History Literature / OrcaSoundings

* Main/{{Anthology}}: With an ever-expanding number of authors and works, the majority of them standalone, the series is this.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The Hit Squad in the eponymous book.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Three of Laura Langston's contributions to the series ("Exit Point," "Hannah's Touch" and "Last Ride"). Not only do they make up a trilogy among a majority of standalone works, their subject matter is unique as well, dealing with ghosts and seemingly magical healing powers.
** "Back," by Beth Goobie. Its premise sounds simple enough, (criminal is out on parole, returns to hometown, people react to this in different ways) but what follows could perhaps be best described as ''Theatre/WaitingForGodot'' meets ''Literature/LesMiserables'' with a narrator who couldn't care less about what's going on. Case in point: The only place the narrator's name appears is in the write-up on the back cover. [[spoiler:It's Jojo]]

* SchoolgirlLesbians: In "Crush," though with the franchise being what it is, this is not played for fanservice.

* AlphaBitch: Birgit and her [[RareMaleExample Alpha Bastard]] boyfriend Peter in "Hit Squad." Surprisingly, both are protagonists.

* KnuckleTattoos: The cover of "Hit Squad" depicts a boy with ''g-o-o-d'' and ''e-v-i-l'' on his knuckles.

** "Back," by Beth Goobie. Its premise sounds simple enough, (criminal is out on parole, returns to hometown, people react to this in different ways) but what follows could perhaps be best described as Waiting for Godot meets Les Miserables with a narrator who couldn't care less about what's going on. Case in point: The only place the narrator's name appears is in the write-up on the back cover. [[spoiler:It's Jojo]]

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Three of Laura Langston's contributions to the series ("Exit Points," "Hannah's Touch" and "Last Ride"). Not only do they make up a trilogy among a majority of standalone works, their subject matter is unique as well, dealing with ghosts and seemingly magical healing powers.

* Main/ComingOfAgeStory: The majority of the books in the series are these. After all, it is Young Adult fiction.

* Main/DeadToBeginWith: Logan, the protagonist of "Exit Points." He died in a street racing accident before the events of the book, and thus we follow his ghost.

* Main/FilleFatale: The title character in "The Trouble with Liberty." [[spoiler: To the point that she ''frames her school's music teacher for a sexual assault''. Yeah.]]
* HealingHands: The title protagonist of "Hannah's Touch" gains these.

* Main/MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: Logan tries for this in "Hannah's Touch."
* Main/NewTransferStudent: Shaw, protagonist of "The Hemingway Tradition" moves to Regina from Vancouver at the beginning of the book. Liberty, of her above-mentioned book, is also this.

* Main/SchoolgirlLesbians: In "Crush," though with the franchise being what it is, this is not played for fanservice.
* Main/SmugSnake: Again, Liberty
* Main/SoapboxSadie: The protagonist of "In Plain Sight" has a reputation for this. Given that she's a poli-sci major, and [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters given who her dad is/was]], it's not too difficult to see why.

* Main/HealingHands: The title protagonist of "Hannah's Touch" gains these.

* Main/BullyHunter: The protagonists of "Hit Squad" take this upon themselves by forming the titular squad.

''Orca Soundings'' is a series of short, fast-paced novels geared for young teen readers[[labelnote*]]The publisher categorizes the series as "Hi-Lo," high interest, low reading level[[/labelnote]]. They often focus on issues faced by at-risk youth, whether that be facing abuse at home, the dangers of drugs, street racing, joining a gang, even [[BreadEggsMilkSquick sex work]], the series covers it. It was created by [[TitleDrop Orca Books]], a Canadian-American publisher.

''Orca Soundings'' is a series of short, fast-paced novels geared for young teen readers[[labelnote *]]The publisher categorizes the series as "Hi-Lo," high interest, low reading level[[/labelnote]]. They often focus on issues faced by at-risk youth, whether that be facing abuse at home, the dangers of drugs, street racing, joining a gang, even [[BreadEggsMilkSquick sex work]], the series covers it. It was created by [[TitleDrop Orca Books]], a Canadian-American publisher.

''Orca Soundings'' is a series of short, fast-paced novels geared for young teen readers[[note]]The publisher categorizes the series as "Hi-Lo," high interest, low reading level[[/note]]. They often focus on issues faced by at-risk youth, whether that be facing abuse at home, the dangers of drugs, street racing, joining a gang, even [[BreadEggsMilkSquick sex work]], the series covers it. It was created by [[TitleDrop Orca Books]], a Canadian-American publisher.

* KnucleTattoos: The cover of "Hit Squad" depicts a boy with ''g-o-o-d'' and ''e-v-i-l'' on his knuckles.

* Main/DeadToBeginWith: Logan, the protagonist of "Exit Points."

''Orca Soundings'' is a series of short, fast-paced novels geared for young teen readers[[note]]The publisher categorizes the series as "Hi-Lo," high interest, low reading level[[/note]]. The series was created by [[TitleDrop Orca Books]], a Canadian publisher.

* Main/FilleFatale: The title character in "The Trouble with Liberty."

* Main/SoapboxSadie: The protagonist of "In Plain Sight" has a reputation for this. Given that she's a poli-sci major, and [[Main/YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters given who her dad is/was]], it's not too difficult to see why.
* Main/TheSociopath: Explored in "The Trouble with Liberty." One of the protagonists of that book contemplates whether Liberty is or not.
* Main/SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Three of Laura Langston's contributions to the series ("Exit Points," "Hannah's Touch" and "Last Ride"). Not only do they make up a trilogy among a majority of standalone works, their subject matter is unique as well, dealing with ghosts and seemingly magical healing powers.

* Main/SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Laura Langston's Logan and Hannah trilogy ("Exit Points," "Hannah's Touch" and "Last Ride") definitely is, compared to the rest of the franchise.

* Main/SoapboxSadie: The protagonist of "In Plain Sight" has a reputation for this. Given that she's a poli-sci major, and, [[Main/YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters given who her dad is/was]], it's not too difficult to see why

* Main/NewTransferStudent: Shaw, protagonist of "The Hemingway Tradition" moves to Regina from Vancouver at the beginning of the book. Liberty, of her above-mentioned book, is also this.

* Main/BullyHunter: The protagonists of "Hit Squad" take this upon themselves by forming the titular squad

''Orca Soundings'' is an anthology of short, fast-paced novels geared for young teen readers[[note]]The publisher categorizes the series as "Hi-Lo," high interest, low reading level[[/note]]. The series was created by [[TitleDrop Orca Books]], a Canadian publisher