Trying desperately to fit in and make friends, Casey and her friend hold a house party when her parents are out of town.

When Cody and his friends accept a challenge from a local gang to steal a park bench, their main concern is keeping themselves on the gang's good side.

Cody learns that the stolen bench had been dedicated to the father of the English teacher who sponsors the school newspaper—the paper that Cody has just started writing for—and he's worried about the consequences. As the gang applies pressure for more from Cody

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Lindy has been working hard cleaning and doing odd jobs around the neighborhood to earn money for a trip to the Arctic. When Mrs. Naulty, an elderly client, mistakenly pays her a huge amount of money, Lindy keeps it to pay the early-bird rate for her trip. It's only when a schoolmate learns what she did and starts blackmailing her that Lindy starts to suffer for her actions.

Kadeem Jones is a star quarterback for Southside High. He is thrilled when college scouts seek him out. His visit to Teller College is amazing, but then NCAA officials accuse Teller's staff of illegally recruiting top talent. Will Kadeem decide to help their investigation, even though it means the end of the good times? What will it do to his chances of playing college football?

Kevin Frasier is in a new high school-his fourth in the last year. He is trying to get along and not cause any waves. When he falls in with Nick and his friends, Frasier ends up going along as the group bullies and threatens their way through the school. When Nick starts tormenting Erin-and she stands up to him-the harassment escalates until Kevin is forced to make a difficult decision and risk everything.

After a snowballing prank causes a car accident, Dylan deals with the guilt of lying about his involvement.

For 7 to 9 year old boys and girls. Stealing or theft is taking something without permission or payment. Help your child realize stealing is not an acceptable thing to do. Max Turner, Ant Turner's younger sister, decides she wants to be more like her older brother and do boy things. She starts by painting her pink girlie bike green, but then thinks what it really needs are go-faster stickers. As she has no money, she steals them from a shop. Billy...

Kindness is a simple action but it can be hard for children. This children's book about kindness promotes compassion, sharing and empathy. This joyful kids book shows how to be kind in different situations: on the playground, at dinner time or on a neighborhood street. This sweet story shows the way kindness helps build friendship and community. This story about kindness is filled with wonderful illustrations and sweet dialogues will help your kids...

A chance encounter tangles the lives of seven high school students, each resisting the allure of one of the seven deadly sins, and each telling their story from their seven distinct points of view.

Izzy comes from a family of excellent burglars. But every time Izzy takes something that doesn't belong to her, she gets a bad feeling in her stomach that won't go away. She tries to tell her parents about the bad feeling, but whenever she mentions it, they tell her she needs to be a good burglar. Izzy finds ways to make the funny feeling in her stomach subside. She and her friend, Frog, start by tidying up as they burgle. They make the beds, dust,...