Walters, Eric

Jed, living with his mother in Canada while his English father serves as a fighter pilot during World War II, takes pride in his mixed heritage and his country, but his loyalties are tested when his best friend, Tadashi, a Japanese boy, is declared an enemy alien.

Fourteen-year-old Tadashi Fukushima, forced to move with his family from their fishing village in British Columbia to a Vancouver internment center during World War II, struggles to make sense of the racism and injustice to which Japanese immigrants are being subjected.

A graffiti artist--the Wiz--takes on the city and the mayor in a fight to save the heart of the community.

Ian, inspired by a documentary on fast food, starts an online boycott of Frankie's fast food restaurants that multiplies to the extent that it attracts the attention of the company's lawyers and eventually forces the chain to add healthy choices to its menu.

Discovered as a great individual player by Nick and Kia, Ashton tries out for the Mississauga Magic team, but becomes discouraged and thinks racism is involved when the coach tries to get him to play team basketball.

Nick, Kia, and Marcus are three great players on their school's basketball team.

When Jake is involved in a street-racing accident, he struggles to do the right thing.

Nick and Kia's new basketball coach is a strict disciplinarian with aggressive coaching techniques who expects near perfection and does not deal well with anything less.

Nick sets out to make Ned, his cousin whom he considers a nerd, a part of his three-on-three basketball team when a player drops out before the tournament.

Nick and Kia struggle to gain the acceptance of the other members of their basketball team.