Chapter 1 First Day I have already slurped the last sugary drops of cereal milk off my spoon by the time ..

The day I turned twelve, I was certain it’d be my favorite birthday yet, but then I got the letter. ..

HERE WE GO AGAIN. We were all standing in line waiting for breakfast when one of the caseworkers came ..

Chapter 1 When we got the letter in the post, my mother was ecstatic. She had already decided that all our problems ..

The picture on the puzzle box shows three gray kittens peeking out of a picnic basket. Kittens. Of course. ..

In its second minute the Hate rose to a frenzy. People were leaping up and down in their places and shouting ..

Psychedelic sixties. God knows that whatever that means it certainly meant far more than drugs, though ..

Chapter 1 Edric knew he should head for home. It would be dark soon, and even though he was as familiar ..

Tink, tink, tink, tink, sang the cone-shaped jingles sewn onto Grandma Wolfe’s dress. Every Grandma ..

My boy Peter gathers me inside his coat. The heavy one with the Yellow Star. He wears layers and layers ..

“Here we are!” he said, parking in front of a shabby block. The salon was in the middle, ..

When Miss Bradley announced they’d be performing the ballet Coppélia for the recital, everyone ..

Chapter 1 Papi had pretty much promised to sop bringing Tía Perla to Saint Scholastica School, but when ..

I ALWAYS THOUGHT the moment you met the great love of your life would be more like the movies. Not exactly ..

Bixby Alexander Tam stared into the refrigerator, trying to decide what to eat. He knew that the longer ..

For the rest of the school year, the teachers treated me differently and gave me better grades even though ..

My grandmother is so old, no one knows how old she is. Not me, not my big sister Dawb, not our cousin ..

BEFORE ALEX I’D NEVER BEEN in a relationship, never worried about looking faggy, even though when ..

My name is Mindy Kim. I am nine years old, and today I’m going to Korea for the first time ever! ..

“No one will ever know the person I am inside. The true me. The girl, the woman. All they see is this… ..

Chapter 4 AT FIRST THE word “divorce” scared me. It was like our family had come down with ..

It looked like the whole night was off, and I didn’t know what was worse that I wasn’t having ..