Bo learns about kindness, love, loyalty, appearances, and pretense from the unusual characters he meets when he is sent to live with his father after his mother decides to remarry.
A collection of four short stories by E. L. Konigsburg that feature adolescents struggling to cope with difficult situations and learning how to do what is right.
Mark Setzer tells about his troubles in general and in particular his misfortunes on the little league team managed by his mother and coached by his brother.
Margaret Rose, a twelve year-old girl, is rescued from a summer camp by her two great uncles, who are creating a controversy with three giant towers built from scrap metal and glass in their back yard.
Four students, each with their own individual stories, develop a special bond and attract the attention of their teacher, a paraplegic, who chooses them to represent their sixth-grade class in the Academic Bowl competition.
When twelve-year-old Benjamin refuses to see what is going on in his chemistry lab, the little man who lives inside of him must finally speak out in public for the safety of all concerned.
