Sixteen-year-old Amy Nelson's plans for her summer vacation must be put aside when her father--a man who has shown up rarely in her life--decides it is time to take her to Israel to meet a family she has never known.
Destiny has always wanted a dog, but her dad tells her no every time she asks, then, when her uncle Jake helps her out with a school project, she enlists his help in convincing his brother to change his mind.
Mai Pham cannot wait to return to school after holiday break and hang out with her new friend Carson, but now Carson wants to her to sing in the talent show.
While trying to construct her family tree for a school assignment, eleven-year-old Tyler discovers her Amish heritage and other secrets about her family's past.
Feeling disconnected from her father, young Maomao enjoys a Chinese New Year with her family making sticky rice balls, watching a dragon dance and searching for a hidden lucky coin, in an American release of an award-winning story.
When nine-year-old Angela and her friends begin investigating the letters she has received from her fairy godmother, it helps take Angela's mind off her strained relationship with her father.