Gifaldi, David

A collection of nine stories by the author about young people struggling with personal issues.

High school senior, Rick Haggstrom, comes to believe that his deceased parents have been reincarnated as his two best friends.

Twelve-year-old Dylan can't bring himself to forgive his father who is serving time in an Oregon prison for illegally cutting timber.

When a greedy king kidnaps Felix, a boy who can only speak in colors, and tries to exploit that gift, the king encompasses his own doom.

Priding himself on not doing homework and on never losing a fight, Toby starts sixth grade planning to rule the school but sixth grade has some definite surprises in store for him.

Chad experiences a range of emotions when he goes camping with his parents and his five-year-old mentally disabled brother Ben who has many developmental problems.

With parents that fight all the time, ten-year-old Jake finds comfort and escape in the stories he creates for himself and his little sister.