Foreword / Kenan Thompson --
The turnaround / Kaiwen Zhang --
Trash bags are for trash / Makenzie Snyder --
Run with it / Susan Overton --
The back of David's head / Mary Ellyn Sandford --
Going to the dogs / Stephanie Taylor --
If I could change the world for the better, I would / *NSYNC and friends --
A run to remember / Barbara L. Glenn --
Shining Down / Michael Kavalinas as told by Monte Stewart --
The code world / Julia Sonntag --
School Blues / Elijah LoMonaco --
Just trying to fit in / Frances-Amelia Spadoni --
Coming back to Seattle / Kobe Williams --
A bossy friend / Kenedi Morgado --
The forgotten friend / Judith Burnett Schneider --
Backfire! / Lou Kassem --
Best friends / Whitney M. Baldwin --
My big solo / Cynthia Maria Hamond --
Now you see it, now you don't / Anne McCourtie --
Browbeaten / Kyahna Hammond --
Accepting change / Emma Kaefer --
A new way to learn / Hazel Gonzalez --
Families that care, care about families / Rachelle P. Castor --
Forever Garrett / Mia Hamm --
Supper David / Barbara Lage --
Bobby Lee / Daphne M. Orenshein --
Love lives on / Laurie Hartman --
The teacher who cared / Courtni Calhoun --
The act of love / Kathy Kemmer Pyron --
Cry when you are sad / Jonathan Piccirillo --
Only love lasts forever / Denise and Rett Ackart --
The reason for living / Lauren Elizabeth Holden --
Ryan's story / Kelli Frusher --
I'll never forget him / Megan Weaver --
An angel in disguise / Megan Jennings --
Don't forget to say I love you / Nicole Fortuna --
Grandma's cloud game / Cynthia Ross Cravit --
In every thought / Leslie Miller --
An odd name / Seema Patel-Trivedi --
A healthy mindset / Abigail Williams --
Big at heart / Mark Schulle as told by Bunny Schulle --
The best Christmas I never had / MaryJanice Davidson --
The hidden treasure / Debbie King as told by Ashley Kng --
The snow angel / Christine Fishlinger --
You'll be good for him / Eugene Gagliano --
Adam's apples / Kim Aaron --
Who said there's no crying in softball? / Amy Severns --
The yellow piece of paper / Lauren Thorbjornsen --
Hard work pays off / Karl Malone --
I did it! / M. Eliza Hryniewicz --
Finding my voice / Emily Andrews --
From freak to friend / Robin Lanehurst --
Annie Wiggle-Do / Kathleen M. Muldoon --
Two percent is enough / Krissy Creager --
The first day of middle school / Patty Hansen --
Perfect, I'm not / Julia Wasson Render --
A little coaching / Noah Edelson --
The power of the pen / Arlys Angelique Endres as told by Carol Osman Brown --
Tough, sturdy and triumphant / Elijah Shoesmith --
A meal with a smile / M.L. Tarpley --
Do what you love / Noah Ross --
Two tickets to the big game / J. Styron Madsen --
Fireplug and dad / Rusty Fischer --
Nice catch! / Doris Canner --
The gorilla syndrome / Elizabeth J. Schmeidler --
Just desserts / Beverly Spooner --
A chicken-noodle-soup day / Donna Beveridge --
A silent voice / David R. Collins --
Walking with grandpa / Uncle Greg --
Sleepover sadness / Nathan Berres --
Ants / Avery Watterson --
Losing mom / Diana CArson --
Celebrate the good days / Leslie Beck --
For the best / April Townsend --
My one regret / Angelia Lee Swift --
The perfect figure / Nikki Yargar --
Pale dawn of a new day / Katherne Ackerman --
The voice crack / Donald "Trey" Brown III --
The orange bike / Vashti Seek-Smith --
My very first kiss / Patty Hansen --
Papa / Brian Normandin as told by Mary Ormandidn --
Taking a stand / Irene Dunlap --
Just do it! / Son Truong Nguyen --
I love you, Lindsey / Lindsey Rawson --
My best friend / Tamera Collins --
You know you're growing up when / Multiple authors --
How my parents ruined my sixth grade life / Peyton Webb --
Two weeks / Caleb Matthew Soerber --
Calm and confident / Landon Dean --
Tippy / Christine Armstrong --
Never put rocks in your mouth / Shirley Barone Craddock --
The moment I knew I'd never be cool / D. Marie O'Keefe --
Kindness is a simple gift / Michael Oknefski --
Our Christmas secret / Lori Menning --
What I've leaned so far / Multiple authors --
Afterword: The End / Paige Holland.
