Presents a story about three troubled teens in a series of poems. Luke has spent his summer alternating between the beach and work at the supermarket, but all he wants to do is see Casey again, which will happen when school starts again. Bongo has a drug-addicted mother and an abusive step-father, which is why his beloved little brother was taken away by social services; he also loves Casey. Casey herself, just wants to have some control over her own life.
Harangued by his father about his weight and bullied in all the many schools he has attended, teenaged Michael finds some comfort in his ability to experience lucid dreaming, but then starts to notice that the things that happen in his dreams are starting to occur in the real world as well.
Examines the experience of teens in Australia, looking at a typical day, what happens in school, family life, holidays, work, and entertainment. Includes photographs, a glossary, and a historical time line.
After being framed for cowardice in a sea battle, thirteen-year-old Sam and his friend Richard are sent to Australia, where they must fight for their lives in the outback.
Mia, a violist, and Will, a tennis player, each relate their feelings about each other, school, friends, and family troubles as they struggle to understand the opposite sex and to survive being fifteen.
Speaking from a mental hospital, a teenage girl recounts the tremendous media pressure that preceded the breaking scandal of her father's unethical business dealings.
To escape an unhappy situation at home, fourteen-year-old Rod McKenzie, six feet tall and more than 154 pounds, enlists in the army during World War II claiming to be nineteen.
