Vela?quez, Gloria

"A senior now at Roosevelt High School, Tommy learns that a new student is beaten badly amid rumors that he is gay, so Tommy helps form a Gay Straight Alliance Club to raise awareness and seek equality for gay students"--Provided by publisher.

Rudy, a senior at Roosevelt High School, is unhappy with the changes that have occurred in his household since his grandmother, a woman suffering from Alzheimer's, moves in, forcing him to give up his bedroom, and he struggles with the guilt he feels over wishing things would return to normal.

Johnny, the eldest daughter of Mexican farm workers, is expelled from high school, but with the help of a Latina psychologist and a civil rights attorney, she fights the discriminatory treatment and returns determined to finish school.