Anne E Schraff

When Darcy Wills starts hanging out with "the zeros, " a group of students at Bluford High, Brisana Meeks, Darcy's grade school friend, quickly becomes her rival and not only taunts Darcy daily but tries to steal her boyfriend.

High-school student Roylin Bailey tries to impress the new girl in history class, but when one of his friends disappears, he becomes caught in a web of lies and threats.

This story is about Cindy Gibson, a Bluford freshman who first appears in Lost And Found. Cindy struggles with a stormy relationship with her mother, ongoing trouble at school, a dangerous boyfriend, and worse. Will her fragile family survive?

While looking through a 40-year-old high school yearbook, Jaris Hart finds a picture of a boy who looks just like him. He discovers that a deep dark secret surrounds the boy. Will Jaris find out what really happened to the boy in the picture?

Oscar thinks his English teacher, Mr. Meeker, has a problem with him. Oscar talks to his teacher, but it does no good. Then Mr. Meeker is violently attacked in the school parking lot. Who attacked him, and why does everyone believe it was Oscar?

Lilia watches out her window as her neighbor, Mr. Spann, puts a large canvas bag in the trunk of his car. The Spanns fight all the time and have a terribly unhappy marriage. Lilia has a disturbing thought while watching Mr. Spann. What if he killed Mrs. Spann and is now taking her body to bury it somewhere?

A shooting occurs in her neighborhood, and Kiana believes telling the truth will help a friend who is involved. But will Kiana's truthfulness bring her harm?