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Devastated by her parents' decision to split up, pressured by her boyfriend to have sex, and saddled with a case of chicken pox, fifteen-year-old Keek finds consolation in her beloved, well-worn copy of Sylvia Plath's "The Bell Jar.

"A teen who used to see a vision of a crash must help her boyfriend as he is now seeing a vision of a school shooting"--Provided by publisher.

Fifth-grader Brittany struggles to plan, or even imagine, a future away from her mother's abusive boyfriend and the poverty and crime of Chicago's West Side.

"In Chicago, nineteen-year-old Tate Bertram is a compulsive gambler who masks his 'tells' with great discipline, although underneath the controlled facade are deep insecurities that compel him to keep everyone, especially those closest to him, at arm's length, but when Tate is given an unexpected opportunity to redeem himself and to conquer his addiction, he does so by playing one last hand"--Provided by publisher.

"Raised by his grandparents, first in Mississippi then in Wisconsin, ten-year-old Lymon moves to Chicago in 1945 to live with the mother he never knew, while yearning for his father"--Provided by publisher.

"When aspiring performer Madelaine finds a poem that helps her finish a song she is writing, she decides to find the author in hopes of starting a collaboration.

When Mari and her stepsister Sierra share a ride to a music festival with two brothers, T.