parent and child

The author shares his frustrating experiences trying to get help for his son, Mike, who began having psychotic episodes when he was in his early twenties, and discusses what he learned about the state of the mental health system in the U.S. through his investigations inside the Miami-Dade County jail.

Jude is adopted by diehard hippies and raised in a small Vermont town and spends his youth smoking marijuana with his best friend Teddy, but after Teddy dies of an overdose, Jude is sent to live with his pot-dealing father in New York City, where Jude discovers the underground culture of straight edge and aspires to adopt the clean, militant lifestyle to honor Teddy's memory.

October Brown's life is torn apart when she becomes pregnant and the man she loves deserts her, forcing her to raise her child alone and try to protect him from the emotional harm she grew up with.

When her family moves to a guest ranch in Alberta after the death of her younger brother, sixteen-year-old Jessica slowly becomes aware of a ghostly link between her mother's grief and a long-ago tragedy at Willow Creek Ranch.

Things that are wrong with adults include wearing boring clothes, refusing to share their stuff, and liking things clean.

A child imagines herself a princess and contrasts her everyday life with the one she could have in a castle with infinitely permissive parents.

Sarah devises a secret plan to make her parents more punctual.

A little boy experiences the emotions of being the last to be picked up at preschool.

Jason wants to help, but isn't sure that his mother needs him at all after she brings home a new baby from the hospital.