorious of the clubs is Pithon which has housed the ancient Greek deities in order to seize absolute political power in North America. All it needs to complete its devious plan is to have one qualifying student from each of the twelve Zodiac Signs participate on their birthdays in Virtues Constellation, a mega-spell that will consolidate all the power of the other clubs under Pithon.

Джульетта мечтала танцевать на сцене, но по настоянию мачехи скучала на секретарских курсах. А теперь она вольна жить как хочет и, смутно угадывая начало нового сюжета, отправляется на поиски — себя, своих корней и правды о смерти матери. Театральный округ — дым и зеркала, и Джульетте предстоит узнать, до каких пределов способны дойти люди, чтобы некоторые истории не были рассказаны никогда, — и кто расплачивается за это жизнью.

Mike Gayle: emotions you'll never forget, stories you'll want to share. Helen and Ben parted as heartbroken 18-year-olds and went their very separate ways. Twenty years later, mother-of-two-teenagers Helen is still in Manchester, a part-time primary teacher, stunned by the behaviour of her...

These and many other questions relating to the disorder will be addressed. You'll learn about the symptoms, different treatment methods to minimize those symptoms, and the best ways to teach those with Asperger's syndrome to develop some sense of social skills or adjust to social settings in an acceptable way. You'll also find out the typical strengths of those who have this disorder as well as the best way to get their attention or handle their hyper focus on one particular topic of interest.

Zoe Brown is a thoughtful teenager burdened by anxiety and the daily pressures of fitting in. Battling feelings of isolation, she hides her struggles behind a mask, yearning for acceptance in a world that seems to overlook her. Through her humour and resilience, Zoe’s story shines a light on the hidden challenges faced by many young people today. Ellen Maclaren’s reality is harsher—a chaotic and abusive home where she fights to protect her baby sister. Forced to grow up too fast, Ellen’s tale is one of courage and survival, where love is her driving force amidst unthinkable adversity.

Award-winning author and former schoolteacher Jonathan Friesen has a knack for crafting exciting stories teenagers want to read. Rush features 18-year-old Jake King, an adrenaline junkie who jumps at the chance to join an elite group of firefighters who rappel into wildfires. Known as the Immortals, these heroes have a habit of dying young. But Jake’s sort-of girlfriend thinks there’s more to the Immortals’ high death rate than bad luck.

When The Third Rail appears online, no one knows who’s behind it—but its words are raw, real, and impossible to ignore. Students start questioning what they’ve been too afraid to say out loud. Secrets come to light. A quiet storm begins to spread through the halls of River Valley High. At the heart of it all are Kiera, the picture-perfect student body president; Ben, the star athlete burdened by guilt; Evan, the quiet observer wrestling with grief; and Melanie, the overlooked freshman finding her voice for the first time. Their stories collide as the school faces a reckoning no one saw coming.

Anstatt nach zwei Wochen Sommerurlaub nach Hause zurückzukehren, ihre Karriere als Synchronsprecherin wieder aufzunehmen und die Beziehung zu Rosa zu retten, bleibt sie an der Atlantikküste. Sie beginnt im Surfcamp zu arbeiten, verliebt sich in zwei Frauen auf einmal und scheint sich mit jedem Tag in den Wellen etwas leichter zu fühlen. Doch mit dem Herbsteinbruch holt sie das wieder ein, was sie eigentlich hinter sich lassen möchte.

Soldier hat ihr erstes Kind bekommen. Ihr Mann geht zur Arbeit, trainiert in der Garage seine Muskeln und steht ihr mit guten Ratschlägen zur Seite. Während Soldier ihren einsamen Überlebenskampf am Rande des Wahnsinns führt, rettet sie die Begegnung mit einem alten Freund, der selbst Vater von drei Kindern ist.

The breathtaking third installment in the bestselling* found-fantasy series by BookTok sensation, Andy Darcy Theo. Alexis, Blaise, Caeli and Demi return to the Haven, carrying scars both on the surface and beneath. Distrust mounts steadily, and the autumn equinox approaches, forcing them to...

“By turns bonkers, blissful, hilarious, and full of sorrow, Harmless drinks at the bar with McCarthy’s The Group and Dunham’s Girls.” —Emma Copley Eisenberg, nationally bestselling author of Housemates A twisty novel of sisterhood, friendship, and obsession that asks: Can we ever...