When Tuyet finds out that her Vietnamese family is having duck rather that turkey for Thanksgiving dinner, she is upset until she finds out that other children in her class did not eat turkey either.
A very unusual squirrel is spotted in and around Starwood Elementary School, and when Freddie uses his Zapato Power to chase it, he finds more than one opportunity to be a hero.
After having his prayer to God for oil and a lantern answered, the Ziz, a huge bird, has to decide if he will share it with the Maccabees, who need it to keep their menorah lit, or keep it for his own use.
Freddie finds a mysterious package outside his apartment containing sneakers that allow him to run faster than a train, and inspire him to perform heroic deeds.
When Diane behaves unkindly to the new girl from Argentina, not knowing she cannot speak English, she decides to find a way they can communicate and become friends.
When Frannie finds a gray striped shirt in the closet, she asks questions which lead her grandparents to tell her about their experience of the Holocaust.
A group of students puts on a play that examines the challenges, conflicts, and compromises which occurred during the writing of the United States Constitution.
