A twelve-year-old boy with a psychological speech defect gradually develops a schizophrenic withdrawal after moving from Los Angeles to live with his mother in New York following the divorce of his harsh and detached parents.
Fifteen-year-old Lee Hunter finds both his badly needed part-time job and his chances to become number one school miler threatened by the unscrupulous actions of a jealous teammate.
Steve Forrester, the only witness to a kidnapping that doesn't seem to have occurred, sorts through a medley of clues to solve a mystery in his Long Island town.
Between breakfast and her first class one February morning, studious, sensible Dorothy finds herself head over heels in love with alarming, unpredictable Crocker.
Roger Baxter, new and lonely in New York, does not receive much attention from his mother. He has a difficult time making friends because of a speech impediment and sometimes feels the best thing to do is disappear.
