Shelley Hrdlitschka

• Oct-2018
• / General Fiction

Raised in a polygamous community, Jon starts to question the rules of his faith. After he is caught kissing a girl, he is forced to flee his town and the only life he knows. He finds a community of other Lost Boys, or "polygs," but is utterly unprepa...

• Sep-2016
• / General Fiction

While struggling with the death of her beloved adoptive mother, sixteen-year-old Brenna reconnects with members of her biological family, hoping to discover why her biological mother broke off contact many years earlier. At the same time, she is fall...

• Apr-2013
• / Romance

Allegra thinks being at a performing-arts high school will change her life and make her a better dancer. But high school is still high school, complete with cliques, competition and cruelty. Allegra's refuge comes in the form of a class she doesn't w...

• Nov-2008
• / General Fiction

In the isolated rural community of Unity, the people of The Movement live a simple life guided by a set of religious principles and laws that are unique to them. Polygamy is the norm, strict obedience is expected and it is customary for young girls t...

• Mar-2008
• / General Fiction

It's "bead season" at slippery rock high. This year the bead-snatching grad game called "Gotcha" has been banned as an official school activity because the teachers have decided to put an end to a dangerous tradition. After paying an entry fee the pl...

• Apr-2005
• / General Fiction

Unable to attend school while she battles cancer, fifteen-year-old Kaleigh Wyse tries to complete her classes onlineDeveloping a science project on astrology, Kaleigh enlists other online learners as study participants. What starts as a collaborative...

• Apr-2004
• / General Fiction

Darcy's mother is getting out of jail.Ten years ago Darcy's mom was convicted of throwing Darcy's baby sister off a fifth-floor balcony. Kat survived, but Darcy has spent the last decade raising his sister, giving her the love and support she has bee...

• Mar-2002
• / Fantasy

Kia is sixteen and pregnant. Her world crumbles as she attempts to come to terms with the life growing inside her and what she must do. Initially convinced that abortion is her only option, Kia comes to understand that for her, the answers are not al...

• Aug-2000
• / General Fiction

Separated at birth and only reunited through circumstance and a savage crime, fifteen-year-old twins Alex and Tanner are slowly getting to know each other and becoming accustomed to the idea of being brothers, albeit brothers with barely controllable...

• Dec-1998
• / General Fiction

In this exciting coming of age story, the lives of two boys, separated by several hundred miles, begin to converge and they learn valuable lessons about life and the connections carried from birth. Far inland, Tanner is concerned and frightened by a ...

• Aug-1998
• / General Fiction

After having moved following her parents' divorce, Madison finds it difficult to make friends, or even to get noticed, and the two weeks she spends at band camp, sharing a cabin with several other girls who are all close to each other, only seem to c...