Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Social Themes - Adolescence & Coming of Age

They're used to running against each other at school track meets-but eighth grade pals Carlo and Jack are about to take their competition to the next level. After confiding in Jack about Elisabeth, the girl who takes his breath away, Carlo is heartbroken when his so-called friend warms up to the same girl, using his confidence and charm to grab her attention.

Now, sensing the rift between the close buddies, a third friend named Rigo seizes the opportunity to get closer to Carlo. After always feeling like the outsider in the group, Rigo quickly moves in to declare his loyalty while...

This timeless Newbery Honor Book from bestselling author Katherine Paterson about a wisecracking, ornary, completely unforgettable young heroine. Now a feature film starring Kathy Bates, Glenn Close, and Octavia Spencer

Eleven-year-old Gilly has been stuck in more foster families than she can remember, and she's hated them all. She has a reputation for being brash, brilliant, and completely unmanageable, and that's the way she likes it. So when she's sent to live with the Trotters--by far the strangest family yet--she knows it's only a temporary...

A six-year-old boy goes to spend the summer with his grandmother Alida in a small town near the Canadian border. With the men all gone off to fight, the women are left to run the farms. There's plenty for the boy to do--trying to help with the chores, getting to know the dog, and the horses, cows, pigs, and chickens.

But when his cousin Kristina goes into labor, he can't do a thing. Instead, the house fills with women come to help and to wait, and to work on a quilt together. This is no common, everyday quilt, but one that contains all the stories of the boy's family....

Alice McKinley likes her life, but she senses things are changing. She gets a little bored by her best friends Elizabeth's and Pamela's obsession with clothes and makeup. She's just not that interested. And though she is very interested in her boyfriend, Patrick, she's not entirely sure how to keep their relationship going. Alice is struggling to figure out how she feels about things--and then how her feelings fits into what other people think she should be feeling.

Getting older is...