Guest, Jacqueline

While is father is serving with the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan, Ryan spends his time playing "Desert Death" at a gaming cafe. When he meets the game's ultimate champion, however, Ryan is forced to confront the real risks his father is taking overseas.

In 1943, fifteen-year-old Robert Tourond sees a meteorite fall to Earth and is convinced it is a message to him that the superheroes in the comic books he reads are protecting his brothers, who are fighting overseas in the war. He gets a job delivering telegrams so he can buy more comic books to keep his brothers safe, but shortly after he discovers the contents of many of the telegrams, one is delivered to Robert's house.

Thirteen-year-old Ailish, an Irish fortune-teller, is forced to disguise herself as a boy when she becomes trapped aboard the "Great Eastern" during its voyage to lay the first transatlantic telegraph cable, but she finds help in dealing with her situation from Davy, a pale boy who lives below decks.

Twelve-year-old Leigh is the only girl on the Falcons hockey team and knows the captain of the team does not like it, but now she is receiving threatening messages on her answering machine.

Matthew Eagletail and his good friend John Salton are looking forward to a summer of fun competing with the Bobcats in the Rocky Mountain basketball tournament, but things turn ugly when Matt's arch rival, John Beal, arrives on the scene.

Matthew competes in the Rocky Mountain basketball tournament against his rival.

Samantha runs into trouble when she lies to her parents and her coach in order to continue playing soccer while rehearsing for the school play.

Leigh Aberdeen, excited by the prospect of winning the hockey championship with a new all-girls team, is furious when the coach adds a know-it-all boy to the line-up, and things get worse when her best friend, the team goalie, starts skipping practice.

Zoe, a talented rally driver, wants to become a race car engineer, but she is going to have to fight against her mother who dreams of having a doctor for a daughter.