When, at her stepmother's urging, Heather explores Wiccan spirituality, she not only becomes isolated from her Christian friends, she falls deeper and deeper into the occult and faces shocking betrayals and threats to her very life.
After one of their classmates kills himself, seventeen-year-old Morgan, whose faith in God was already wavering, makes a suicide pact with some other students.
A daughter of missionaries from Papua, New Guinea, spends the summer in Los Angeles with her cousin and ends up in debt after getting caught up in the consumerism of wealthy surfer life.
Reagan Mercer is just trying to fit in at her new high school when she bumps one of the most popular girls from the cheerleading squad, but when she eventually becomes part of the in-crowd, she finds their behavior--and her own--disturbing. Includes discussion questions.
When Jessica LeCroix, a fellow teammeber on Ramie Grant's basketball team, reveals she is a lesbian, the rest of the girls quickly begin to attack Jessica, and Ramie struggles to do the right thing and defend Jessica and her lifestyle.
Ruth Wallace struggles to hide the scars on her arms and the fact that she cuts herself from her friends and family, but when her boyfriend and best friend begin to get suspicious, Ruth realizes she must find a new way to cope with her disastrous life.
A Mexican-American high school senior deals with the separation and divorce of her parents and their effects on her relationship with them and with God.
Zoe feels like the last virgin in her high school and is tempted to give into peer pressure and get it over with when one of the school's most popular jocks asks her out, but the experiences of a mysterious new student help Zoe make the best choice for herself.
Jordan Ferguson and Shawna Frye's friendship is tested when Timothy dumps Shawna to start dating Jordan and Shawna begins spreading vicious rumors about Jordan in order to getrevenge on her former friend.
Seventeen-year-old Emily, originally attempting to lose only a few pounds, develops an eating disorder that plagues her until she decides that trusting in God and her friends can help her regain her health.