Staring across the street the day after his alcoholic father disappears, eleven-year-old Billy Ray is startled to see one of his schoolmates, an adopted Romanian girl, gazing at the sky and then writing ...

“I hate the world and everything in it. And that includes me. ”

Asked to write something for English class that expresses who he really is, 16-year-old Carson takes pleasure in blistering the page ...

Jake and his sister Shoshona have been under foster care since their single mother was arrested for possession and trafficking three years before. Both have found their own ways to cope: Shoshona has ...

Everyone’s life is touched at some time by disaster. But some disasters loom so large they are international events. The stories of those who live through such devastating events such as earthquakes, ...

Thirteen-year-old Charley Callaghan is coping with some difficult changes. His family has recently moved to Vancouver from Ireland, and his mother has died of cancer. Now he is desperately trying to fit ...

After his guardian dies, Maurey is reduced from student to unpaid servant at his grammar school and bullied because of his black hair and eyes, which make him look as if he is related to the sorcerers ...

Rose decides to have a sleepover party for her birthday. What she thought was a great idea turns into a nightmare when the two most popular girls in the class declare they won’t attend if Rose insists ...

It’s time for the big math test at school, and Maddie’s worried. When her friends show her how she can cheat, she decides she will. She knows it’s wrong, and gets caught.

Like everyone, kids sometimes put things off. It may be when they’re tired, a task is unpleasant, or they simply don’t know how to get started. Whatever the reason, procrastinating can create stress ...

Toni Biscotti is shy, really shy. So why has she signed up to perform at the school concert? Is it because of Marco Bonneau? And what’s so special about him?