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This is a short story, the third in the Tina Stories series. When Tina finds her friend, Jennifer, on the bathroom floor at school, sick and crying, she wants to help her. Jennifer tells her she's pregnant with Zach's baby. Zach, however, wants nothing to do with the responsibility of a baby and feels trapped. How can Tina help her friend?

Tina's brother is quitting basketball, but why, he loves the game? Tina suspects something is up, and she gets an earful one afternoon after school. Mario is being bullied. What can she do?

Jeb and Hoot get more than they bargained for when they trade horses with an Indian village. Now what are they supposed to do with a white woman captive and her Indian baby?

Willy discovers Halloween and meets a ghost.

Every girl wants the most popular boy in school to notice her. But Tina was having a hard time getting Zach Taylor to pay any attention to her. Zach liked Jennifer, the cheerleader. What could Tina do to get his attention? And who was the geek who kept helping her all the time?

Little Willy, the hard-of-hearing duck, thought he heard Farmer Jack and Otis say that Mo was leaving the farm. He was so upset he told Maybelle the cow, and Maebelle told Curly the pig, and Curly told Sock the cat. Before long, the entire farm knew Mo was leaving, including Mo. What could they do?

Joe Daniel Baker was a computer geek, despite the fact that his father tried to train him about living in the wilds of British Columbia. When Joe's house burns down while his mother and sister are gone, and his father 's on a business trip, Joe must figure out how to survive.

When the local town drunk sees a murder committed on Boot Hill on Halloween night, will anyone pay any attention to his story? Sheriff Joe Grubbs, though skeptical, investigates and finds the new grave. Now, he has a job to do and risks losing the love of his life doing it. It's a harrowing Halloween night in Haleyville, Texas.

Mother Hen wants all the farm animals in the barn because Nado is coming. But little Willy, the hard-of-hearing duck, doesn't know what a Nado is. Everyone is finally in the barn except for Maebelle, so Willy set out to find her.

Jeremy Michael Myers was my friend. We walked home from school together. Then one day, everything changed, and I had to decide if Jeremy was still my friend.

Julie was new in school...again! She was so tired of always being new and having to make new friends everywhere she went.

Tanker is a defender, he's been trained by the army and when he lost his master there, he didn't stop defending. Now he takes care of the dogs in the neighborhood. He sees they have food, shelter and whatever they need. Thanks to Tanker there are a lot of happy dogs.

Everyone is staying out of the pond by the barnyard - everyone but Willy, the hard of hearing little duck. He doesn't hear their warnings and goes swimming. Boy is he in for a surprise.

This is a mid-grade short story. Danny meet the new preacher and finds out that the old church is going to be torn down and a parking lot is going to replace it. Danny doesn't want this to happen because the lot behind the church is where he and his friends play baseball every Saturday. How can he help?

When Kendall quits stopping by after school to see Grandma Tyler, Grandma knows she has to find out why. When she finally talks to Kendall she knows it's time to tell her about Mrs. Peavy.

What did a guy have to do to be respected by his peers?

Book one of the Dog Hero's series. Little Jojo, the one-eyed puppy, can no longer get milk from his mother. So he sets out to find food. That's when he meets Tanker and the dog catcher.

Ray Connor knew all the guys would raze him about Kelly Price saving him from the burning building. He'd take it in his stride. From the moment she walked into the station, taking the job as his backup partner, he knew he had to fight even harder not to fall for Kelly. But how did he keep fighting it when she saved his life?