Walters, Eric

Traces the lives of five children from different countries -- Sri Lanka, Uganda, Sarajevo, Afghanistan, and Sudan -- and examines how the respective conflicts in these regions impact their experiences and those of the other children around them.

Nick and Kia are just beginning to get the hang of life in the wilderness when a raging forest fire threatens to destroy Ned's home and cut off their escape.

Edward, content to just get by at school, runs into trouble when his average dips below fifty percent, and decides to manipulate himself into the special education classes, thinking things will be even easier there.

Christina and her family adopt Prince, a retired greyhound, but when he escapes one day, they decide to adopt another dog to keep Prince company.

When Coach Reeves retired, he was replaced by Coach Barnes, whose own determination to obtain a college post rested on his ability to create a division one high school team; however, to do this involved the illegal distribution of steroids to the team.

Philip, obsessed with skateboarding, finds himself pushed to perform more and more dangerous stunts when he begins taping himself and posting the movies on a Website to make money.

Based on the life of a real boy, the story of Muthini, a young Kenyan boy with a physical disability.

Keegan and Alex, put in charge of the tomato toss at the town's annual tomato festival, decide to ramp up the excitement by replacing the wooden targets with real people, but things get out of hand and it is not long before the tomato tossing has taken to the streets.

Oswald and Ian, leaders and participants in a series of flash mobs, decide to use their organization skills to create a peaceful protest when the school principal cancels the school dance.