Mateo's best friend Kat Nguyen breaks up with him, and he’s far from over it. He has to win her back, but how? The 1950s book "5 Steps to Win Her Heart" just might be the answer he’s looking for.

Penny has had a narrow vision for her life until her senior English class. Ms. Key gives her permission to dream big.

Zigg finally makes his escape. For the first time in his life, he gets a taste of freedom, but it doesn't last. Soon, a new set of captors are after him.

Three friends, one rock, and a busted window—that's how everything changes.

Adesewa's never found the magic in life, nor herself. Not with that cursed scar on her face. When she discovers that a snake-shapeshifter is hiding in her Nigerian village, the hunt for peace begins.

In a mountaintop village, an unusual boy witnesses an accident. Will he get involved or watch from the sidelines?

Dulani never thinks he'll grow old enough to tell his story to the world. People like him are often targeted for their differences — for their skin. To be albino in Malawi is a dangerous thing.

Holly is lonely and angry. To avoid being bullied, she becomes the bully herself. Can something as small as a ring change everything?

He's resented Chinese School for as long as he can remember, but when attending becomes his decision, the choice isn't quite so clear.

The mystery of disappearing conchs leads 12-year-old Corine on an undersea adventure.

Darius is a young mechanical genius, but are his talents enough to solve a real-life crime?

Pluto is different from other planets... kind of like Kaira is different from other people. She's all too familiar with how it feels to not fit in, but maybe things are about to change.

Emma is already under pressure from her family to plan the perfect Chinese New Year party. What will they think when she wants to have a Chinese-American version of the holiday?

Erin dreads moving to India from her native London. She feels shy and helpless at her new school until she meets smart, capable Vennela. Their friendship ends up being a lifeline for both of them.

A famine threatens the village, and Fayola will do anything to keep her son from going hungry. Her situation quickly goes from bad to worse . . . but perhaps fortune will smile on her in the end.

Frederick Douglass believed that words matter, and promises should be kept. He used his fourth of July speech to ask America to be true to its word, to end slavery and ensure freedom for all people.

Some New Years traditions center around watching the ball drop or staying up until midnight. This celebration focuses on the connections between food, family, and memory.

Alex knows he wants to be a writer but doesn't know how to write very well. With the help of his English teacher, Alex learns how to improve his writing and how to use it to cope with family issues.

Yijia's fifth-grade self has a knack for attracting attention from Mrs. Lou... but not the good kind of attention. One moment stands out in particular, one that she just can't ever forget.

Jacob has committed a crime, and now it's time to pay for it. Will his bad decisions stick with him forever, or can he grow past them?

Life isn't fair; that's what makes Jacob so angry and what pushes him onto a path that's leading towards trouble.

The People Movers bandmates risk everything to reunite Jorge, an immigrant refugee child, with the parents he's been separated from.

Life isn't always easy living in a settlement and breaking bricks. But thanks to the right perspective and her family's love, one little girl finds hope.

Jumping forward in time is dangerous and illegal, but the future is where Chase is. Will Eleanor break the rules and risk her life to be with him?

Dylan hates doing homework. So when his mother makes a deal with him that she'll do his homework for a day if he does her job, he takes it. How hard can it be to teach the fourth grade?

What begins as a math assignment quickly becomes something so much more personal and important for one student.

Jessie feels like giving up. Her family and school keep blowing her in the same downward direction, but even the worst winds can change.

As a pickle farmer's daughter and a fifth grader with terrible spelling skills, Annabelle believes she is destined to pick prickly green pickles and be the worst speller forever.

A tour around the neighborhood... and a journey through diversity, conflict, and peace.

The entire world is at war. Twelve-year-old Carlos is alone and escapes to the ocean for safety. Survival is constantly on his mind, but he takes a chance that reveals the gift of friendship.

Raven is on a mission to impress her crush at the high school talent show, but when an accident ruins her plans, she learns that being herself is what makes her special.

Romeo and Caroline have always had a deep, easy friendship, but her pale skin and his dark skin make life beyond the farm so different.

Aunt Delly has always told Noelle that naughty children get taken away. When Noelle comes to find herself "stolen" by the roaders, it's nothing like what she'd been told.

Ruby's not like the other kids in her school. Everything just seems so . . . hard for her, until a discovery leads to new and exciting changes.

Ennie's aunt forbids him to spend time with Kelly, afraid that the girl will derail Ennie from his dreams. But doesn't she see that Kelly needs his help?

Susan's Friday night plans had looked so different before her parents force her to attend her grandparents' Sabbath dinner. Ugh.

Thirteen-year-old James has never been outside his own, computer-controlled home. He can't ever remember being in the same room with another person. But something inside is inviting him to go outside.

Will a hike to the infamous Skeleton Valley help to heal the strained relationship between two former best friends?

Things are changing in Redford, Michigan when Yusuf’s girlfriend Tania goes missing. Will the People Movers figure out who’s behind Tania’s disappearance, and more importantly, find her in time?

Jeff thinks he's going to have a normal day of skiing, but everything changes when he gets stuck with Jamie on the chairlift.

Enrique's never really enjoyed being a teenager. But now he's got a chance—if he can make a change.

They finally have a name, a label, for Sandy: autism. But... is that all she is? A label?

Valuable jewelry is stolen along with a scrapbook containing an old man's memories of being held as a boy in a Japanese-American internment camp in WWII. It's up to the People Movers to investigate.

Angela thinks she knows every corner of her beloved Pike Place Market, but she discovers there's a whole other, magical Market waiting to be explored at night.

Sienna's parents are arrested after being caught stealing from an art museum. Can a series of messages and some unlikely friends help her navigate her life's new normal?

Strange things are happening on the old sailor's property. What's going on? Can a brother and sister duo solve the chilling mystery?

In the midst of World War II, Alfred meets a boy named Kiku, who is afraid for his family. Can Alfred keep Kiku's secret?

Three sisters discover a secret family heirloom in their old vacation home. Questions arise, and they want answers. But they're not the only ones.

Can three friends put their minds together to save their new bandmate from the prejudices threatening him and his family?

Sometimes the right things are the hardest things to do. If Dylan stands up for his awkward next-door neighbor, will he become an outcast himself?