When her best friend moves away, sixteen-year-old Jessica is devastated and finds it difficult to deal with the girls at school, her obsessive parents, and her lack of a love life.

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 rebel Tally Youngblood brings down the uglies/pretties/specials regime, fame, instead of beauty, becomes the new world order, and fifteen-year-old Aya Fuse embarks on a dangerous plan to boost her popularity ranking.

When she is turned into a super-modelesque super-fighting machine, Tally, a former ugly, is ordered to keep the uglies down and the pretties stupid in a carefully engineered world of perfection where she refuses to play by the rules.

Betsy Miller's family is moving from Boston to Cincinnati, and that means a long river journey, 19th century style.

The owner of a toy and teddy bear shop where Bess is working during the Christmas rush is robbed of his prized collection of antique bears.

When she is abandoned by her alcoholic mother, high school senior Ruby winds up living with Cora, the sister she has not seen for ten years, and learns about Cora's new life, what makes a family, how to allow people to help her when she needs it, and that she too has something to offer others.

Julia and Alison are back and ready to exact revenge . . . and they know exactly who to start with. "The truth is out about whether or not Julia and Alison really cheated on the exam. Now they're back, and this time, they're not just in it to win it--they're out for revenge. A dish definitely best served cold"--P. [4] of cover.

"If the girls have learned anything, it's that only the strong survive at Canterwood Crest Academy. Just ask Jasmine-- Oh, whoops. You can't -- she's back at Wellington Prep. Well, then, ask Heather Fox. After all, she's the lone Queen Bee left standing. But Sasha Silver has more than proved that she's worthy competitiion in--and out of-- the arena. Is there a new queen in the making?"--p. [4] of cover.

In this continuation of the Cinderella story, fifteen-year-old Ella finds that accepting Prince Charming's proposal ensnares her in a suffocating tangle of palace rules and royal etiquette, so she plots to escape.