conduct of life

Outlines the factors that occasionally cause teenage girls to be so mean to one another and discusses how this trend can be reversed, offering tips and advice on handling situations that are getting out of hand.

Rachel Kelly was prepared for a high-stress, over-scheduled junior year filled with AP classes, orchestra, and an unrequited crush but after her troubled cousin Misty moves in and upsets Rachel's controlled life, Rachel finds herself becoming sympathetic toward Misty.

Model student Maiv needs money for college and for her family so she enters a mysterious contest that will award the winner ten million dollars if she completes ten secret tasks assigned by the Benefactor. Maiv knows the contest is dangerous, but she's determined to find a way to win before it's too late.

Trying to find money so that she and her little sister can escape their abusive foster parents, Ana enters a mysterious contest that will award the winner ten million dollars if she completes ten secret tasks assigned by the Benefactor. Ana doesn't realize that the contest could be more dangerous than the situation she's trying to escape.

Lance Hendricks, eighteen, is an over-achiever headed to the last big party before graduation when his car breaks down in a remote Washington town, leading to life-changing experiences.

Contains essays that focus on the nature of hope, then postulate a world without hope and how individuals can overcome their fear and anxiety to regain a sense of hope in an otherwise horrifying world.

Elaine Welteroth describes her professional life throughout her twenties, when she rose through the ranks of the media and fashion industries to become the second-ever Black editor-in-chief of Cond? Nast and helped to make "Teen Vogue" more conscientious about diversity and social issues. Discusses the struggles Welteroth faced as a Black woman and the barriers she broke in the corporate world to get to where she is.

Sixteen-year-old Gravity Delgado has been breaking records and competitors since she started boxing with a legendary coach at age twelve, and now will reach the Olympics if her home life and romance do not distract her.

A finalist on her favorite reality television show, nationally ranked teen gymnast Fiona Chu must decide what to do after learning that the producers have already chosen the winner.

High school senior Marcus makes a mistake in an important basketball game, but will the mysterious gift of a chance torelive the day make things better or worse?.