Austen, Catherine

Free-spirited graffiti artist Maxwell Connors and his friend Dallas are horrified as they watch their classmates become model citizens under New Middletown's obedience policies, and wonder what lays beyond the walled city where their creativity might be appreciated.

Dave Davidson comes up with twenty-eight tips and tricks for himself and his friends for surviving the sixth grade and overcome their fears--tricks which when executed often are worse than their fears to begin with.

A young boy compares his cat Isis to the Egyptian goddess of the same name.

Twelve-year-old Josh, his four-and-a-half-year-old brother Sammy, and his Dad struggle to find their own way to grieve his mothers death after she dies suddenly in an automobile accident but find that sharing memories and being close as a family is what works best.

In the not-too-distant future, Max tries to maintain his identity in a world where the only way to survive is to conform and obey.