social isolation

When her drug-addict mother can no longer care for her, twelve-year-old Molly comes to stay with her great-aunt and slowly begins to realize that others in the small town also feel as if they don't belong.

Describes how it feels to be excluded, why this might happen, and how to handle such situations.

Merricat Blackwood protects her sister, Constance, from the curiosity and hostility of the villagers after murders occur on the family estate.

When her drug-addict mother can no longer care for her, twelve-year-old Molly comes to stay with her great-aunt and slowly begins to realize that others in the small town also feel as if they don't belong.

Forced to leave Los Angeles for life in a quiet California wine town with a father she has never known, rebellious sixteen-year-old Poe Holly rails against a high school system that allows elite students special privileges and tolerates bullying of those who are different.

Kate Brown feels her life is spiraling out of control as she deals with her father's new job, her best friend's betrayal, and her own mixed feelings about Will, and decides the best thing to do is isolate herself, but she soon learns that good things can happen if she only lets them.

Explains why people are sometimes left out and how that makes them feel, examines some of the reasons why people are left out of groups, and offers advice on how to take steps to be included.

Sebastian Prendergast, having left the safety of the geodesic dome in which he lived after his grandmother had a stroke, meets sixteen-year-old Jared Whitcomb, and together the boys experience the angst of being teenagers while forming a punk rock band, but when Jared's grandma asks him to return to her home, he is faced with choosing between her dying wish and his newfound life.