When their mom lands herself in a rehab facility, seventeen-year-old twins Ellery and Ezra are moving in with their grandmother in their mother’s hometown, a small Vermont town with a tragic past that began with their aunt Sarah’s disappearance as a teen. Ellery is a true-crime fanatic who hopes to solve not only the mystery of her aunt’s disappearance but also the murder of the town’s homecoming queen five years ago.
Henri Haltiwanger is NYC high school senior at a prestigious private school with big dreams. More specifically, big dreams of Columbia University, the school he desperately wants to attend. Known for his signature smile and for being charming with a capital c, Henri knows that acing his interview is the key to his acceptance. But when that doesn’t go according to plan, he winds up in what he hopes will be a mutually beneficial partnership with his intense neighbour and classmate Corinne Troy, the only person he can’t charm.
Only in his late teens, a young Malcolm X is imprisoned in Charlestown prison, where he witnesses firsthand the atrocities of the American criminal justice system. With only his fellow prisoners and his family members to talk to, Malcolm slowly begins to open his eyes to systemic injustice and find his voice.
Liz Lighty is practically the polar opposite of prom queen in her small Indiana town. Liz has never dreamed of running for prom queen and is sure that she’s too Black, poor or awkward to ever be in the popular social circles needed to win. Not that Liz even wants to run. That is until she doesn’t get her orchestra scholarship to the prestigious university she dreams of attending, and needs the scholarship that comes with the title.
After being dumped by her kind-of-not-really-girlfriend, Millie decides to take the plunge and accept her scholarship to the prestigious Scottish boarding school of her dreams, and spend her senior year of high school in the highlands. However, upon arrival, the high-class world that awaits Millie is more than she ever anticipated. Especially because her roommate is the princess of Scotland.
When high school senior and Gas ‘n Go cashier Rico sells a lotto ticket to an elderly lady on Christmas eve, she never imagined that it could change her life forever. But that’s exactly what happens when Rico suspects that the ticket she sold is the winner – and finds out the prize hasn’t been claimed. So with the help of her ultra-rich classmate Alexander “Zan” Macklin, Rico sets out on a quest to find the ticket and the woman who bought it.
Felix Love is a young trans artist at a prestigious New York City art school who dreams of going to Brown. However, despite his close friendships he often finds himself feeling lonely and wondering how everyone else finds it so easy to find love and wishes for once it was him who got to have a happily ever after.
Stamped is not a history book. It is a how, when, who and why of racism and anti-racism to explain how we got to where we are today. From the first racist ideas and the construct of race to the war on drugs and the present day, Stamped tells the story of race in America.
A talented artist and poet, Amal is a sixteen-year-old student at a fine arts school with a bright future. However one night at the park, he and his friends are involved in an altercation with a group of white teens from the gentrified upper-middle-class side of town, which ends with one of them unconscious in the hospital and Amal on trial for a crime he didn’t commit.
Georgia and her two best friends Pip and Jason are starting university together! Georgia’s uni life is filled with new experiences, from having a roommate, joining societies, clubbing, and hopefully love. But there’s just one issue with her plan for romance: Georgia’s never had a crush on anyone.
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