Inspired to keep a diary after reading an ancestor's journal, teen Deanna records her relationship with Michael, who struggles with the pain of seeing his grandfather succumbing to the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease

Awakening from a coma, Chloe Marlowe resolves to become a better person than the one who exploited her best friend, sabotaged her father's new marriage, and harassed her new stepbrother, but not every one will believe her. Original.

When people imagine what life at sixteen is like, they usually think of proms, football games, and first dates. But the truth is, there's a lot more to it than that. Life at sixteen can actually get pretty complicated.JUST ASK COURTNEY... It's the first day of the new school year, and Courtney is sure it will be her best year ever. She's got great friends, cool clothes, and just about everything money can buy. She even made the cheerleading squad But all of Courtney's plans for the perfect year vanish when her father loses his job and her parents reveal that they are flat broke. Instead of buying her cheerleader's uniform, Courtney now must find a job, — any job, — to help her family get by. Courtney knows that money isn't everything. But how can her family survive without it?

Meeting her birth mother for the first time, adopted teen Tessa is shocked to discover that she has an identical twin sister, who, to Tessa's disappointment, is spoiled and moody and who drinks too much.

Lauri and her mom struggled to make ends meet—until Uncle Jack lent them money, and gave Lauri a job baby-sitting his son, Jamey. But Jamey isn't like other kids. He's so anxious and frail. And when Lauri sees bruises, she knows someone's hurting Jamey...and it might be Uncle Jack.