Chris Lynch

In the He-Man Women Haters Club, there are no girls allowed!Convinced that girls don't play by the same rules as guys and are impossible to understand, thirteen-year-old Steven forms a club for "He-Men" only. Jerome, Wolfgang, and Ling-Ling are the other members: three misfits who have no idea what it really means to be a "He-Man." Steven wants to be a "Johnny Chesthair" just like his bully of a father, and he tries to create the club rules...

When the draft board calls on the eve of World War II, Roman leaves behind a career in minor-league baseball to join the army, and finds himself driving a tank in the North African campaign.

In a future where electronic surveillance has taken the place of love, young Zane uses technology to talk to animals and battles an evil veterinarian who is working on a new device to control animal movement and speech, employing Zane's dog as his first test case.

Oliver, known as "O," and his suddenly ex-girlfriend Junie are are known for telling little lies, but one of Junie's lies about not winning the lottery could get her into trouble with a local mob boss.

Morris, Rudi, Ivan, and Beck were best friends at home and in Vietnam, but now Rudi has been killed in action, and the remaining three are the only ones who know the truth about their friend's death--and the knowledge threatens to tear them apart.

As he enters high school, fourteen-year-old Elvin continues to deal with his weight problem as he tries to find his place among his peers.

"Gabriel Greene is too young to join the military, but after Pearl Harbor he and his sickly older brother, Dallas, each take the other's name. The Army has special uses for soldiers as ferocious and tenacious as Gabe-- the First Special Service Force. From the start it's intended to go where other soldiers won't-- and soon Gabe and his fellow commandos will get their wish: combat." --Adapted from jacket. "The First Special Service Force is an elite...

When fourteen-year-old Sylvia McLuckie, her ten-year-old brother Walter, and their quirky father move to a cottage by the sea, their new home's eerie reputation forces them to confront some surprising ghosts from their past.

Enlisting as a group when one of them is drafted into the Vietnam War, best friends Morris, Rudi, Ivan, and Beck pledge their loyalty to one another before reporting to different branches of service.

A teenager trying to recover from the tragic death of his father and stepmother believes himself to be responsible for the rash of teen suicides occurring in his town.