Seventeen-year-old Mario promises he'll take care of his nine-year-old brother, Eddie, while their mother serves in the National Guard in Iraq and soon realizes that Eddie desperately needs help.

Presents two points of view about sexual abuse, that of the child and that of the mother whose second husband is the abuser.

After years of sexual abuse by her stepfather, fifteen-year-old Ashley Asher starts a better life with her father and stepmother in Patience, Texas, but despite psychotherapy and new friends, she still suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

In four separate stories on the theme of sexual abuse of children, young victims are able to articulate their feelings and defend themselves, often with the help of another person whom they trust.

Maggie is upset because someone she knows has been touching her in a way that makes her uncomfortable and says that she must keep it a secret, but she finally decides to tell her parents. Includes parent's guide.

"A new pastor, a dying church, and a fifteen-year-old secret. Jean has been called Blue Jean since childhood, but not because of her clothing. She wears nondescript colors and avoids people when she can. Her world is unhappy but predictable, until the new pastor and his handsome brother move into town. A chance encounter brings the town prostitute to church that Sunday, starting a chain reaction that will shake the church to its core. Will Jean embrace...