Not Acting My Age

Millie is an excellent debater and, on the Lincoln-Douglas debate circuit, she's practically unbeatable.  Despite having to wrestle with...

Sana loves cooking and dreams of becoming a famous sushi chef like her father.  She'd love to spend the summer getting pointers from Dad...

At the age of twelve, Millie gets her first experience of babysitting for their neighbor's four month-old baby, Lolo.  The evening goes ...

Tumble Tree is such a remote small town that there is no cell service.  All it has going for it is the mine where half of the town is employ...

Angel lives for The Ark, a boy band she's been following since they were posting amateur videos on YouTube.  She's a obsessive fan f...

An unusual illustrated novel tells a familiar story, presented in an entirely original way, about a teenager growing up on Long Island in th...

In the kingdom of Kostrova, The Captain's Log  has foretold a series of ten storms that will bring on a great global flood in its conclu...

Ash and Poppy meet on a school trip and embark on a whirlwind romance that quickly turns serious. For Ash, this comes as a surprise because ...

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...