Black Dove (Watty Awards 2012)

Avalynne Southwood doesn't speak. She won't. Everyone is at war with each other, peace seems impossible, and Avalynne's life has been torn to shreds by it. All she has left of her life is the necklace her father gave her--the black dove--and a knowledge that she can never give up. But her world is rocked when a young...

Awakening to Life

Everyone dies, someday and somehow. Sixteen year old Allie is dying of cancer. More than anything, she wants to be a normal teenager. But pretending is exhausting and the lies pile up. With a chance at first love and true friends, Allie must choose between maintaining the pretence or risking everything with the trut...