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"Heartbeat" Sharon Creech

“Annie loves to run and listen to her heartbeat! Follow Annie as she grow's through changes she cannot control...”

"Hana's Suitcase" Karen Levine

“A suitcase marked "Hana Brady" arrives at a Children's Holocaust center in Tokyo, Japan. Piece together Hana's life during the invasion of the Nazi's.”

"Things Not Seen" Andrew Clements

“Have you ever felt invisible or wanted to be? "It's a Tuesday morning in February, and I get up as usual, and I stumble into the bathroom to take a shower in the dark. It's after the shower. That's when it happens...”

"Skellig" David Almond

“You find a homeless guy in your broken-down garage. Do you tell anyone? ”

"Make Me Over" Marilyn Singer

Short stories of makeovers of all kinds. Imagine a beautiful blind girl and a real ugly guy. They ugly guy thinks he has a chance with the beautiful blind girl. What's he thinking? Or, would you like a mom for a sister? Read these stories to find out what personal makeovers reveal about these teens.

"House of Stairs" William Sleater

"The whirring around them have been going on for quite a long time."

"It sounded as though they were in an elevator, but the movement was so smooth that he could not tell whether they were being carried up or down or even to the side."