Not Acting My Age

Sylvie lives in a fairy tale world -- a real fairy tale -- in fact, she lives within the pages of a book. When the book is closed, she'...

When the nice quiet Burton family in London gains custody of Sam, the son of Mrs. Burton's late sister, it's pretty obvious he doesn...

In ultra hip and trendy London, four young people take part in a summer staging of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew . There's t...

In a series of anecdotes, Carolyn tells us about her neighbors, the pranks she plays with her brothers, and the trouble she gets in to. Som...

Julep has the most obnoxious little brother you could imagine, and an older sister with a heart of ice, and she knows that she's the mos...

When Jaime and Gabriela are left in the desert to die, they find a house made from pan sweet bread and tamales. Red goes to visit her abuel...

Marigold has always been an unusual mother. For one things, she's practically covered in tatoos. But she also has her moods. And Dolp...

Gretchen Yee feels completely unnoticed, an outsider, yet also obsessed with that alien race of BOYS at school. In sum, she is your stereot...

A story of two high school students, Todd and Joel, who get themselves in the midst of a consumer revolt against the obnoxious cable music s...

Arlie can't stand her moth, and it's no wonder! No matter how hoard Arlie tries to please her, her Mom only has a critical word to ...

Izzy's Mom left her with a rule to cover any situation, and in the absence of a living mother, these rules guide Isabelle through life. ...

In free verse, we learn how Kristina (the good grades-receiving and model student) became Bree (an unwed mother and meth addict). Along the...

Isabelle doesn't understand what the big deal is. She just throws up from time to time, especially after she's eaten a lot of food ...

When Annabel sees herself on TV in the Kopf's fall fashion commercial, she doesn't recognize her own image. The girl in the commenr...

Harry Sue is one mean-talking joint-jive-fluent young lady. She needs to get the lingo down, because she means to spend her time in the sla...

Thyme Gilcrest enjoys Ritalin. It gives her the edge she needs to do well at school and keep up with the smart kids (not quite enough to BE...

Through alternating viewpoints, Kit and Lindsay tell the story of putting on a controversial play at their high school. But it's also a...

Amy's family (especially her step dad) is driving her nuts, so a summer in Wildwood NJ away from them is just what she needs. And when ...

The Tripp brothers are bad news and when Amos runs across them on a vandalism spree, trouble escalates. What starts as bullying takes a vio...

Daisy, Leo, Jane and Max meet by accident at an SAT prep class and decide to form their own study group. Alternating between them, each kid...