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When the other eggs in his carton behave badly, the good egg feels like he needs to be perfect.

Tandy Angel is, along with her brothers, a suspect in their parents' murder but having grown up under Malcolm and Maud Angel's perfectionist demands, Tandy decides she must clear the family name no matter what.

"Angelina Ballerina is meeting a princess her age who loves to dance! Angelina cant wait to feel like a princess herself. She thinks the princess will be perfect and graceful, but soon she finds out that nobody is perfect, not even princesses. But they can become perfect friends!"--Provided by publisher.

Sally overcomes her perfectionism when her teachers and mother help her realize that making mistakes is a part of learning, and that doing her best is good enough.

Mira wants to be good at something, but she is held back by her desire to be perfect.

Northern Nevada teenagers Cara, Kendra, Sean, and Andre, tell in their own voices of their very different paths toward perfection and how their goals change when tragedy strikes.

Ese alumno nuevo siempre perfecto, inmaculado, de correcta presencia y cortesía. Ese alumno nuevo puntual y dedicado. Ese alumno nuevo, que nunca se equivoca, esconde (tiene que esconder) algún secreto. Pasan los años y el alumno nuevo vuelve una y otra vez, a sexto grado. Casi igual, un poco despeinado, un cordón desatado... Un alumno nuevo que nos enseña que siempre hay algo más que aprender.

"Ariel Stone is the perfect college applicant until a failed Calculus quiz sends his grades into a tailspin that can only be halted by a handsome tutor, but adding a burgeoning romance to his other commitments may push Ariel past his limit." -- Senior Ariel Stone is the perfect college applicant: first chair violin, dedicated community volunteer, and expected valedictorian. A failed Calculus quiz is not part of his plan. As his grade slips further,...