WHEN YOU'VE LOST WHAT MATTERS MOST, HOW DO YOU FIND YOUR WAY BACK HOME? Joy Fonseca is dreading her 13th birthday, dreading being reminded again about her best friend Lukas's senseless death on this day, one year ago -- and dreading the fact he may have heard what she accidentally blurted to him the night before. Or maybe she's more worried he didn't hear. Either way, she's decided: she's going to finally open the first clue to their annual birthday scavenger hunt Lukas left for her the morning he died, hoping the rest of the clues are still out there. If they are, they might lead Joy to whatever last words Lukas wrote, and toward understanding how to grab onto the future that is meant to be hers.

Just One Big Happy Family... That's the way Preston Scott would have described his all-American family. His parents seemed to have everything, including the ideal marriage. But then their perfect life started to unravel. Mr. and Mrs. Scott began to. fight-vicious, hurtful, drawn-out battles that went on day after day. Finally one day Mrs. Scott moved out. And that's when Preston's nightmare began... Now, three years later, Preston's dad is getting out of prison, and Preston is no closer to coming to terms with his feelings about him. Because how can you forgive your father for killing someone...when that someone was your mother? Here is Preston's searing true story about upheaval, growth, faith ... and the power of love. No one has an inkling that handsome, athletic, and talented Preston Scott is carrying a terrible His father was imprisoned three years ago. Now Mr. Scott is coming home to live with Preston and his little brother, Tyler and Preston has yet to come to terms with his feelings about him. Because how can you forgive your father for killing someone . . . when that someone was your mother? This unforgettable novel is a fictionalized account based on the words of the boy who experienced these events firsthand. "Impossible to put down . . . a stunning novel." V. 1992 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA) Children's Choices for 1992 (IRA/CBC) Young Adult Choices for 1993 (IRA) 1992 Outstanding Young Adult Fiction Award (The Southern California Council on Literature) 1993 94 Sequoyah Young Adult Book Award (Oklahoma Library Association)