His parents don't seem to understand what is going on in his life at all. He's not doing well at school. And a juvenile court judge has just ordered him to write a 2000-word essay on how he's going to turn his life around.
Now his mother has...
Harper Winslow has a problem. A mystery author is contributing popular pieces to the school newspaper. Harper thinks this is great, until someone puts a bounty on the head of the columnist. It's now up to Harper to ensure things don't get out of hand...
Harper Winslow is in love. Sunny Taylor is tall and thin, with "the smoothest and whitest skin" Harper has ever seen. Her eyes are deep and dark; her voice is a little high and sweet. She enjoys drawing and taking long, brisk walks. Sunny and Harper ...
When fifteen-year-old Lefty Carmichael finds out he has epilepsy, his world is pretty much turned upside down. The idea of having a seizure at a totally unexpected moment is pretty scary at first, but Lefty comes to believe that he can handle it. Wha...
Charlie, Jeffrey and Sidney are all in the seventh grade and all are spending too much time in the principal's office. Charlie talks nonstop, Jeffrey is too frightened to talk at all and Sidney would much rather let his fists hold up his end of the c...
Meanwhile, Sidney has fallen for Joey even though Joey's mother wants him to buzz off. Sidney ignores that request, and even wins Joey's mother over, but his own mom suggests that he back off a bit, and then tells him why -- "she's too rough for you....
Harper Winslow has a job--a real job at the town's weekly newspaper. A newspaper job is a dream come true for Harper, who, since his days at The Tuesday Cafe, has worked hard at becoming a writer. But could anything he has done in the past prepare hi...
Sidneyís mother, Tizzy, wants him to get his act together before he turns thirteen in two weeks. He decides to show her he has not been wasting his life. Charlie wants to show people that thereís more to him than just his big mouth and that he can ...
Rufus and his sister Alexa hate each other at the best of times. When Rufus's friend Phil manages to hypnotize Alexa, Rufus is ready to enjoy the power. They begin by ordering Alexa to be kind to her parents and Phil. The plan backfires when Alex...
When a new client presents herself at their backyard detective agency, Baron and his best friend, Myles, are suddenly at odds.Baron dreams of being like his favorite hard-boiled detectives: tough, sexy and in control. In reality, he's anything but, a...