In a poor district on the outskirts of Cape Town, Grace lives with her adoptive mother. Of mixed race, Grace dreams about what her birth mother is like and is plagued by a deep sense of not belonging. Rebelling against her adoptive mother's smothering influence, Grace turns to close friend Shardonnay and her sister, Crystal.

Always feeling distant from his family, Andrew Cooper faces the shock of his life when his better-liked older brother suddenly dies. Losing the chance to reconcile with his brother, the stresses of normal teen life are compounded by the demands of his family, and the ghost of a brother who was one person to him and someone vastly different to everyone else. The Only Brother tells of Andrew's battle with his parents, his friends and the memory of his brother to make his own place in the world. Cutting Edge is a gritty quick read series for teens and young adults who find conventional fiction irrelevant to them or too hard to read. The new titles in the series tackle contemporary issues such as gun crime, incest, domestic violence, alcohol abuse and mental illness. Packed with drama and emotion from one page to the next, readers will be truly compelled by these gripping and satisfying stories. Carefully chosen fonts, simple layout and controlled vocabulary help carry readers from beginning to end without any hint of chore-factor creeping in.

Tony travels the country as part of the carnival sideshow his father, Charlie, owns. Over a single season, Tony discovers Charlie's dark secret, the reason why they've always been on the run, and uncovers his own abuse - forcing him to change his life for the future. Part of the "Cutting Edge" series, this novel is for teens and young adults.

Mai-Ling, l'amie de Carrie, est une ado sage an apparence. Pourtant, elle lutte contre la mort à l'hôpital, suite à une overdose d'ecstasy. Carrie doit maintenant affronter la mère de Mai-Ling. La jeune fille découvrira bientôt qu'elle n'est pas la seule à cacher d'inquiétants secrets

Buyi kom gou agter Afrika bestaan nie net uit wonderlike landskappe en eksotiese diere nie, maar ook gevaar. ’n Mensvreter-leeu sluip in die wildreservaat rond op soek na sy volgende prooi . . . Hoe gaan die avontuurlike André en saggeaarde Simoshile hom uiteindelik help om die letsels wat die leeu agterlaat, maar ook dié in hy hart, verwerk?

Living high in a crumbling state tower block is no barrel of laughs. Throw in parents more interested in crack than they've ever been in you, and life can seem barely worth the living. Especially when they sell the tools you've saved and paid for out of your own pocket to feed their habit. Especially when they turn you in to the police rather than take the rap for their own wrong doings. No wonder you'd rather be someone else. But being someone else isn't always the answer. There's always a price to pay for being different. And you wouldn't want to be left hanging in the mist.

Set in Brisbane, Australia, and told as a series of skilfully linked short first-person narratives, this is an account of the descent into thrills-at-any-cost of the Oxley Creek Boys: from excited young teens on a sinking home-made raft to self-seeking drug-crazed adolescents on an inexorable trail of self-destruction and deep personal loss.

Ek maak vir jou die hel oop," lees die SMS wat Chris Burns een reënerige aand in Bloemfontein aan sy pel Kerbs stuur. Net 'n vingerfout, maar in die loop van die volgende paar dae word dit 'n afgryslike werklikheid. Burns help vir Kerbs om by sy ma se motor in te breek. Die goed wat hulle steel, gaan verkwansel Kerbs by 'n pandjieswinkel - hulle het die geld nodig vir die BreinBliksem-rockfees wat by die Allemanskraaldam gehou gaan word. 'n Paar dae voor die konsert kry Sky Eyes, hulle ander pel, 'n epileptiese aanval in die Mystic Boer. Maar Burns weet dadelik dit was meer as net 'n aanval – hy ken vir Sky, hy kan dit in sy oë sien. En dit is ook so - Sky sê hy't bloed gesien, hulle moet wegbly van BreinBliksem af. Tog vat die drie die N1 Noord na BreinBliksem. Langs die pad laaihulle vir Partygirl op. Sy is ook op pad na die rockfees. Burns en Partygirl "connect" dadelik. Later die aand, alleen in hulle tent, stroop hulle mekaar se klere van hul lywe af terwyl die rock-musiek om hulle weerklink en vasslaan in die vertes. Maar dan gebeur daar iets wat Burns se vertroue in sy pelle onomkeerbaar skaad en sy hele wêreld op sy kop keer. Want een van hulle kom daardie aand uit die tent met bloed aan sy hande. En niks is ooit weer dieselfde nie.