Not Acting My Age

The move from Detroit to San Antonio is a big change for Yasmeen.  She's used to her predominantly Arab community and San Antonio is so ...

In this companion to Where the Heart Is , the focus shifts to Rachel's little sister Ivy and jumps ahead a few months to the aftermath o...

At the start of sixth grade, Nolie's best friend Jessa decides that Nolie should start using her full name (Magnolia), which Nolie doesn...

While only twelve years old, Lonny looks older on account of the magic he possesses.  When Lonny comes in contact with someone or something ...

Viveca is an obsessive overachiever, getting better than perfect grades in her classes.  She doesn't have a lot of friends (she simply d...

Lu has been stuck taking care of her kid sister since her parents left (Dad was committed and Mom left town shortly thereafter).  Still in s...

In January 2049, on the occasion of her swearing-in as POTUS, president-elect Diffenderfer pauses for a moment to think back to her formativ...

Shane is stuck in a life that she cannot stand. She majors in premed solely because her parents insist upon it and she struggles to make fri...

Dylan struggles with violent behavior and bouts of self-hatred.  The recent death of his mother buys him sympathy from others but the truth ...

Since she was little, Verónica has always wanted to be one of the performers in the Mermaid Cove show, to be a mermaid swimming beautifully ...

  Axel loves birds.  The way they live, where they nest, and where they go is so easy to understand.  And for Axel, who is autistic, there i...

James and Michelle are two strangers, stuck at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL) when their flights (and in fact every other fl...

Fifteen year-old Nora finds herself lying on the golf course with no idea how she ended up there.  Last thing she remembers, she was attendi...

Alice is a girl with a scandal in her past.  Last summer, she disappeared, setting off a huge manhunt, before reappearing a few days later. ...

After Em's older sister was raped, Em supported and fought for her sister through the whole process of seeking justice.  And when the ju...

Holly-Mei has a bad habit of speaking rashly and getting herself in trouble.  And when she gets her whole class in trouble, she makes hersel...

As the third daughter of the royal family of a small and weak kingdom, Marra never had much in the way of ambition beyond life in a convent....

Little Bird is a crow who has struggled because of her diminutive size to get the rest of the crows to respect her.  But when the flock'...

After Lila suffers the trifecta of losing her beloved grandmother, being abandoned by her best friend, and being dumped by her boyfriend, sh...

Gussy has been training to be a village protector for as long as she has lived with Grandpa Widow.  It's an important but tedious job as...