Books with title A Thousand Shades of Blue

A sailing trip to the Caribbean might sound great, but sixteen-year-old Rachel can't stand being trapped on a small boat with her family. She misses her best friend and feels guilty about leaving her older sister Emma, who lives in a group home. Her father is driving her crazy with his schedules and rules, her brother is miserable, and there is never anyone her own age around. Worst of all, there is nowhere to go when her parents fight. While their boat is being repaired, the family spends a few weeks in a small Bahamian community, where Rachel and Tim discover a secret which turns their world upside down and threatens to destroy the fragile ties that hold their family together.

A sailing trip to the Caribbean might sound great, but sixteen-year-old Rachel can't stand being trapped on a small boat with her family. She misses her best friend and feels guilty about leaving her older sister Emma, who lives in a group home. Her father is driving her crazy with his schedules and rules, her brother is miserable, and there is never anyone her own age around. Worst of all, there is nowhere to go when her parents fight. While their boat is being repaired, the family spends a few weeks in a small Bahamian community, where Rachel and Tim discover a secret which turns their world upside down and threatens to destroy the fragile ties that hold their family together.

“Do you have any idea how it feels? To not be able to interact like a normal person? To have this thing inside you that won’t let you breathe? To doubt every single decision you make?”Blue is not like any other seventeen-year-old girl. For starters, she chose her own name. She’s a loner, focuses on her art day in and day out. Oh...and, she suffers from severe anxiety. Her whole life Blue has felt like she doesn’t fit in and for once in her life, she would like to be normal. Then one night she meets Jasper Howell, an aspiring author who saves her life. Now Blue needs to learn how to deal with her anxiety, accept herself, and learn to live again.

“Do you have any idea how it feels? To not be able to interact like a normal person? To have this thing inside you that won’t let you breathe? To doubt every single decision you make?”Blue is not like any other seventeen-year-old girl. For starters, she chose her own name. She’s a loner, focuses on her art day in and day out. Oh...and, she suffers from severe anxiety. Her whole life Blue has felt like she doesn’t fit in and for once in her life, she would like to be normal. Then one night she meets Jasper Howell, an aspiring author who saves her life. Now Blue needs to learn how to deal with her anxiety, accept herself, and learn to live again.

Southern Gothic about two kids precariously balanced on the ledge overlooking the chasm of adulthood, holding on to each other to keep from going over. Their innocence is shattered the day JoJo sees the bruises on Sam's back and knows his stepfather is beating him. And Sam won't let her tell anyone because of the hold his stepfather has on his mother and the power his wealthy family wields in the small Georgia town where they live. As JoJo tries to convince Sam to get away from the abuse, they discover just how dark the family secrets are, and just how dangerous of a man his stepfather really is.

Southern Gothic about two kids precariously balanced on the ledge overlooking the chasm of adulthood, holding on to each other to keep from going over. Their innocence is shattered the day JoJo sees the bruises on Sam's back and knows his stepfather is beating him. And Sam won't let her tell anyone because of the hold his stepfather has on his mother and the power his wealthy family wields in the small Georgia town where they live. As JoJo tries to convince Sam to get away from the abuse, they discover just how dark the family secrets are, and just how dangerous of a man his stepfather really is.