While doing a life cycle project at school, eighth grader Wendy experiences first hand some of the good and bad aspects of family life when her older brother, his wife, and baby and her grandparents move in with Wendy and her parents. SOMETIMES G...
Desperately unhappy and angry because her parents are constantly involved with their jobs, leaving her alone in their New York apartment with her grandmother, fourteen-year-old Jaimie longs for the opportunity to tell everyone how she really feels....
For Karen, being thirteen isn’t easy. It means fights with her bratty sister and having to ask a boy to the Sadie Hawkins Winter Switch Dance. Worst of all, she is convinced her mother doesn’t know what she’s going through. Then, Karen reads th...
When thirteen-year-old Carly finds herself in the hospital with a fractured spine and discovers she will have to wear a brace to walk again, her condition helps her put her other problems in a different perspective...
Your 3-year-old's creativity and imagination are blossoming.
Tips for reading and sharing:When Katie's mom has twins, Katie helps a lot, and her parents tell her she's a good big sister. But whenever she looks in the mirror, Katie doesn't feel any bigger. Then one day they all go to buy the babies their first shoes, and it seems Katie cou...