Incorrigible runaway Christine Parker (Blair) has to grow up fast when she lands in the State's girls' school at age 14. Following the humiliation of the first "entrance examination," Christine descends into a subculture of abused and abusive girls who are street-smart beyond their years. Jailbreaks, drugs, pregnancy and illicit sex only heighten Christine's confusion. Will she survive this tortuous journey away from her born innocence?

Unemployed music teacher Clement Mathieu becomes the supervisor at a boarding school for the rehabilitation of minors. Dismayed by the repressive administration, he works to positively transform the students' lives through music.

Through friendship and faith in God, the women of Cedar Circle embrace the trials of their lives.

"Beautifully elegiac and intricately plotted, this is Nordic noir at its best."—People

Winner of the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel • Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year • Shortlisted for the Best Swedish Book of the Year Award • One of People Magazine's Best Books of Fall

A missing girl, a hidden body, a decades-long cover-up, and old sins cast in new light: the

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Three years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying hard to keep his life on track, but when his old pal X-Ray shows up with a tempting plan to make some easy money scalping concert tickets, Armpit reluctantly goes along.

"Very little has been written about juvenile justice. In the greater consciousness, the word "justice" in this context has been leeched of meaning; it just signifies prison for kids. But to those living and working in various capacities within that system, the word "justice" holds a sepulchral gravity. In Children of the State, bestselling author of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace Jeff Hobbs presents three different true stories that show...

Who are the mysterious Mountain Men? Who survived the battle with the Grounders? And what's with that mysterious white room in Mt. Weather?

A kind and well-loved woman was brutally and inexplicably murdered. The pregnant wife of a respected police inspector, her death has left Scotland Yard shocked and searching for answers. Perhaps most horrifying of all, the trigger of the weapon that killed her was apparently pulled by a stranger...a twelve-year-old boy.

The controversial footage described in the "Murder in the Heartland" documentary. This is raw footage, taken straight from the camera of crime spree killers Dwayne Foote and Darla-Jean Stanton recording their trail of crime and murder through six states.

"Liz Hauck and her dad had a plan to start a weekly cooking program in a residential home for teen-aged boys in state care, which was run by the human services agency he co-directed. When her father died unexpectedly after a brief illness, Liz decided to attempt the cooking project without him. She didn't know what to expect volunteering with court-involved youth, but as a high school teacher she knew that teenagers are drawn to food-related activities,...