A collection of eleven stories by award-winning authors that explore the many varieties of teenage desire, including first crushes, first kisses, and first times.
In a series of papers for Honors English, a senior girl relates the difficulties of being blessed with a voluptuous body that began appearing in fifth grade.
Discusses the physical and emotional changes that occur in females and males during puberty and the different ways teenagers feel about sexual activity.
Seventeen-year-old Pattyn, the eldest daughter in a large Mormon family, is sent to her aunt's Nevada ranch for the summer where she temporarily escapes her alcoholic, abusive father and finds love and acceptance, only to lose everything when she returns home.
Provides information designed to help young people make smart choices when deciding whether or not to engage in sexual activity, discussing options, potential consequences, and opportunities for growth.
Haunted by serious problems in her recent past, thirteen-year-old Cassie makes a fresh start at a Seattle school but is drawn by dangerous new friends into a world of sex, drugs, and violence, while her parents remain oblivious.
Fourteen-year-old Jessica has realized it is easy to get the attention of boys and men, but she soon finds herself in over her head and longs for someone to help her.
Princess Mia's junior year in high school begins with a difficult course load, a crazy student council race, Grandmere's search for temporary lodging, and learning that her boyfriend is moving to Japan for a year, partly because she will not sleep with him.
Now a high school junior, Samantha tries to decide whether to continue dating David, the President's son, as she juggles a real job, art lessons, and a trip to Camp David for Thanksgiving.
