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Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.

Presents ten short stories for teens that portray the struggles and hopes of young Mexican Americans.

"When the Dance Class decides to adapt "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" into a ballet for the Annual Day of the Dance Festival, things get complicated quickly.

A teenager left on his own travels west in a kit car he built himself, and along the way picks up two Vietnam veterans, who take him on an eye-opening journey.

After fathering a baby, a teenager moves in with his karate-loving uncle and tries to come to terms with his guilt and find a way to forgive.

Examines a broad range of perceived or actual legal rights and freedoms that impact the lives of young American teens, focusing on child custody and child support issues that arise when the parents of a teen divorce.

"When the Sea Wolf's crew pulls a badly injured Captain Drake out of the water, the tables are turned.

An introduction to employment for teenagers that discusses basic requirements, earning, full-time, part-time, and seasonal positions, taxes, and other related topics.

Describes addiction to alcohol, drugs, and nicotine, discussing the psychology of addiction, the role of heredity, the impact of addiction on society, and treatments.

A guide for teenagers on being eco-conscious in their clothing choices, includes tips on reusing and recycling clothing.

Fifteen-year-old Mariana Ruiz is forced to spend the summer with her Puerto Rican relatives, with only one cousin--Lilly--who speaks English, but while helping Lilly plan her quincea?nera, a door is opened to new friends, fun, and summer romance.

Macallan and Levi are best friends from the first day they meet in seventh grade, but over the years their close friendship keeps interfering with their dating life because everyone else regards them as a couple.

Introduces teenagers to the education opportunities social networking can provide.

When popular senior Faith Watters meets the new boy in school, Cuban bad boy Diego Alvarez, sparks fly.

Presents a biography of Malala Yousafzai, covering her childhood in Pakistan, the challenges she faced trying to get an education as a girl living in a region controlled by the Taliban, her experience getting shot in the head for promoting education for girls, and her continuing activism on behalf of girls' right to education.