Eighteen-year-old Robert tries to help his half-brother Xan, a seventeen-year-old misfit, to make better choices as he becomes increasingly attracted to a variety of protesters, anarchists, and the like.
Twelve-year-old Davey is the man of the household, taking care of his mother and older sister as best he can and avoiding them when they're either too mean or too sad.
Teens D.J. and Russell, life-long friends and neighbors, had drifted apart but when their firefighter fathers are both killed, they try to help one another come to terms with the tragedy and its aftermath.
A teenager trying to recover from the tragic death of his father and stepmother believes himself to be responsible for the rash of teen suicides occurring in his town.
Rudi, a Marine, is one of four friends in four branches of the Armed Services who have sworn to do what they have to in order to survive the Vietnam War.
Ivan enlists in the US Army to become a war hero like his father, but after being trained as a sniper and getting sent into the jungle of Vietnam, he realizes the horrors of war.
When the draft board calls on the eve of World War II, Roman leaves behind a career in minor-league baseball to join the army, and finds himself driving a tank in the North African campaign.
Thirteen-year-old Earl Pryor is much too big for his age, and much too powerful for the anger that rages within him when classmates tease him, the girl he likes disappoints him, or his parents' problems get too real.
Rudi, a Marine, is one of four friends in four branches of the Armed Services who have sworn to do what they have to in order to survive the Vietnam War.
