Babylon Boyz

By Jess Mowry

Dante and Pook know there’s little likelihood that either will get out of Babylon. In their neighborhood no one has the money to go to college - or to have heart surgery that might save their life. The only people in Babylon with any money are the drug dealers. When one of the dealers, Air Touch, throws a case of pure cocaine out his car window while attempting to flee the police, Dante and Pook face the opportunity of a lifetime. Should they sell the cocaine and use the money for the heart surgery Dante needs and the medical school Pook wants to attend? If they do, how will they keep Air Touch from knowing they were the ones who recovered his stash? And more importantly, how will they live with themselves knowing they contributed to the drug problem crippling their community….

Torn to Pieces

By Margot McDonnell

Anne has always thought her Mom is a little quirky. When her Mom doesn’t come home from one of her long business trips Anne isn’t too surprised. When a few days go by, though Anne knows something is wrong. The phone is disconnected at the hotel her Mother said she would be staying at and a strange man is leaving threatening messages on her answering machine. Why has her Mother always been so mysterious about where she is going ? Why has she never gotten a cell phone so Anne can reach her? Anne’s “grandparents” share her concern and give her a sealed envelope from her Mother that reveals all her Mom’s secrets - secrets that put Anne in great danger and reveal that nothing is as it seems.