Not Acting My Age

Billy lives with his grandmother.  His Mom was a junkie and his uncle's a famous rock star recovering from being pretty much the same....

Piper and her family arrive in town with little to their name.  Her father is searching for a job, their car has died, and her family is s...

Ware doesn't like playing with other kids.  They make far too much noise.  He'd be happiest spending the summer at home alone, but...

During one of her infusions, Isabel meets Sasha, who's getting his own treatment.  Isabel has rheumatoid arthritis, Sasha Gaucher Dise...

In Victorian England, young women do not pursue careers in the sciences.  Faith's interest in her father's studies in natural sci...

Cove is crushed when she learns that her best friend Nina is moving away to New York City.  Cove has lived her whole life on Martha's ...

Thirteen year-old Rachel is tired of being teased about her alleged romance with Micah.  Yes, when they were six, they pledged their undyi...

Willa, Taylor, and Finley were supposed to take a grand boat trip together from Ohio to Key West after high school graduation, but then Fi...

Inspired by Philippine mythology, this fable tells the story of a little girl named Lalani who must save her dying people by crossing from...

Sold to a bordello when she was little, Clementine has turned sixteen and is about to have her "Lucky Night" (when she is sold t...

At the start of the summer, Leah feels lost.  Her town and her family have so many traditions and none of them feel right anymore.  Since ...

While her father's hunting accident has left middleschooler Zen an orphan, the decision for her to come live with her Aunts provides a...

A story of two young Africans.  Nya and her family live in a parched desert.  For half of the year, she spends her entire day making two r...

Sweetie is a fat girl and she doesn't mind if you think that of her.  After all, her body size is an established fact.  But if you try...

In this slightly fictionalized autobiography, Ali Fadhill recalls his life in Basra Iraq during the forty-two days of Operation Desert Sto...

Running from an unfaithful girlfriend, Millie decides that she needs to make a big break and applies to go to an exclusive boarding school...

After her cat dies, eleven year-old Lorelei starts writing letters to him, telling her late fur friend about her daily life.  She's ac...

Two years ago, Poe Blythe was captaining a dredging operation on the river to extract gold for the Admiral.  A heady assignment for a fift...

Eleven year-old Ren isn't thrilled about his family's recent move into the country.  And he's not so sure about starting cross...

The story opens with Victoria thrown out on the street at 3am.   Her father, accusing her of sexually attacking him , wants her sent awa...