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South American journalist Paul Faustino begins his interview with World Cup Soccer star El Gato and learns a fantastic story of a young, lonely boy growing up in the middle of a rain forest who wandered upon a mysterious soccer field and an apparition that appeared to him daily.

The first time his father disappeared, Tucker Feye had just turned thirteen. The Reverend Feye simply climbed on the roof to fix a shingle, let out a scream, and vanished, only to walk up the driveway an hour later, looking older and worn, with a strange girl named Lahlia in tow. In the months that followed, Tucker watched his father grow distant and his once loving mother slide into madness. But then both of his parents disappear.

"Juana loves many things ??? drawing, eating Brussels sprouts, living in Bogot??, Colombia, and especially her dog, Lucas, the best amigo ever. She does not love wearing her itchy school uniform, solving math problems, or going to dance class. And she especially does not love learning the English. Why is it so important to learn a language that makes so little sense? But when Juana???s abuelos tell her about a special trip they are planning???one that Juana will need to speak English to go on???Juana begins to wonder whether learning the English might be a good use of her time after all"--Amazon.com.

On prom night, Bliss, Jolene, and Meg, students from the same high school who barely know one another, band together to get revenge against Bliss's boyfriend and her best friend, whom she caught together in the limousine they rented.

Everything changes for thirteen-year-old Travis, a new student who is trying to hide his illiteracy, when he meets a sassy classmate with her own secrets and a remarkable teacher.

While visiting her hippie godmother in rural Canada, New Jersey girl Jenna gets a rude awakening about her ideas of Green Teen activism, vegetarianism, and the wilderness after an encounter with a moose, a Goth, and a hostile boy named Reeve. She gets help from a survival guide but that doesn't help her navigate her heart.

In an interview with a young journalist, World Cup hero, El Gato, describes his youth in the Brazilian rain forest and the events, experiences, and people that helped make him a great goalkeeper and renowned soccer star.

Nineteen-year-old Gage decides he can no longer live with a bossy guardian, and runs off with his little sister Ari. The two struggle to find a place to live and to get Ari into the middle school for gifted students they promised their mother she'd get into.

Profiles thirteen women who challenged social norms and government policies to prove they could be exceptional astronauts.

Tells the story of America's first black paratroopers during World War II.