Sixteen-year-old Steve is on trial as an accomplice to murder, and he records his experience in a notebook as if it were a film script. The moving trial and his inner turmoil collide, exposing his uncertainty about guilt and self-image.

In the courtroom, the boy keeps recording his life as a film.

After a boy finds a strange man who seems to be part bird and part angel in the garage of his new home, his sick baby sister and unsettled family life press in around him. The novel blends quiet fantasy with the pain of ordinary life.

On the edge of a fragile everyday life, a boy meets something extraordinary.

After reporting a summer party, Melinda becomes isolated and nearly stops speaking, yet slowly begins to face her experience through art class. The novel follows silence and recovery in a sharp first-person voice.

A girl who loses her voice comes closer to the truth through art.

John, a boy carrying the fallout of his parents’ divorce and a deep sense of not fitting in, meets Marisol, who makes zines, and wavers between friendship and romance. The novel tracks adolescent awkwardness and delayed self-understanding through direct conversation.

From handmade zines, the knots between love and friendship begin to loosen.