Crisis
6 total works
To keep the family off welfare after his father's death, Tim decides to quit high school and get a job.
Dealing with his twin brother's death is almost impossible for John until he meets a young pickpocket at the zoo.
Hospitalized for a mysterious cause, sixteen-year-old Cheryl discovers that she has leukemia and tries to come to terms with the implications of her illness.
When her father seems unable to stop drinking, Ellen decides to attend an Alateen meeting to help her cope with his alcoholism and her reactions to it.
When Ann's mismated parents finally decide to get a divorce, she must choose to live either with her serious, orderly father or with her fun-loving mother.
A young girl tries everything she can think of to reach the withdrawn five-year-old Vietnamese orphan her family has adopted.