The violence and terror of ethnic cleansing against Muslims forces high schooler Irena Zaric and her family to flee Sarajevo in search of safety across the river, and she comes into even closer contact with war when a former assistant principal employs her as a sniper.

Sixteen-year-old Dime has difficulty adjusting to her parents' rules.

Sixteen-year-old Jessica Darling is devastated when her best friend moves away and leaves Jessica to face the trials of high school on her own.

Devon Davenport is a straight-A student and prominent player on her school's soccer team, but when she is linked to an abandoned baby found in the trash she is accused of attempted murder.

After a high school girl goes missing, her family and their town struggle to live with the unknown and the aftermath of loss.

Sixteen-year-old Anna Wheeler is sent to a disciplinary camp for girls on a remote island and finds herself fighting her cruel peers for survival when a hike into the forest ends badly.

After attempting suicide, Kelly Paddik is sent to a "secure facility," and as she tries to find a way out, she has to come to terms with her memories of abuse.

Abby Hayes is upset about moving and leaving behind her purple room and all of her friends, until she sees the new swimming pool.

A fifteen-year-old Ohio girl, longing for adventure, gets her wish when she moves to Panama with her father who has been hired to work on the Panama Canal, and meets Federico, an aristocrat toiling as a digger.

Josie, Nicolette, and Aviva all fall for the same sexy high school senior, and while they each make different choices, they're all changed by their experiences of love and sex.