Product Description: Katharine has a decision to make--a hairy scary decision! When Penelope Parks cuts her hair for charity, Katharine's classmates donate their hair, too. But Katharine isn't so sure she wants barely-there hair. Does that mean she's not a caring kid? Penelope says it's the only way to show you shine and sparkle on the inside ...read more

When Mallory cannot decide what to be on Career Day, it makes her feel like she is not good at anything and she ends up telling a lie that quickly gets out of control.

Fifteen-year-old Paul enters an exclusive private school and falls under the spell of a charismatic boy who may be using him.

When the assistant principal comes down hard on a cheater in school and causes everyone to rebel just to prove they can do it, Karl Petrofsky puts his good reputation and great grades on the line to participate in the revolt.

With his shaved head and begging bowl the new kid is an automatic target for the bully boys of Edward Rucher High—an easy mark for their casual cruelty.Watching this, Justin would gladly stay as far from the newcomer as possible—until their economics teacher pairs them for a project and he finds himself becoming fascinated by the kid the others mock as “Buddha Boy.” The thing is, friendship with an outcast always carries a price, and soon Justin must decide if he can stay silent in the face of what he knows.A scorching portrait of contemporary high school life, featuring a character listeners will never forget.

'Lenny wanted others to like him, so he tried to please everyone. He would follow his friends no matter what, even if they did something Lenny knew was wrong. He just couldn't say 'no' to them. That is, until Daniel was thrown into the lions' den and God chose Lenny to take the lead'--Cover, p. [4].