self-perception

Prim and proper third grader Juliet sets out to serve as a good example for the untidy, enthusiastic Lydia Jane, but Lydia Jane starts to rub off on her instead.

Eleven-year-old Bessica's plans to begin North Teton Middle School as a new person begin to fall apart even before school begins.

When Drea and her mother move in with her grandmother in Bellingham, Washington, the sixteen-year-old finds that she can have real friends, in spite of her Asperger's, and that even when you love someone it does not make life perfect.

Features a number of true stories of teens who suffer from the emotional and physical pain associated with body image; and discusses eating disorders, cosmetic surgury, and their obsession with attaining the perfect body.

Tia likes to flirt, but she isn't looking for a serious relationship. Will is the same way--at least, that's what Tia thinks. But Will wants a real girlfriend, so despite their chemistry, he starts dating someone else. Then Tia and Will are elected their yearbook's Biggest Flirts, and things get really complicated.

"When seventeen-year-old Cassandra Randall can't think of anything interesting about herself for an English assignment--to write a poem that celebrates herself--she starts an advice blog that has unintended consequences"--Provided by publisher.

Naruto, a trickster with a powerful secret, wants to be the world's greatest ninja, but he is having trouble keeping his pranks under control.

Badly in need of self-confidence and a change of image, high school nerd Jeremy Heere swallows a pill-sized super computer that is supposed to help him get whatever he wants.

Presents different strategies to promote zest, or liveliness, and discusses the positive outcomes that are possible.

Living in a neighborhood of drug dealers and gangs in New Mexico, high school junior Eddie Corazon, a juvenile delinquent-in-training, falls in love with a girl who inspires him to rethink his life and his choices.