Not Acting My Age

Magpie has a lonely life.    Her alcoholic mother is frequently away.   Her sister, frustrated with taking care of Mom, moved out and re...

Maritzi’s mother has always had a flighty streak to her.   So when she leaves a note saying that she’s going away for six to twelve mont...

In the County, men hold all of the power.   But when a girl turns sixteen, she enters the "Grace Year" and is consumed by forc...

The Heart's Desire flower shop has been a key part of the Katsuyama's family for years. It carries with it a bitter legacy.  When ...

Ben decides that it is time to come clean with their parents and tell them that they are non-binary (and uses the pronoun "they"...

Marlowe is a recent heart transplant recipient with an odd and quirky family.  She has a militant vegan mother and a little brother named ...

Seventh grade is presenting challenges.  The boys seem to do lots of stupid things. Some of them are just silly, but some of those things ...

Rakel dreams of becoming a perfumer.   Her strong sense of smell and her understanding of the science of scents gives her a good chance ...

Many years ago, there was a Russian family -- the Osinovs -- who disappeared into the Siberian wilderness.  Lots of rumors abounded about ...

Identical twins Iris and Lark may look alike but they couldn't be any more different from each other.  Iris is the sensible and analyt...

Sana and her family have moved to California from Wisconsin. Her mother says it is because of the great new job her father has been offere...

Lucky is about to break it big.   A major K-Pop star, she’s just finished a successful Asian tour and she’s about to come to the States ...

Ezra and Wynonna are not friends, but they have a very special connection:  every day or so they suddenly find themselves in each other’...

A unique science fiction novel that combines elements of the immigration debate, depression, and an unusual lesbian romance. Marisol kno...

When Cal died in a car accident and his girlfriend Kate killed herself in grief ten days later, it drove a spike between their two famil...

Sadie is the ninth child in a large Catholic family in Chicago.  As the story opens, she's been caught stealing from work, but she...

Sonia is bright and hard working.  She's determined to be the first member of her family to graduate from high school.  However, somet...

1989.   New York.   While AIDS is no longer a mystery, battling it and stopping the deaths has become deeply politicized. ACT UP activis...

Lou is stuck being the Hot Dog Girl for another summer at Magic Castle.  Walking around dressed up like a giant wiener isn't exactly t...

For many years, the Langsoms had been living at 16 Olcott Place, but after a scandal involving Dr Langsom, they were forced to move out....