After learning that her seemingly-happy parents are separating, and that a popular senior is interested in her, seventeen-year-old Janey King's priorities shift from track, school, friends, and family to something more.

Sixteen-year-old high school senior Audrey is humiliated when a compromising photograph of her is sent around her school, but she discovers a toughness within her that she never knew she had.

Seventeen-year-old Pattyn, the eldest daughter in a large Mormon family, is sent to her aunt's Nevada ranch for the summer, where she temporarily escapes her alcoholic, abusive father and finds love and acceptance, only to lose everything when she returns home.

Zack Chase is the new boy in town. A quirky, smart, good looking, book-loving, talented hockey player, Zack learns the consequences of making out with too many girls and discovers other ways he wants to score in life. Zack finds out the hard way that people have secrets and burdens, and that some actions have tragic, far-reaching consequences.

Shawna, an 18-year-old living in Oakland, California waits to have sex for the very first time with her longtime boyfriend, Philippe. When protection fails, she becomes pregnant. Philippe wants her to abort the baby but she can't go through with it. Shawna's mother, Vivian carries a dark secret of her own. and surprises everyone with an announcement that shakes the foundations of both families. Shawna finds juggling motherhood and college extremely...

Isabella and Carlos live in St. Louis, Missouri--and are totally in love. They are 18 and finishing their senior year of high school when they decide to have a baby and get married. Carlos joins the military to support his new family. But when tragedy strikes, Isabella is left completely devastated and forced to raise her child alone. A year later, she is reunited with Pete, a boy she knew in high school. For a while, she thinks she's found a second...

Fourteen-year-old Mirabelle's life changes when she befriends Catherine, a confident free-spirited girl who is able to bring Mirabelle out of her shy demeanor, but Mira discovers that there are still things that can destroy her newfound confidence.

Seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper starts sleeping with Wesley Rush, a notorious womanizer who disgusts her, in order to distract her from her personal problems, and to her surprise, the two of them find they have a lot in common and are able to help each other find more productive ways to deal with their difficulties.