In the wake of being sexually assaulted by her pastor, sixteen-year-old Amina struggles to regain her footing until she finds the strength within herself to confront her abuser in court. "Sixteen-year-old Amina Conteh has always believed in using her words as her weapon--even when it gets her into trouble. After cursing at a classmate, her father forces her to volunteer at their church with Pastor Johnson. But Pastor Johnson isn't the holy man everyone...

The gentle son of a medieval German robber baron, raised in the calm and thoughtful quiet of a monastery, returns to his father's castle and, despite great suffering and blood-feuds, grows to honor and manhood.

In the late 1940s, twelve-year-old Gussie, a minister's daughter, learns the definition of integrity while helping with a celebration at the Alabama School for the Deaf--her punishment for misdeeds against her deaf parents and their boarders.

The vicar's speech impediment leads to holy hysteria in an otherwise quiet country parish.

"The Austins are trying to settle into their new life in New York City, but their once close-knit family is pulling away from each other. Their father spends long hours alone in his study working on the research project that brought the family to the city. John is away at college. Rob is making friends with people in the neighborhood: newspaper vendors, dog walkers, even the local rabbi. Suzy is blossoming into a vivacious young woman. And Vicky has...

The Payne family's decision to adopt a cooing bundle of joy is just what EJ needs to add even more excitement to her life.

When EJ's mom and dad expect her to star in the role of angel in this year's Christmas pageant wearing a full-on angel costume (halo and all!), EJ objects. But Mom and Dad aren't buying any of her excuses. Will EJ become part of the adventure of the real Christmas story-- and discover that her little role in the Christmas pageant in little old Spooner, Wisconsin, really isn't so little after all?