When they save a big fish on the beach and are granted their wish to have a child, a fisherman and his wife discover that skin color is not so important.
A Japanese American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during World War II, and his ability to play helps him after the war is over.
When she refuses to let her friend's death be called an accident, eleven-year-old Emily, an orphan, encounters the ingrained prejudices of the "best" families in town.
Expelled by his people because he has been stricken with an unusual "affliction" which sets him apart from others, a youth begins a search for a place of his own in the world.
After she is orphaned, seven-year-old Kizzy, who has lived as a Romany, or Gypsy, all her life, must face a small English town's intolerance and find herself a new home and family.
Despite the strained relationship between them, teenaged Sami Sabiri risks his life to uncover the truth when his father is implicated in a terrorist plot.
Sixteen-year-old Slam Harris is counting on his noteworthy basketball talents to get him out of the inner city and give him a chance to succeed in life, but his coach sees things differently.
