When Anna is gifted a copy of The Secret Garden, it inspires her to follow her dreams---maybe she can plant ivy and purple crocuses and the birds will come.
Follows a young Chinese American girl, as she navigates relationships with family, friends, and her fourth-grade classroom, and finds a true best friend.
Fifth-grader Anna is concerned that her baby sister Kaylee, adopted from China three months ago, is not thriving so she and her best friends, Laura and Camille, create a science project that may save the day.
An all-American girl with Chinese ancestors and a new immigrant from China find little in common when they meet in their fourth grade classroom, but they are both missing their best friends and soon discover other connections.
A group of students share their poetry at Pleasant Hill School before it is torn down and their teacher guides them with lessons about the Civil War and its important figures. Then one day when the students go on a field trip to watch a real play, someone in the balcony is accused of spitting down below and the class is ushered out before the play is finished. The teacher knows that the charge is untrue and helps students write letters to the theater manager.
A young boy, who lives in the inner city, builds a playground out of old tires to convince his mother that they do not need to move for him to have room to play.
