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Death Wind
William Bell

Allie’s life has taken a turn for the worse—her parents fight all the time and she thinks she is pregnant. Unable to face her parents, she runs away. She hooks up with her old friend Razz, a professional skateboarder, and goes on the road—right into the path of a fierce tornado. To survive in the horror and destruction that follow the storm, Allie has to call on an inner strength she didn’t know she had.

William Bell is the bestselling author of a number of teen novels. A former teacher, William Bell lives in Orillia, Ontario.

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Sticks and Stones
Beth Goobie

Jujube is thrilled when Brent asks her out. She is not so happy when the rumors start flying at school. Pretty soon her name is showing up on bathroom walls and everyone is snickering and sniping. Deciding that someone has to take a stand, Jujube gathers all the other girls who are labeled sluts – and worse—and tries to impress on her fellow students the damage that can be done by assigning a label that reduces a person to an object.

Beth Goobie is an award-winning author of a number of books for teens. Her most recent book, Before Wings, won the CLA YA Book Award, was a Governor General’s Award nominee, an ALA Best Book nominee and a Teen Top Ten.

Orca soundings

Orca Soundings is a new teen fiction series that features realistic teenage characters in stories that focus on contemporary situations and problems.

Soundings are short, thematic novels ideal for class or independent reading. Written by such stalwart teen authors as William Bell, Sheree Fitch and Beth Goobie, there will be between eight and ten new titles a year.

For more information on the Orca Soundings series or other Orca titles, please call Orca Book Publishers at 1-800-210-5277.