youths' writings

A friendless girl who is teased for being different runs away from her village in tears and finds herself having a conversation with a very unusual tree, who tells a story of how his differences not only saved his life, they helped him see that he is not so very different after all.

"Deep in the Kalahari Desert, a Corpus lab protects a dangerous secret. But what happens when that secret takes on a life of its own? When an educational safari goes wrong, five teens find themselves stranded in the Kalahari Desert without a guide"--.

The world of Kiel faces destruction from the aliens of Marden. They have arrived in a force of battleships unlike anything Clementine, Logan, or anyone else on Kiel have ever seen. The only safe place being the planet's Core, Clementine and Logan strike a deal with their enemy, a ruthless man they cannot trust, but who is better than dealing with the merciless Mardenites, to get to the Core and beat back the invading force.

After enduring his father's suicide, his own suicide attempt, broken friendships, and more in the Bronx projects, Aaron Soto, sixteen, is already considering the Leteo Institute's memory-alteration procedure when his new friendship with Thomas turns to unrequited love.

Contains one hundred poems written by teenagers, and explores romantic love from a variety of sexual orientations, along with obsession, heartbreak, and more.

Since her family was killed by a drunk driver six years before, Alexandra Tate, now eighteen, has seen emotions personified--especially Revenge--but now that the driver is out of prison, surprising discoveries about her father's past make choosing between Revenge and Forgiveness a struggle.

After thirteen-year-old Conner returns to the Land of Stories and reunites with his twin sister, Alex, who is training to become the next Fairy Godmother, war breaks out in the fairy-tale world.

When she proves Promising enough to be "extracted" from the planet Kiel's toxic Surface to the much safer Core, sixteen-year-old Clementine learns that the planet's leaders are planning to exterminate Surface dwellers, including Logan, the boy Clementine loves.

A collection of poems and illustrations which praise water.

A young Cherokee boy learning to hunt deer finds that the secret of life is to give all you can and to take only what you need.