Paul Langan

Teenager Darcy Wills must deal with painful secrets from her past in order to save her family and her friendships.

Shattered

After being publically humiliated in school by Darrell Mercer, Tyray Hobbs seeks revenge to gain back respect.

The Gun

Anne E. Schraff

Secrets in the Shadows

Ben Alirez

After his little brother is shot and killed, Martin Luna struggles between staying out of trouble and avenging his brother.

Brothers in Arms

After Darrell Mercer and his mother move from Philadelphia to California in the middle of the school year, the ninth-grader quickly becomes a target for the freshman class bully, Tyray Hobbs.

The Bully

Summer Of Secrets (Bluford)

D. M. Blackwell

Blood Is Thicker (#8) (Bluford)

Brothers In Arms (Bluford)

When a frightening ordeal turns her life upside down, Darcy reaches out to her friends for help, but discovers that one of them has an even bigger secret.

Summer of Secrets

With low grades and bad advice from friends and family, Lionel Shepard has a hard time achieving his dream of playing basketball for Bluford High.

Schooled

Martin Luna struggles to rebuild his life after the death of his little brother and finds himself getting in trouble in school and at home.

The Fallen

Hakeem has a hard time adjusting when, due to his father's sickness, Hakeem and his family must move in with his uncle in distant Detroit, especially when he has to share his room with his moody cousin Savon.

Blood is Thicker

Payback (#6) (Bluford)

Tanya Savory

Girls Like Me

"Tarah Carson has hidden the secret for years. No one--not her mother, her friends at Bluford High, or even her boyfriend, Cooper Hodden--knows what her uncle did to her years ago. Tarah hoped to keep it that way. But an upcoming reunion is forcing Tarah's past into the present."--Back cover.

Survivor

Karyn Langhorne Folan

With her family problems mounting, people pressuring her to tell them what is bothering her, Vicky Fallon knows something is about to snap.

Breaking Point

John Langan

Peggy Kern

Anne Schroff

Set in contemporary urban America, fifteen young adult novels focus on the lives of a group of high school students and their families.

A Collection of Fifteen Books

The Bluford Series

No one likes Tyray Hobbs. Once a feared bully, he’s become an outcast. At Bluford High, his peers taunt him for how he treated them. At home, his parents punish him for the trouble he’s caused. Unable to escape his reputation or his past, Tyray is desperate. And when an unlikely friendship develops, he clings to it like a lifeline. Now that connection is threatened, and Tyray faces his toughest decision yet. Will his next move lead him to ruin or redemption—or both?

Promises to Keep

Karen Langhorne Folan

"Cooper, I'm sorry," Darcy said quickly, trying to control the damage. "I didn't mean that. This has nothing to do with you or this party. I just--" Girl, you better leave or things are gonna get ugly in here real quick," Tarah warned. Cooper stepped in between the girls then. "Tarah, you don't wanna do this. Please..." Darcy Wills feels the pressure. Her best friend, Tarah Carson has grown distant and hostile since the start of the school year. And a medical crisis in Darcy's family has stress boiling over at home. When surprising news forces Darcy to look at the future beyond Bluford High, she realizes huge decisions are looming. Unsure what to do but unable to avoid what's coming, Darcy has no easy options. Her choices will cut both ways. Some doors will open, but others may close forever.

Paul Langan

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