TRCA Spotlight - Shackled: A Tale of Wronged Kids, Rogue Judges, and A Town That Looked Away

In the post-Columbine era, many believed that kids and teens needed hard discipline to keep them on the straight and narrow. However, as more and more young people were receiving shocking sentences for minor offenses a disturbing pattern of corruption and lies surfaced.

This is the true story of corrupt judges designing a "Kids for Cash" scheme that sent more than 2400 children and teens to a for-profit detention center.

 Tags: Criminal Justice & Law, Social Awareness, Social Issues

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TRCA Spotlight - Looking For Smoke

 

This thriller finds four teens the suspects of a murder that happened during an annual Blackfeet celebration. They each have a complicated history with the victim and there is deep mistrust. Now they must work to clear their names before they take the fall - or worse, become the killer's next victims.

A novel about missing and murdered indigenous women and girls.

Tags: Thriller, Indigenous, Internal Struggle, Authentic Author

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TRCA Spotlight - Sunrise On The Reaping

 

Are you a fan of the Hunger Games series? Then this may be for you. This story takes you back to the years of young Haymitch and he's been selected to take part in the 50th annual Hunger Games. But this year is special, it's the Quarter Quell and this means twice as many tributes will be taken. Pitted against people from his own district and torn from the girl he loves, Haymitch quickly understands that he is set up to fail. Find out what gives him the strength to survive.

Tags: Adventure, Dystopian, Survival Stories, Science Fiction

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TRCA Spotlight - Ash's Cabin

 

An incredible graphic novel about  Ash's journey to leave society and live in a remote cabin. Tired of not feeling heard, Ash decides to find their grandfather's secret cabin and stay there forever. But did all of Ash's planning to survive alone and live off the land fully prepare them for what lies ahead?

#tags Coming of age, LGBTQIA+, survival, social issues, multicultural.

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