"He looks so familiar. Luke, I think, the name finally clicks in my brain. My neighbor, but I haven't seen him in years. And that is definitely not the same scrawny Luke I remember from second grade." • Natalie Sparks is your ordinary teenage girl. She has good grades, a whole lot of friends, and is one of the Queens High School track captains; it will take a lot of work to knock this girl down. Nat will have to face arguments with friends, boy troubles, hurdles and much more that can stop her from reaching the finish line.

Joseph is the happiest person in Oregon. Too bad, bad luck always follows him. It all started when his mother gave birth to him, then held him hostage at the hospital. She turned out to be a terrorist, which he discovered after she bombed the building. He was the only surviver, but lost both his big toes, which made him unbalanced later on in life. This story is a tale about all of Joseph's misfortunes in life.