"This is our house and we make the rules, Dime. If we say you're home at nine, that's when you walk in the door No excuses " Dad shouted. Their house, not mine. For a moment, my eyes burned, and I thought I was about to cry. Then I got it under control. I slid a smile over my mouth and looked him straight in the eye. "Make me," I said softly. Dime is fifteen and angry all the time. Her parents don't like the way she dresses, her boyfriend, her attitude. Her older brother Darren was paralyzed in an accident she walked away from, and Dime is sure her parents wish she were the one in the wheelchair. When the fights and accusations finally become too much, Dime moves in with her brother. At first she is overjoyed with the change of scenery and lack of parental control. But when her troubles follow her she finds that maybe it isn't everyone else who is the problem, and realizes that she has to start taking some responsibility for her actions. Beth Goobie is the best-selling author of more than a dozen novels, including Sticks and Stones and the Teen Top Ten selection Before Wings.