Book reviews (November – December 2012)
Our staff writers recommend Divergent by Veronica Roth and Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper.
CD reviews (November – December 2012)
Our staff writers recommend CDs by Fiona Apple, I Fight Dragons and Dinosaurs on Mars!

Essay contest: Moral dilemma
Essay contest winners wrote about deciding whether to return a lost dog, drink at a party and lie to their parents.
Letters to the editor (November – December 2012)
These are letters we received about stories that appeared in the October 2012 issue of L.A. Youth.