Books with title Outcast

Seventeen-year-old Alexandra has gone from peasant farm girl to queen of the powerful province of Durath. she has won victory over the dangerous enemy across the sea, and she is ready to marry the love of her life. Her world turns upside down, however, when it is discovered she has been slipped poison by the enemy—a powerful poison which could twist the young queen’s allegiance, darken her mind, and tear her away from everything and everyone she holds dear. Now, the clock is ticking as Alex sets out to find the antidote for the poison before it’s too late. With the survival of Durath hanging in the balance, Alex is joined by brave companions, and her quest will take her to the brink as she fights to save herself and her people. Yet, the mysterious person who holds the key to her healing may be the very person most determined to see Alex destroyed. The games do not stop until the last page of this adventure fantasy.

Zara is on a quest for revenge - but is she amongst friends, or the bitterest of enemies?Fleeing from the dangerous and powerful mage society she has betrayed, Zara has taken refuge in the Maker city of Gengst, where she knows she will face persecution and death if her identity is uncovered. She must live without magic, and even though she can finally be with the man she loves, her new life is far from the utopia she had dreamt it would be. As the Knowledge Seekers work together to build machines powerful enough to end the centuries-long war between the mages and the non-magical Makers, Zara finds her loyalties and love tested to breaking point. She must face the evil that is her heritage, uncover the truth behind the childhood tragedy that haunts her - and find the strength to believe in herself.

Written for young adults, the Urban Underground series confronts issues that are of great importance to teens, such as friendship, loyalty, drugs, gangs, abuse, urban blight, bullies, and self-esteem to name a few. More than entertainment, these books can be a powerful learning and coping tool when a struggling reader connects with credible characters and a compelling storyline. The highly readable style and mature topics will appeal to young adult readers of both sexes and encourage them to finish each novel.Harriet Tubman HS Series-- What was Marko thinking training for the track meet alone in the early hours of the morning? The suspicions and accusations began to fly around Tubman High when he was attacked with a baseball bat and left for dead. Kevin Walker made no secret about his hate. And Trevor Jenkins was spotted at the scene...

When a Roman ship is wrecked on the coast of Britain, Beric, the infant son of a Roman soldier, is the only survivor. Beric grows up with a Briton tribe, but to his foster people he remained an alien, one of the Red Crests. So when bad times come, the tribe holds him responsible and casts him out.Rejected by the only life he knew, the boy turns to his own people, but Rome too rejects him. Lost, bewildered, a captive in his father's land, he escaped from slavery only to be captured again and condemned to labor on the rowing benches of a galley of the Rhenus Fleet. Will Beric ever find ultimate happiness?Rosemary Sutcliff provides a fine and exciting story with a background of Roman Britain that rings true from the first page to the last.

Following the second American civil war in the year 2100, a brutal empire arises from the ashes, spreading across North America and beyond. In this new world, those who rebel are punished severely-as are their family members. Children of criminals are placed in guarded, abandoned cities and towns called Squares, where they are permanently cast out from society. Life is hard in the Square. Leo Hint ends up in one at seven years old, after his father rebels against the empire. Fortunately, he soon joins a gang that helps him stay alive and build a life over the next five years. Then one day, when he and his friend Mikak take things too far and get caught by a soldier, they find themselves facing the fight of their lives as they try to escape the Square. The boys discover something bigger than they ever expected, and now Leo, Mikak, the rest of their gang, and six new members must save each other. In this first book of a planned series, a teen imprisoned in an abandoned town works with other young people to escape, doing their best to survive in a dangerous, hostile world.

Sickness and death came to the tribe. They said it was becasue of Beric, because he had brought down the anger of the gods. The warriors of the tribe cast him out. Alone without friends, family or tribe, Beric faced the dangers of the Roman World.First published in 1955, Outcast is now being reissued in paperback in our new Oxford Children's Modern Classics series for a new generation of readers to enjoy.