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Conceived to provide a bone marrow match for her leukemia-stricken sister, teenage Kate begins to question her moral obligations in light of countless medical procedures and decides to fight for the right to make decisions about her own body. "Anna Fitzgerald no está enferma, aunque pudiera parecerlo. Con apenas trece años de edad ha soportado innumerables operaciones, inyecciones y transfusiones para que su hermana mayor Kate pueda de alguna manera...

Faced with the difficulties of growing up and choosing a religion, a twelve-year-old girl talks over her problems with her own private God.

After the death of her aunt, Emily finds that her life has been a lie and she has to search for the truth about where she came from and who she is.

Una niña en la América profunda escapa de un padra maltratador. Un chico en Nigeria filma a una mujer que está siendo atacada en un supermercado. La hija de un criminal del este de Londres ve cómo su madre es asesinada. Una senadora en Nueva Inglaterra se esfuerza por proteger a su hija. Cuatro personajes que sufren las tensiones construidas a través de siglos de desequilibrio y amenaza estn dispuestos a llegar lejos en su determinación por...

Caz thinks she has a pretty good reason when she punches her boyfriend in the face, but she gets expelled anyway. Moving to a new school, she is told she is dyslexic and sent to special education classes. Caz tries to fit in and get by while suffering the taunts and abuse that others throw at the students in her class. Her friendship with Amanda leads her into new territory-- shop-lifting and skipping school. Coupled with her parents' impending separation,...

En ocasiones, conocer la verdad resulta más doloroso que creer las mentiras...Eso es lo que la joven Sky descubre cuando su camino se cruza con el de Dean Holder, un chico conflictivo que tiene la irritante habilidad de despertarle emociones que ni siquiera comprende. Es capaz de aterrorizarla, y al mismo tiempo cautivarla, con una simple mirada o un roce apenas perceptible. Sky comienza a darse cuenta de que Dean atesora una importante pieza de...

When sixteen-year-old Teresita, the illegitimate daughter of a late-nineteenth-century rancher, arises from death possessing the power to heal, she is declared a saint and finds her faith tested by the impending Mexican civil war. Es 1889, y la guerra civil está elaborando cerveza en México. Una muchacha de 16 años, hija ilegítima pero querida de Teresita, del ranchero rico y de gran alcance pone a Tomas Urrea, estelas del sueño más extraño--un...

One morning, Celeste, an apathetic and asocial teenager, wakes up feeling different, however, she ignores the fact, but after a series of paranormal events, she decides to undertake the search for her origin. Celeste will go from being an invisible and insecure girl, almost fatally destined to hate and isolate herself, to discover her amazing powers of taking and giving life back, which will lead her on the path to her lineage. In the end, she will...

Callie adora el teatro. Podria presentarse a la audicin̤ del musical La luna sobre Misisipi en su escuela intermedia, pero la verdad es que no canta bien. Por eso, en lugar de actuar, he elegido ser la esceng̤rafa del group de teatro, y este aǫ se ha comprometido a hacer una escenografa̕ digna de Broadway con el poco dinero que le da la escuela. Pero para hacerla tendr q̀ue aprender carpintera̕, ayudar a vender los boletos que nadie quere comprar...

Nikki's diary is up to the month of April, and springtime is sure to bring more wacky adventures with Nikki and her friends Chloe, Zoey, and Brandon.