Not Acting My Age

Milbourn women have always been both extraordinary and tragic.  Ivy's ancestors are singers, poets, and painters, and each of them suf...

Pen is just one of the guys.  She's seriously into badass videogaming and doesn't take crap from anyone.  But it doesn't mean ...

Three years ago, Otis's little brother died and his (first and only) girlfriend Meg moved away.  Into the void of his life came Dara, ...

Seventeen year-old Charlie has been through hell -- she's a runaway with alcohol problems, a history of physical and sexual abuse, and...

Riley suffers from anxiety and depression.  Uncomfortable with being forced to dress up and appear at Dad's political events, Riley ma...

Mercedes has decided to pay it forward in an unusual way:   She’s sleeping with guys to give them experience before they have sex wit...

A hardscrabble life and a string of bad luck bring near daily challenges to Sasha.  But as she reaches the limits of endurance, she discov...

After her parents died, Maya lived in near total isolation in her grandmother's house.  But when her grandmother dies, Maya is sent to...

Worked to the bone and neglected by her father and brothers, fourteen year-old Joan decides to run away from home and finds herself in Bal...

It’s sixth grade and Tink and her friends find themselves caught in the middle of everything.   It’s the last year of elementary scho...

Latoya hates everything about being black, from her name to her hair to her family.  Every chance she gets, she prays to Jesus that He wil...

Alex has always been a bit of an outcast, but after her sister is kidnapped and murdered, she seems even more off .   She's quiet...

Poppy is making her way as best she can in service to the wealthy De Vere family.   In the back of her mind, she harbors a secret fan...