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Spinky believes his family does not love him or understand him and nothing they say will convince him otherwise.

During her family's first summer in a weathered old house by the sea, Cassie learns to accept change and to find her own space.

Fifteen-year-old Alice keeps a diary as she struggles to cope with the embarrassments and trials of family, dating, school, work, small town life, and a serious case of "outcastitis.

Sixteen-year-old Alice uses her screen-writing aspirations to help her get through a challenging period in her life after her boyfriend goes to Scotland, her mother is jailed for environmental activism, and her depressed father cannot get a job.

Sixteen-year-old Emily Wu has always been a good student, daughter, and friend, helping her parents run their Chinese restaurant and spending time painting, but when a sexy transfer student takes an interest in Emily, she begins to change who she is in order to win his affection.

A homework pack that contains book and audio versions of "Flipped," the story of two teenagers who, in alternating chapter, describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years; and includes a student worksheet and teacher's guide.

Living in a rural community in Wisconsin during the 1950s, eleven-year-old Amanda gradually and painfully learns a lot about herself, her parents, and her older sister.

Julie, a middle child, feels overwhelmed by problems with her schoolwork, her teenage sister's moodiness, and her father's recent heart attack, all of which make her feel dumb and useless.

Raised in Charleston, West Virginia, at the turn of the twentieth century by her grandfather and aunt on off-putting tales of family members she has never met, twelve-year-old Delana is shocked when, after Aunt Tilley dies, she learns the truth about her parents and some of her other relatives.

Winnie Perry is certain that she will gain more courage and responsibilities with her tenth birthday and, with her best friend Amanda by her side, Winnie is determined to make the most of her last year of elementary school.

Winnie relates the events of her twelfth year and the many changes in her relationships and in her attitude toward growing up.

"Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her"--Provided by publisher.

On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer.

With a mother who buys Christmas cards in August and a younger brother who describes the Trinity as a toasted marshmallow on a graham cracker, life for eleven-year-old Charles Harrisong is anything but normal in Normal, Illinois.

When Max is sent to a family camp, he takes the opportunity to reinvent himself and dons the persona of Mad Max, a reckless individual who quickly gains popularity and notoriety.