Van Draanen, Wendelin

In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.

In alternating chapters, two teenagers describehow their feelings about themselves, each other and their families have changed over the years.

When a school bus accident leaves sixteen-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running again.

When a school bus accident leaves sixteen-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds a way to help rekindle her dream of running again.

Thirteen-year-old Sammy's penchant for speaking her mind gets her in trouble when she involves herself in the investigation of a robbery at the "seedy" hotel across the street from the seniors' building where she is living with her grandmother.

In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.

Two thirteen-year-old boys share neighborhood adventures, complaints about their older sisters, family secrets, and even guilt that bind them together in a special friendship.

After running away from her fifth foster home, Holly, a twelve-year-old orphan, travels across the country, keeping a journal of her experiences and struggle to survive.

Fifth-grader Nolan Byrd, tired of being called names by the class bully, has a secret identity--Shredderman!.