Amy Friedman Livres

Christopher Haslow has it all, good looks, money and a carefree life of sun, surf and parties, with his friends in the trendy town of Coconut Beach. With the odd stint of work thrown in, to keep them afloat. His twin brother Carl has nothing, no money, a dead-end job, and a boring life in a tiny inland town. The brothers have barely spoken to eachother in years, and are very different.Life seems ideal on the surface for Christopher, his twin brother and their friends, in spite of the doubts, confusion and fears that growing up throws at all of us. Follow the lives of these close-knit friends as they go through a time in life that only comes around once. Then Joshana comes to Christopher's town. Gorgeous, seductive, fiery and mysterious, Christopher is smitten by her and can't get her out of his mind.When an anonymous stalker goes after Christopher, his world is turned upside down. One of his friends is already dead, he knows he's next. Can the two brothers reconcile their differences and prevent the stalker from killing Christopher? And will his group's friendship be as strong when they reach the other side? Find out in this gripping thriller.

Kat Secaida, wearing white Converse sneakers, wanders through her hood, collecting "the stories of the Culver City projects." Julian Izaguirre recalls the drama at school that starts "when you don't want it to." The young artists and poets in Dear Friends , the eighth anthology from POPS the Club--a nonprofit serving youth impacted by the Pain of the Prison System--forged their work largely during the pandemic and in isolation. Though they were separated by screens from friends, teachers, counselors, and peers, their work still brims with hope and curiosity. It is searing, straightforward, sensitive, and sometimes startling in its wisdom and honesty. "I'm not someone who's always right," Mikey Estrada writes, "but I always try to be. A kid who likes to read and learn . . . a kid who grew up in violence and in gangs . . . where others were waiting for me to fail." Instead, this volume speaks of their success and of all they have to teach us.