Product Description: Lon Chaney Rodriguez is a typical thirteen-year-old boy. He loves horror movies. His bedroom is a mess. He doesn't like to read boring books. And he likes to skip church and hang out at Catfish Creek during services.But his life changes completely when his mother is shot and killed at the apartment complex where she worked as a security guard...read more

Product Description: Sixteen-year-old Jesse Baron feels like he's living his life on the sidelines. He's on the varsity football team, but only because it's what his dad wants him to do. And the girl he used to go out with is dating the popular quarterback...read more

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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. While planning a wedding as part of an assignment for her eighth-grade health class, Alice thinks about her father's and older brother's love lives and learns that you cannot prepare for all of life's decisions.

Seventh-grader Jesse Baron not only misses his father, a popular professonal wrestler who is often on the road, he faces simple family outings that turn into fan-frenzy events, teachers who contrive excuses for parent-teacher conferences, and friendshipsthat are all suspect.Seventh-grader Jesse Baron not only misses his father, a professonal wrestler, he faces family outings that turn into fan-frenzy events, teachers who contrive excuses for parent-teacher conferences, and suspicious friendships.