Lynch, Chris

Keir Sarafian must finally confront his past when tragedy strikes during his first year of what has been an eye-opening first year of college.

After America is drawn into World War II, Hank McCallum finds himself on the USS Yorktown, an aircraft carrier in the Pacific, separated from his brother Theo, in constant danger from torpedoes, and just learning about the prejudice and segregation that plague his new friend from Tonga, Bradford.

Arlo Brodie loves being on the football field, getting hit hard and hitting back harder. That s where he belongs,leading his team to championships, becoming Starlo on his way to the top. Arlo s dad cheers him on, but his mother quotes head-injury statistics and refuses to watch. Arlo s girlfriend tries to make him see how dangerously he s playing; when that doesn t work, she calls time-out on their relationship. Even Arlo s coaches begin to track his hit count, ready to pull him off the field when he nears the limit. But Arlo s not worried about tallying collisions. The cheering crowds and the adrenaline rush convince him that everything is OK--in spite of the pain, the pounding, the dizziness, and the confusion.

Arlo Brodie loves being at the heart of the action on the football field, and while his dad cheers him on, his mother quotes head injury statistics and refuses to watch, but Arlo's winning plays, the cheering crowds, and the adrenaline rush are enough to convince him that everything is OK, in spite of the pain, the pounding, the dizziness, and the confusion.

A teenager trying to recover from the tragic death of his father and stepmother believes himself to be responsible for the rash of teen suicides occurring in his town.

Despite the fact that his brother is missing in action in the Pacific theater, Theo McCallum, a gunner on a B-24 Liberator returns to his unit in Europe to continue the war because he feels that the other men in his unit feel like family to him--and he cannot believe that his brother is actually dead.

Morris, Rudi, Ivan, and Beck were best friends at home and in Vietnam, but now Rudi has been killed in action, and the remaining three are the only ones who know the truth about their friend's death--and the knowledge threatens to tear them apart.

Arlo Brodie loves being at the heart of the action on the football field, and while his dad cheers him on, his mother quotes head injury statistics and refuses to watch, but Arlo's winning plays, the cheering crowds, and the adrenaline rush are enough to convince him that everything is OK, in spite of the pain, the pounding, the dizziness, and the confusion.