The Great Influencer by Bret Wellman (6 Reviews)    Price verified 6 hours ago

How far will you go to become a YouTube superstar? Forced with the ultimatum of "getting a real job" or his parents kicking him out of the house, aspiring YouTuber Nick decides to move to California to chase his dreams. With his best friend Teddy joining the trip, it soon becomes apparent that their success is going to depend on a lot more than dreams and hard work. It's about who you know, and Nick knows he's going to have to humble himself before his YouTube famous cousin and her husband. The only question is, can he juggle their drama and infidelity long enough to see some YouTube fame of his own, and will his conscience allow it?

Genre: Coming of Age

Hammond by Jonathan LaPoma (25 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

-"Earnest... Compelling... successfully captures the anger, frustration, and freedom of kids on the brink of adulthood." -Kirkus Reviews, Recommended Review A group of troubled but charismatic boys in a tough Buffalo, NY neighborhood play basketball at a local park and dream of winning a state high school championship. Driven by raw talent and killer instinct, they dominate the court, but everywhere else, they feel like losers. Hammond is told through the eyes of James Lombardi, a precocious but mentally ill boy who believes winning a championship will ease his "Evil Thoughts" and save his family, long haunted by generations of substance abuse, uncontrollable rage, and suicide. A dark but humorous coming-of-age novel, Hammond offers a poetic and disturbing look inside the complex mind of an adolescent boy as he slowly learns that having the heart of a champion can sometimes be more burden than blessing. *Hammond is the first novel in a loosely-linked series with The Summer of ...

Genre: Coming of Age