In a futuristic society sixteen-year-old Gem discovers that a group of handicapped people who call themselves the Waterbound live hidden beneath the City.
Jim finds his values and ideals tested when he is thrust into a scandal not of his making and chooses to carry the burden of guilt in order to protect his pride and a close friend.
A young woman, burdened by a terrible secret, must decide to reveal the secret and betray her best friend or to keep the secret and send her friend to prison in this coming-of-age story set in Missouri in 1905.
Presents a collection of letters written by political consultant Mary Matalin to her daughters, in which she offers them advice and wisdom on love, marriage, personal responsibility, boys, faith, and other topics.
Holly sets out to New York City to make a new life for herself, and she uses the values she learned while raising her six younger siblings to deal with the trials an tribulations of her first romantic and professional relationships.