Young Adult Revisited

Nancy, Bess, and Ned are sitting around eating Chinese food and talking when Ned tells them that his class is taking a field trip to the local prison. To help them better understand white collar crimes, their professor wants them to talk with real inmates. Bess remembers that their friend Lisa's brother is there because he got caught laundering money through Over the Rainbow, a local comedy club. Before she can even ask, Ned lets Nancy know that he already cleared it with his professor for her to come along. They meet a money launderer who tells them all about how he made illegal money gambling and tried to launder it through the grocery store he owned. Matt, Lisa's brother, then catches her eye and waves her over. He tells Nancy that he absolutely did not embezzle or laundry money and begs her to help. Matt also tells her that the only person he suspects is his former junior partner Peter Sands. The next night, Ned stops by to pick Nancy up and take her to a pa...

In the prologue, Johanna Wise is creeping across a lawn with a gun in her hand. She starts thinking about how the news will report on what happened and talk about how she was always such a nice and sweet girl. She then stops and wonders if she's really about to murder one of her teachers. We then go back a few weeks to Johanna and her best friend Margaret heading to the 7/11 for dinner. Since they're both always broke, they often grab hot dogs for dinner. They see a group of rich kids like Dennis, Caitlin, and Zack goofing around. The kids make a huge mess, the clerk yells at them, and one of the guys pulls out a gun. It's just a water gun though, and Zack throws some money at the guy on their way out. The next day at school, Johanna hears Dennis complaining to their teacher, Mr. Northwood, about their upcoming midterm. The poor little rich boy already has plans to go to the Bahamas for break, but if he misses the test, he'll get tossed off the track te...

Hey! This is one I never read or had when I was younger. This should be interesting! The End. Lissa is all alone and thinking about how she'll die in just a few short minutes. While stroking the head of Bird, her pet bird, she realizes that Bird is just about the only thing she might miss other than Josh. Though she thinks she might be wrong about who is outside and coming for her, she knows in her heart that her time is up. She slowly begins dying and realizes that it's nothing like it is in the movies and that she doesn't see her life flashing before her eyes. The Beginning. Lissa flashes back to her early life and remembers her mom warning her not to disrupt her dad. She recalls her mom grabbing her arm and snapping at her to be quiet before calming down and saying they should read a book together. Her dad enters the room and demands to know what all the commotion was about earlier. She then remembers swinging on the playground and thinking abou...