conduct of life

Twelve-year-old Chinese American girl Paris Pan, who wants to fit in with the seemingly friendly girls at her new school, takes a dare to spend the night in a scary woods that is reputedly haunted by the ghost of a girl who died there years earlier.

Despite observing his father's illness and the suffering of the fire-eating Mr. McNulty, as well as enduring abuse at school and the stress of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Bobby Burns and his family and friends, living in England in 1962, still find reasons to rejoice in their lives and to have hope for the future.

A collection of poems about issues facing young adults, from new experiences to making choices.

Living near the water on Maryland's Eastern Shore, thirteen-year-old Brady and his best friends J.T. and Digger become entangled in a tragedy which tests their friendship and their ideas about right and wrong.

Math-loving eighth-grader Tess learns that sometimes life, like algebra, has no solutions and that she must take risks and find her own answers.

A collection of eight short stories recounting the experiences of Arab teens living in Iraq, Tunisia, Egypt, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Palestinian refugee camps.

Considered "slow" by his father, Lonzo tries his best to help his family in Culpeper, Virginia, during the Civil War and, in the process, comes to some decisions about how to live his life.

In alternating chapters, seventeen-year-old Johnny Least-Weasel, who is better known for brains than brawn, worries about his missing grandfather, and the grandfather, Albert Least-Weasel, struggles to survive, caught in his own steel trap in the Alaskan winter.

Presents a collection of quotations on a range of topics from philosophers, religious leaders, and scientists, including Socrates, Krishnamurti, Jesus, Buddha, Mother Teresa, Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, and others, intended to help teens develop their own personal philosophies.

Presents an illustrated collection of stories, poems, songs, and quotes from around the world to inspire children that they can make a difference.