california, southern

Fifteen-year-old Molly gains support from her extended Irish American family and enlightenment in Girl Corps philosophy and activities, as she deals with a cheating boyfriend and overbearing best friend.

Patrick Davis, dealing with the collapse of his Hollywood dreams and an unhappy wife, is made aware by videos that are sent to his house and e-mails that his every move is being documented, and when he receives an offer to make all of his trouble go away, he takes it, but soon finds out that making problems disappear is not as easy as it seems and he has to outwit his unseen opponents if he is going to come out ahead.

Accompanied by her brother's friend, Tyler, sixteen-year-old Rachel ventures through San Diego and nearby areas seeking her brother, eighteen-year-old Micah, a methamphetamine addict who ran away from home.

No one is surprised when Amy Redwing brings a rescued female golden retriever into her home, however, her joy is overshadowed by a series of mysterious incidents and the feeling that she is being watched.

Contains photos and the personal stories of immigrants and refugees who have settled in Southern California since the end of the Vietnam War.

When their parents go home briefly and the gateway suddenly stops working, Jeremy and Amanda Solters, teenage siblings in a family of professional travelers to parallel timelines, are left to fend for themselves in a still-thriving Rome, which gets even more complicated when the Empire comes under attack.

While on a trip to Southern California with her friends and her brother who is scouting out potential colleges, Sierra realizes that she must soon make some decisions about her life.

The poet recreates the life he experienced as a Chicano growing up in California's Central Valley.

Ali Warner stumbles on a plot by a neighboring dimension to invade and destroy the earth and finds out that she has been chosen to intervene and save the human race.