self-perception

Nancy no-size was too short to touch the top bunk bed and too tall to wear last year's tights. She wasn't tall and she wasn't short, she was no height at all. Nancy, the middle member of the family, learns that in her own way she is special.

Teenage Reese, serving time at a juvenile detention facility, gets a lesson in making it through hard times from an unlikely friend with a harrowing past.

Cassie is convinced her big sister hates her when Hillary cuts off Cassie's hair and then she stops talking to her, but Cassie knows a secret about Hillary's biggest fear.

A young boy describes himself as "loud as a lion," "quiet as a clam," "tough as a rhino," and "gentle as a lamb.".

Recent high school graduate Samantha Rose is shaken from her bookish existence when her uncle arranges for her to move in with him and her spoiled cousin Kate in California to take a summer internship at a Hollywood film development company.

Readers will understand common stressors, the differences between negative and positive coping strategies, and when it's time to ask for professional help.

"A feminist manifesto that denounces the discrimination against and unfairness felt by women from childhood to adulthood . . . [Illustrated] with images of girls with varied body types and personalities, [this book] invites teenagers to question thesexism that surrounds us, in ways that are obvious and hidden, simple and complex"--OCLC.

When boyfriend Elliott breaks up with Jenna Sakai before Christmas break, she just about convinces herself that relationships are for suckers and she is better off without them; but unfortunately she finds herself in competition with Elliott for a journalism scholarship, and worse her first assignment for the newspaper club is to write a personal essay, which is difficult when you are someone who prefers to keep your emotions bottled up--and than there is Rin Watanabe, a boy as stubborn as Jenna herself, and a mystery that Jenna cannot help but investigate.

"Stella could do anything she put her mind to... almost. But when girls in her class tease her and tell her she's not good at doing things she likes, Stella puts away her paper and dance shoes until Grandpa convinces Stella to stop listening to others and listen to her heart. Includes a glossary, as well as questions to self-check comprehension"--Publisher.

When Samantha Kingston suddenly dies while at school, she is given a second chance to live out her final day over the course of a week in order to solve the mystery of her death and understand the real value of everything she might lose.