"In Ontario, Pen is a sixteen-year-old girl who looks like a boy. She's fine with it, but everyone else is uncomfortable--especially her Portuguese immigrant parents and her manipulative neighbor who doesn't want her to find a group of real friends"--

Shy, sensitive, and a bit self-conscious, Anna Trent is the oldest daughter of a family of seven. When a young pastor asks Anna to marry him, she agrees despite her feelings of not meeting all the criteria for a minister's wife and feeling guilty about leaving her mother with all the work. Anna must discover that in the sight of the Lord, she truly is "a woman of worth."

Jason, a recent immigrant from China, makes some bad decisions as he comes to terms with small-town racism while trying to fit in.

Sixteen-year-old Haley must deal with unwanted advances from her mother's new boyfriend.

Two teenagers who are living on the streets and barely getting by become involved in a complicated criminal plot, and make an unexpected connection with each other.

At his new high school, Kevin must choose between cooperating with a powerful bully and doing the right thing.

Chris has a hard home life, does not do well in school, and cannot get the girl he wants, so when he finds a wallet on the sidewalk that appears to belong to someone with a better life, he is tempted to steal its owner's identity.

The picture Derek sends to his new internet boyfriend is taken before gained that 80 pounds after his mother left . He is not sure if Ethan will recognize him if he saw him, he barely recognizes himself.

For most of her life, Julie felt powerless whenever Dana entered her space, whether it was inside or outside school. Dana thrived on making Julie feel less than human by subjecting her to vicious verbal comments that went beyond the normal high school taunts. Then it all changed when Julie sneaked into her brother's backpack and downloads photos of a sleazy party where Dana exposed more than personality. Now Julie as to decide how far she'll go to...