mothers and daughters

Thirteen-year-old Polly's rebellion against her unmarried, fiercely independendent mother comes to a head when they must find a new apartment.

A young girl desperately tries to become a star before tragedy strikes.

Carley struggles with being open to love after she suffers a betrayal that forces her to move in with a foster family.

Ten-year-old Mattie copes with the loss of her father and her mixed feelings towards her mother who is under pressure to support the family.

Eleventh-grader Rainey and five other students embark on a cross-country field trip that will change her life forever as she discovers her true calling, learns the truth about her mother, who abandoned her years earlier, and begins a new relationship with a fellow classmate.

A young girl and her mother walk along the beach and marvel at the treasures cast up by the sea and the wonders of the world around them.

Ah-Kim Chang and her mother immigrate to Brooklyn, where they work for Kim's Aunt Paula in a Chinatown clothing factory earning barely enough to keep them alive; however, Kim's perseverance and hard work earns her a place at an elite private school where she is befriended by Annette, who helps her adjust to American culture.

An eleven-year-old girl describes her life and relationship with her mother who has never married.

After selling oranges in the market, a Haitian mother and daughter have enough money to ride the tap-tap, a truck that picks up passengers and lets them off when they bang on the side of the vehicle.

Willa, a romantic girl who wants a father, tries to find a husband for her mother, Cape Cod's most popular wedding planner.