Banting, Celia

Kenny threatens to kill himself, thinking it will help him get his way, but when he winds up in the hospital, he learns that suicide is nothing to joke about and forms a relationship with Miss Tina, who teaches him better ways to express his anger and get his needs met.

Marsha begins cutting herself as a way to deal with her stress after her father goes to Iraq and her mother falls apart, but after shocking news pushes her too far, Marsha knows she must find a better way to cope.

Ellie becomes anorexic after being bullied at school and at home and must learn to resist the voice of anorexia and accept and understand the reasons for her low self-esteem.

Shane takes desperate action in an effort to get his oblivious mother to listen to him, and then must learn to control his anger and gain an understanding of adult co-dependency.

Caught in a web of lies and believing that her father does not love her, fifteen-year-old Hannah hides her pregnancy from her parents, leaves her newborn baby on a church's steps, and tries to kill herself.

After Adam's brother-in-law Tom is killed in a car crash Adam blames himself, but over time learns to deal with his depression and comes to terms with his grief.

Maizy's life seems to fall apart after her parents' divorce and remarry and her twin sister Lesley begins causing chaos, leaving Maizy to try and make sense of her new family and find happiness.

Ruby, an fifteen-year-old girl, goes on a therapeutic quest to learn coping techniques for regaining her innocence after experiencing years of abuse, isolation, and emotional damage.

Simon begins a challenging journey to a drug-free life, learning how to separate himself from his friends who abuse drugs and understand why he started taking them.

Melody has always felt isolated at school, thanks to the kids that bully her every day, until a suicide attempt sends her to a teen home where she learns how to love herself and what true beauty really is.