Poems written in the voices of forty-seven people, including students, teachers, and other school staff, record the aftermath of a high school student's suicide and the preoccupations of teen life.
Contains three stories about African-American and biracial teens discovering their own identities while trying to fit in at new schools and in challenging situations.
Relates the experiences of eight high school students in Chicago, Illinois, including a soccer playing honor roll student, an overachieving class president, a Muslim, and others.
Basketball star Leah Mandeville thought losing weight would solve all her problems on the court and in the game of love; but even though she is getting thinner, her troubles seem to be getting bigger.
High school senior Landon Carter embarks on the road to manhood when a twist of fate makes the Bible-carrying Jamie Sullivan his date for the homecoming dance, and he falls in love with the minister's daughter, not knowing her tragic secret.
The people of Sterling, New Hampshire, are forever changed after a shooting at the high school leaves ten people dead, and the judge presiding over the trial tries to remain unbiased, even though her daughter witnessed the events and was friends with the assailant.
Provides 101 suggestions for high school freshman; discussing academics, extracurricular activities, after-school jobs, social life, family, and planning for the future.
New Jersey teenager Jessica Darling chronicles her senior year in high school, coping with life without her best friend, and trying to figure out the current intentions of Marcus, the boy who sent her hormones and her mind wild the year before, and promptly broke her heart.
