Showing results for "Vigilante" in Coming of Age

Tired of seeing his best friend, Dale Breadwin, abused by his alcoholic father, Fischer Branson takes action. A gunshot rings out, and Bread and Fish flee into the woods. They build a raft, but the river quickly leads them into even greater danger. In their wake travel a group of adults - Sherriff Cal, aspiring poet Tiffany, Fish’s grandad and his mother, Miranda - each determined to save the boys from the terrors of Ironsford Gorge.

Storied, fiercely competitive Mariana Academy was founded with a serious honor code; its reputation has been unsullied for decades. Now a long-dormant secret society, Prisom's Party, threatens its placid halls with vigilante justice, exposing students and teachers alike for even the most minor infraction. Iris Dupont, a budding journalist whose only confidant is the chain-smoking specter of Edward R. Murrow, feels sure she can break into the ranks of The Devil’s Advocate, the Party’s underground newspaper, and there uncover the source of its blackmail schemes and vilifying rumors.

After an attempted horse theft goes tragically wrong, 16-year-old Caleb Bentley is on the run with his mean-spirited older brother across the American Southwest at the turn of the 20th century. Caleb’s moral compass and inner courage will be tested as they travel the harsh terrain and encounter those who have carved out a life there, for good or ill.

A war veteran turned street vigilante deals out his own brand of justice after his fiancée is murdered; two damaged people looking for love in all the wrong places find each other in the most unlikely place; a street hustler turned fledgling serial killer, deformed at birth, dons the facial skin of her victims in order to be beautiful; the ghost of a murder victim seeks the help of a high school crush to bring her killer to justice.