Introduction

I

OUR TEACHERS COME IN MANY FORMS

Muddy Kisses Brianna Mahin-Ayers

Quitting Time Bridget Lopez

Hoof-in-Mouth Disease Kimberly Birkland

The Summer of the Blue Bomber Kathleen M. Muldoon

Soul Revival Leigh Senter

Having Ourselves a Gentle Day Ellen Durr

Bully for Who? Sheila S. Hudson

Butterfly Charisma Nicole Dominique Burgan

II

GIVING MORE THAN YOU TAKE

Soccer Saturday Caroline Milleson

The Breakfast Club Jill Fancher

Kay's Tips for Teens Kay Allenbaugh

For the Love of Bunnies Cindy Potter

Missing the Dance Michele Wallace Campanelli

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back Ruth Rocker

Sleeping Beauty Margie Boul&#;

Seasoned with Age Lorelei Pepe

III

IF THE SHOE FITS

My Mother the Hellion Alicia Wilde Harding

To Save a Life Michele Wallace Campanelli

Poetic Justice Talia Carner

Back-Seat Traveler Kathleen Sturgeon

Jolly Green Giant Margaret C. Price

Hot Chocolate and Revenge Lisa Robertson

The Big Secret Linda L.S. Knouse

Starving Michelle Dunn

The Best Kind of Freedom Carolyn Berg

IV

DOING MY OWN DANCE

The Dance of Love Kirsten Snyder

Windows of Opportunity Katie Snyder

Till There Was Blue Alicia Billington

Waiting for Dustin Hoffman Felice R. Prager

No One's Perfect Suzanne Bertrand

Spring Harvest Alexandra Lewis

The Proof Is in the Pudding Nettie R. Lucio

Brick by Brick Sarah Horst

My Front Man Kim Champion

V

PATHWAYS

Sammy Mary Zelinka

The New Girl in School Renie Szilak Burghardt

Choreographing a Life Paola Juvenal

Notes from Home Ursula Bacon

The Final Sprint Alaina Smith

Blending It Up Kelsey Fekkes

My High-Tech World Maureen A. Bothe

If Khaki's Groove Sheila Stephens

VI

WATCHING OVER ME

A Special Delivery Amy Lynne Johnson

That's What Friends Are For Dawn Kreiselman

Firsthand Learning Teresa Elizabeth Traxler

Wisdom at the Water's Edge Barbara Davey

Heart to Heart Melissa Sandy Vela

Minnesota Dreamer Melissa S. Hartman

VII

SORTING AND SIFTING WITH MOM AND DAD

Southern Influence Carolina Fernandez

A Mind of My Own Diane Gonzales Bertrand

Melting Ice Brianna Mahin-Ayers

A Rite of Passage Joelle Yanick Jean

Daddy's Little Girl Nancy B. Gibbs

A Whole New Perspective Dana Massie

Coed College Daze Lana Robertson Hayes

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