When his best friend Teddy dies of an overdose on the last day of 1987, Jude Keffy-Horn finds his relationship with drugs and his parents devolving into the extreme when he gets caught up in an underground youth culture known as straight edge.

Illustrations and text celebrate the special moments--both big and small--that a caregiver and child share.

"A new novel that gives voice to the diverse residents of a Palestinian American community in Baltimore--from young activists in conflict with their traditional parents to the poor who clean for the rich--shows lives which intersect across divides of class, generation and religion"--

"While Big Bear and Little Bear are sleeping, a wild storm rages. They wake to find that the wind has knocked down the trees, they'll have to move. Big Bear helps Little Bear understand that home is who you're with"-Provided by the publisher.

Follows the story of an exceptional little girl whose lazy parents dismiss her as a nuisance and who discovers in the wake of a cruel headmistress's bullying that she has a remarkable power with which to avenge herself.

In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.

Describes the many different reasons and situations in which parents love their children.

"When an overnight class trip to Philadelphia gets off to a bad start, with one disaster after another, Nat must turn things around or lose the independence her parents' finally gave her"--