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Beatrice Pryor lives in a dystopian Chicago, which is divided into five factions devoted to different virtues. On a set day every year, sixteen-year-olds must select which faction they will devote the rest of their lives to. Beatrice must choose between staying with her family and being who she really is. Beatrice also has a secret, one she has been warned can mean death if exposed. Now, Beatrice will be forced to make tough choices that can determine the course of her future.

Dave Barry discusses a number of humorous topics such as family trips, bat mitzvah parties, and when his daughter will be 'allowed' to date.

In a future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomoly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all.

Told from two viewpoints, Derek Fitzpatrick, kicked out of boarding school, must move with his stepmother to her childhood home in Illinois, where he meets Ashtyn Parker, who may be able to achieve her dream of a football scholarship with bad boy Derek's help.

Two books in one tell of sixteen-year-old friends Russel, who is gay, and Min, who is bisexual, as they face separate romantic troubles while working as extras on the set of a horror movie.

Cousin Edward visits Aunt Judy and Uncle Earl on their farm and tries to help with all of the chores.

Twelve-year-old Xinmin tells about a typical day in the life of her family in the village of An Le in the Sichuan Province of China. Includes photographs and facts about the Asian country.

Brady and Sabine Wilson are sisters born eleven months apart, but they couldn't be more different. Popular Sabine, the head cheerleaderdating the high school hunk, seems to have all the luck, while her younger, artsy sister "Brady Brooder" is a loner who prefers the sidelines to the limelight.

Kentucky police officer Rick Grimes, shot on the job, wakes up from a month-long coma to find the world has been taken over by flesh-eating zombies, and upon hearing that most of the people still alive have been herded into the cities, he heads for Atlanta in hopes of finding his wife and son.

A collection of interrelated stories by Laura Ruby that explore the challenges women face as they deal with second husbands, stepchildren, and life after divorce.