by Bruce Coville and Elizabeth Levy (2013)
"Now that Amber's mom and Max are married, the family is moving to a new house, and Amber is worried about more than just packing. How can she leave the only home she's ever known?"--
Melissa Kantor
Setting high ambitions for an Ivy League education and successful life, Juliet begins questioning her strict family rules in the face of her father's abandonment, her mother's instability, and her growing feelings for a boy.
Viola Canales
Sofia grows up in the close-knit community of the barrio in McAllen, Texas, then finds that her experiences as a scholarship student at an Episcopal boarding school in Austin only strengthen her ties to family and her "comadres."
Jeanette Ingold
Tess, a violin prodigy who has been playing since age three, throws away all her training and talent to start a new life with her father in Montana, where she realizes having a normal life isn't always so normal.
Sylvia McNicoll
What would you do if you only had one week to live? When a skateboarding accident claims 14-year-old Jade's life, she negotiates a one week do-over in heaven. Will she attempt to improve the world or simply live life full out? Or will she try to cheat fate instead?