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If you could change who you are, would you' Should you' Fifteen-year-old Jamie Bates has a simple strategy for surviving high school: fit in, keep a low profile, and above all, protect his biggest

Sometimes at night, I wake up and stare at the heart for hours. I think of how I collected each piece from the beach, how I glued it all together into one big sculpture.

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With high school mercifully drawing to a close, Emma's only question is, "What next' And can it please be completely unlike what happened before'" Then one lucky little lot

Carter didn't rape me. People at school think he did. Suddenly, new friends are rushing to my side, telling me that Carter hurt them, too. They say he's getting what he deserves.

I take the bees outside, unscrew the lid of the bee jar, and listen to their angry buzzing. "I hate you," I whisper. Lily's mother has slowly been losing herself to multiple sclerosis.

There was a time when I prayed for Rachel to be real-it ended the night she tried to kill me. When Dani was eight, she fell from a building.

HOW TO CURE THE BROKENHEARTED, STOLEN BASS BLUES Toby and Zack's first gig could make or break their Beatles cover band, the Nowhere Men.

It's Hell on heels-again!

For Henry Franks, Death is Everywhere. It claimed his mother a year ago, in an accident that robbed him of his memory and left him covered with horrific scars.

For Cassandra Randall, there's a price to pay for being a secret atheist in a family of fundamentalists-she has nothing good to write on an online personality quiz; her best friend is drifting

Half native. Half white. One hundred percent nothing. My mom doesn't want me. My dad just got out of jail. They want me to go live with him on the reservation, in the Everglades.

Marvin Maywood only wants one thing in life-to join the heroes of the Core. But he can't follow his dream because his powers are fed by fear, which is against the Core's standards.

Best friends Jane and Holly have jumped into the river off Swallow's Nest Bluff hundreds of times. But one day, Holly's jump goes wrong.

Olivia Reynolds and her twin brother Liam have been best friends their whole lives. But ever since he started dating, Liam has barely had time for Olivia, making her feel powerless and alone.