Orca Soundings are short, fully formed fiction stories published in a narrow hip pocket format. With linear plots and controlled vocabulary and grammar, the books are designed for self-directed reading. They feature compelling stories about real teenagers in realistic situations, including issues such as:* divorce* violence & bullying* drug use* loss* racism* gang pressure* death* prostitution.Orca Soundings are ideal for quick reads, reading programs or ESL/EFL students.When Ally's mom dies, Ally is left with no family, no friends and no future. Put into foster care at the age of fifteen, she has less than $200 to her name and nothing left to lose. When Ally meets Tate, a busking fire breather, she starts to see a new life for herself as a street performer. Ally decides to run away from her foster home, but her problems follow her.

Hiding her age, sleeping on the streets and avoiding fights with other buskers, Ally discovers that there's more to life as a fire-breathing busker than not getting burned.