Toby Jenkins' friendship with an unusual new boy who claims to be Jesus makes life at boarding school somewhat more tolerable, even when conflict arises between the students and the boys from town.
When several students at Baker High School are stricken by an alleged curse of the school's ghost, Elijah and Elisha Springfield and their parents, undercover investigators, are sent to uncover the truth behind the events.
In 1837-38, residents of Millbrook, Massachusetts, speak in their different voices of major issues of their day, including women's rights, slavery, religious differences, and one fiery girl named Faith.
Seventeen-year-old Dylan, having become an outcast after a sexually explicit texting incident with a popular senior, comes across the blogs of homeschooled fundamentalist Christian girls and decides to befriend the group's leader Abigail under a false identity, and, as she becomes closer to Abigail and her brother, she must decide if she should continue to live the lie or tell the truth.
After her mother dies in a rescue mission on a snowy mountain, twelve-year-old Roz wonders if talking to God, and to the boy for whom her mother died, can help her understand what happened.
"Sixteen-year-old Carmen Castillo wonders what it would be like to have a pair of ruby slippers. But then reality sets in and Carmen concludes that ruby slippers are mere fiction. Constant prayers that her parents will patch things up remain unanswered ... and her hurtful world becomes too much for her to bear. Trapped by resentment and anger, Carmen lashes out the only way she knows how and soon finds herself at a crossroads. Will Carmen find the path to ultimate peace and contentment that her heart longs for? Or will her troubled soul remain forever embittered?"--.
After she discovers what her grandfather had been collecting in jars--which appeared to be empty--Scoop understands that although he had Alzheimer's, he remembered the past.
