Note to readers: “The Kids Aren’t Alright” eBook is now available for pre-order on Amazon!
Meet The Author
Bea McDermott (@bee_mcd on Wattpad) is the creator of the original Nothing But Trouble series, featuring “The Kids Aren’t Alright”, “Kids These Days”, and the ongoing work “Comeback Kids”.
The Kids Aren’t Alright – Book One
The OG Wattpad hit, available soon in eBook and paperback!Featuring new cover art by @roselevitart🎨
The year is 1988, and Finn, Ronan, and Becca are spending the summer at a reformatory camp located deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Camp Lightlake is the last chance the “troubled teens” have to get their lives back on track, but changing for the better gets more complicated when the trio is dragged into the decades-old mystery of a dangerous creature lurking underneath the surface of the camp’s lake.
What Readers Are Saying
The Reason I Started Reading Again
“The Kids Aren’t Alright” is such a refreshing story that makes the imagination run wild. This novel is the reason I started reading again after years of not picking up a book. Mystery, romance, drama; it has it all, and it is done beautifully. Thanks for helping me love reading again <3
– Amira
A Perfect Coming-of-Age Story
Part Percy Jackson, part Stranger Things, and part 80s road trip, this book is one of my favorites. The angst, love, and growing pains these characters experience feel incredibly true to the teenage years. Fair warning: if you need sleep tonight, don’t start this book, because once you pick it up, you will NOT put it down.
– Jacq
One Of My All-Time Favorite Books
Bea does an incredible job weaving in her own mysterious touch throughout the Alaskan wilderness – and she’s funny, clever, and writes a nostalgic 80s summer so vividly you can smell the campfire smoke and pine trees through the pages.
– Anonymous
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