An extraordinary island fantasy from the author of Slights. The island is the world, and the centre of the island is the Tree. When they are 18, each person must leave their home and walk the Tree. Years later, when they return -- if they return -- they will be changed. When Lillah embarks on her own journey, however, she never expected to deviate from the sacred path! and enter the Tree.

Product Description: For countless generations, the village of Scarskin has exiled its youth into the wastelands of the Darken Realm as a rite of passage into adulthood. Those exiled are supposed to scour the ruins of the battered world for ancient relics and lost technologies...read more

Angelica fools Tommy and Chucky into thinking they need to pass secret initiation rites in order to get into fifth grade.

Angelica fools Tommy and Chucky into thinking they need to pass secret initiation rites in order to get into fifth grade.

Product Description: A boy falls from a building during an initiation ordeal and, after years in a coma, dies. His sister confronts four men during their twenty-fifth high school reunion. She suspects that they are responsible for her brother's death, and she has filed a lawsuit against "person or persons unknown" for damages as the result of unlawful death...read more

Product Description: Rayojini lives an idyllic life amongst the soulscapers of Taparak until she reaches the age at which she will be initiated into their ranks. Her initiation rite, though it follows the traditional pattern of thousands of others, is different in one vital respect...read more