fathers

Resentful of having to go and live with their estranged father after the death of their mother, fifteen-year-old twins, Rich and Jade, soon find they have more complicated problems when their father is kidnapped and their attempts to rescue him involve them in a dangerous international plot to control the world's oil.

Having moved temporarily from Michigan to live with her grandmother in Mexico, thirteen-year-old Hayley tries to sort out her feelings about her parents' separation while also helping some townsmen who have run into trouble while working in the United States.

Unable to cope with her father's alcoholism, thirteen-year-old Sam corresponds with an older student, sharing her family problems and asking for advice.

After fifteen-year-old Ginger runs into a photographer in the park, Ginger begins to think the man--who has taken a mysteriously keen interest in her younger stepsister--is her biological father, who walked out on Ginger when she was three.

Fourteen-year-old Jill forces her family out of denial when her father pleads guilty to a criminal act that isolates them from their friends and neighbors.

In a futuristic world where humans and robots are at war, a boy goes on a search to find his missing military father.

Cam has been taking care of his family since his father's death, but when the man who killed his father seems to be stalking the family, Cam fears he is unable to handle the task and is unsure where to turn for help.

While searching for the father who left her and her mother ten years ago, thirteen-year-old Samantha begins to believe that the twin sister who supposedly died when they were three years old is still alive.

With her father gone and her family dealing with financial problems, El transfers to a new school, where she falls for one of the popular boys and then must decide whether to remain true to herself or become like the girls she scorns.

When Deet's father is jailed for using drugs, Deet learns that prison is not what he expected, nor are other people necessarily the way he thought they were.