Halpin, Brendan

Rosalind, a fourteen-year-old orphan, becomes the ward of her biological father after the tragic death of her gay mother, and struggles with the adjustment of getting to know a father she never knew.

In 1972, four talented songwriters are thrown together to create a series of short, educational songs that will be played during a television network's Saturday morning cartoons, and as the artists try to unlock their creativity, they are inspired to change the world and bring out the best in each other and the children they are hoping to reach.

Fourteen-year-old Amanda and her best friend Lena start high school looking forward to playing on the varsity soccer team, but when Lena makes varsity and Amanda only makes junior varsity, their long friendship rapidly changes.

Brendan Halpin recounts his experiences teaching students of vastly different backgrounds and explains why he continues to be a teacher despite the many challenges he has faced in his career.

Although encouraged to apply to colleges, Brianna Pelletier, a mathematically-gifted high school senior with cystic fibrosis, dwells on her mortality and the unfairness of life.

After his father dies and his mother goes into rehab, Eddie moves from the suburbs into his cousin's Boston loft, where he gradually adjusts to being one of the few white kids in a progressive private school, and learns how to feel like a normal teenager.

Rosalind, a fourteen-year-old orphan, becomes the ward of her biological father after the tragic death of her gay mother, and struggles with the adjustment of getting to know a father she never knew.