Snitch (7 page)

Zee's Way
by Kristin Butcher

Home Invasion by Monique Polak

I was turning the corner to my street when I spotted the key. Someone had left it right in the lock of their front door. I walked up the front stairs and raised my finger to the doorbell. My plan was to let whoever lived there know they'd forgotten the key
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I didn't ring the doorbell. I turned the doorknob and let myself in
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Josh is less than thrilled that he has a new step-father and finds his personal habits—and his personality—irritating. Resenting his new living arrangements and his unorthodox home life, Josh finds himself drawn to the idea of a “regular” family and, on a whim, sneaks into a neighbor's house to see how others live. Considering it a harmless pastime, Josh continues entering people's houses until he is witness to a violent home invasion. Josh must use all his courage to save himself and bring the home invader to justice.

Yellow Line by Sylvia Olsen

Where I come from, kids are divided into two groups. White kids on one side; Indians, or First Nations, on the other. Sides of the room, sides of the field, the smoking pit, the hallway, the washrooms; you name it. We're on one side, and they're on the other. They live on one side of the Forks River bridge, and we live on the other side. They hang out in their village, and we hang out in ours
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Vince lives in a small town—a town that is divided right down the middle. Indians on one side, whites on the other. The unspoken rule has been there as long as Vince remembers, and no one challenges it. But when Vince's friend Sherry starts seeing an Indian boy, Vince is outraged and determined to fight back—until he notices Raedawn, a girl from the reserve. Trying to balance his community's prejudices with his shifting alliances, Vince is forced to take a stand and see where his heart will lead him.

Breathless by Pam Withers

And the thing about panicking when you're forty feet under the ocean's surface is that you can drown, and you know you can drown. In fact, you can't breathe without your regulator even if you're not panicking. You're also not supposed to hold your breath, because there's pressure underwater. That means if you're not breathing out bubbles while the regulator is out, your chest might expand until it explodes
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Beverly is in Hawaii, helping her uncle at his dive shop, learning how to dive and trying to lose weight and get a boyfriend. When Garth, an accomplished diver, shows an interest in her, Beverly is ecstatic, until it turns out Garth is only interested in one thing. Struggling with failing strength from her self-imposed starvation diet, Beverly finds herself in deep trouble when she has to fight Garth off underwater.