In order to ensure her popularity, Camilla Cream always does what is expected, until the day arrives when she no longer recognizes herself.

""Lucy is teased by a boy at school because she is different. She has the courage to be true to herself and to make the right choice when that same boy needs her help.""--T.p. verso.

There are no shortcuts to surviving your first day at a new school--you can't fix it with duct tape like you would your Chuck Taylors. On Day One, twelve-year-old Malú (María Luisa, if you want to annoy her) inadvertently upsets Posada Middle School's queen bee, violates the school's dress code with her punk rock look, and disappoints her college-professor mom in the process. Her dad, who now lives a thousand miles away, says things will get better...

"Tyler the tigon has a tiger for a dad and a lion for a mom, so where does he fit in? A delightful story in rhyming verse about learning to love the skin you're in."

While preparing for a visit to her grandmother, a young girl notices that, like the flowers in Grammie's garden, people who are different from one another also share similarities and it's okay to like them all the same.

Thirteen-year-old Meg envys her sister's beauty and popularity. Her feelings don't make it any easier for her to cope with Molly's strange illness and eventual death.

A sixth grader stumbles upon a secret that threatens to turn schoolchildren everywhere into mindless automatons.

Freddie Ramos tries to use his superpowers to help improve his math grade, and to find the new first-grader, Amy, who has disappeared after being bullied.

A punctuation mark feels bad that he doesn't fit in with the others until a friend reveals the possibilities that exist when differences are accepted.

Henrietta, whose favorite color is red, describes some of her life with her baby brother Albert, her dog Madge, her best friend Olive.