In the final match of the fifth battle of the War Games, Nanashi of Team M?arfaces Galian of the Chess Pieces. Since Nanashi is the current leader of Luberia and Galian is its former chief, sparks fly when these two, both lightning-wielders, clash.
The fate of Bartholomew Lampion, a gifted California child who loses his eyes to cancer at age three and miraculously regains his sight at thirteen, is entwined with the lives of a San Francisco girl born of rape and a man a thousand miles away who learns he has a mortal enemy named Bartholomew.
An illustrated guide for boys and girls that discusses the physical changes to expect when entering adulthood, and covers hormones, menstruation, hygiene, physical appearances, emotions, socialization, and more.
Frustrated by his poor financial situation and hoping to impress a smart girl, seventh grader Trino falls in with a bad crowd led by an older teen with a vicious streak.
Discusses how to help pre-adolescent boys achieve reading skills equivalent to girls in the same age group, covering new programming ideas, ways to renew male students' desire to read, signs that point to the reading gap, and strategies for the promotion of literacy.
Andre Anderson, an African-American teenager enjoying a summer filled with pickup basketball, a new girlfriend, and an internship at a popular magazine, becomes the target of violent bigotry when he writes a powerful article on racism.
Maine native Ray Garraty is one of one hundred teenage boys selected to compete in an annual national challenge of endurance for which the winner is the only survivor--a walk accompanied by soldiers who shoot to kill any participant who stops for any reason.
Contains brief essays in which thirty-six men who have achieved greatness in various fields share the personal stories of how they were able, as boys and young men, to develop the confidence and courage to succeed.
Sixteen-year-old Robert Lomos, living with his grandmother in San Antonio since his father abandoned the family and his mother suffered a breakdown and moved with his little brother to California, struggles to earn the money to follow her and put his family back together.
