The murder of a student at an all-boys Catholic school in the border city of El Paso, Texas, throws the lives of a diverse group of friends into chaos.
Arlene, a young girl growing up in Baltimore during the early 1950s, has her worst nightmare come true when she gets the dreaded Sister Rose for her sixth grade teacher.
In Pittsburgh in 1933, sixth-grader Mike Costa notices a connection between several strange occurrences, but the only way he can find out the truth about what's happening is to be nice to the class bully. Includes historical facts.
Red Blazer Girls Sophie, Margaret, Becca, and Leigh Ann are hired by Father Julian who wants them to authenticate a painting, while Sophie faces off with her arch-rival and takes care of movie-star Nate Etan's dog.
Sixteen-year-old Francesca could use her outspoken mother's help with the problems of being one of a handful of girls at a parochial school that has just turned co-ed, but her mother has suddenly become severely depressed.
Drew's friendship with Skitz and Hector is tested as he becomes more aware of the personal lives of the priests at his Boston Catholic school and deals with the pending expulsion of one friend and the possible abuse of another.
