Eleven-year-old Garry, embarrassed when his unathletic brother joins his lacrosse team, faces a bigger problem when the team bully turns on both of them.
Fourteen-year-old Kai Ford, a good surfer who respects the power of the sea, unfortunately does not always have the same respect for the privacy of other people.
Relates the story of the final voyage of the "Titanic, " where fourteen-year-old Christopher Watkins must find a way to care for his mother and younger brother after the ship hits an iceberg and sinks.
X's friends believe he can excel at any extreme sport, so when they want to check out the new climbing wall at the mall, he decides to hide his fear of heights rather than have them think him a coward.
A biography of baseball superstar Albert Pujols, discussing his childhood in the Dominican Republic, his family's move to the United States, his rise to fame with the St. Louis Cardinals, and his advocacy on behalf of people with Down Syndrome.
After spraining his ankle before the beginning of the baseball season, Sylvester Coddmyer III meets an ex-ballplayer who offers him a solution to his problem.
When his soccer teammate and new friend Stookie asks him to take care of his gerbils while he is on vacation, Jerry is happy to agree, but then disaster strikes.