Because her divorced parents share joint custody of her, nine-year-old Amber suffers from lack of self-esteem and feels that she is a piece of jointly-owned property.
Thirteen-year-old Mann, weighed down by the death of his little brother, an innocent victim in a shooting, is heading down the road to self-destruction until his father intervenes.
Owen of Lektor has spent his entire life being told he is nothing special, until a stranger arrives at Owen's father's bookstore and pulls Owen into a magical world where anything is possible.
Shunned by his family, teenager Zed Fitztalbot seeks answers to his past in the mysterious hills of Wales, convinced that the legendary red judge of Welsh mythology is stalking him.
While searching for his lost friend, Alex not only learns the reasons behind Tito's disappearance but also comes to accept some hidden truths about himself.
Froggie Froggette tries to become a bluebird but, after several failed attempts at chirping and flying, decides that she is better off as a frog after all.
In the whole village, Kodua has only one friend. Everyone else laughs at him and calls him names, but one day Kodua decides that he will do something with his life. He will build an ark.
Eleven-year-old Daughter, called a "zebra" by a boy at school because one of her parents is black and the other is white, wonders exactly who and what she is.
