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Intrepid eleven-year-old journalist Casey Smith is so busy trying to get a story for the newspaper about a victim of physical abuse that she neglects her friend Ringo, the school's first male cheerleader.

Gives a close inside look at the life of an addict; his first experiences, effects of his illness, treatment, and finding ways to control and live with it.

Describes some of the emotions often experienced by teens, sometimes in extreme measures, including shyness, the blues, fear, jealousy and envy, anger, and love, and includes expert advice on how to deal with these feelings, as well as case studies of each.

Presents advice from a counselor, a social worker, and a family case worker on seventeen friendship challenges faced by real teenagers and describes the outcomes, covering such issues as jealousy, popularity, platonic relationships, arguments, and growing apart; also includes a friendship assessment quiz.

Presents a practical guide for dealing with the everyday problems families encounter and discusses the issues connected with divorce when children must go back and forth between two families.

School newspaper reporter Casey Smith tries to uncover who's behind the counterfeit Alienhead toys being auctioned on the Real News website, and also discovers there are good and bad aspects of Internet filtering.

Intrepid eleven-year-old journalist Casey Smith protests Crush Cola's corporate sponsorship of her school, a deal that would give the company a monopoly on the soda sold there.

Eleven-year-old Casey Smith decides to do an investigative story for the school paper about a cheating ring operating on campus.

School newspaper reporter Casey Smith searches out the person who is trying to sabotage Trumbull Middle School's star cheerleader, while also puzzling over her friends' constant worrying about their looks.

Casey Smith, an intrepid eleven-year-old journalist, revives her middle school's defunct newspaper and investigates what looks like an environmental pollution cover-up at the local paper mill.