Fifteen-year-old Kambili leaves her affluent family to live with her aunt in another Nigerian city shortly before a military coup threatens the country.
Teenager Lucy arrives in America from the West Indies to work as a nanny for Lewis and Mariah and their four children, but she quickly realizes that the world of this family is far from perfect.
Everyone in the family believes that fourteen-year-old John will grow up to be a minister like his step-father. John's sister tries to bring him down because of his loss of faith and identity.
Pecola Breedlove is a young black girl who longs for the blond hair and blue eyes that define beauty and acceptance for her. As she yearns to fit in, her life begins to fall apart.
The Scar Boys band is on the brink of falling apart in the midst of broken relationships, too much drinking, and secrets that shouldn't be hidden. Cheyenne, Harry, and Richie tell their stories of rising to fame as rock musicians.
Osmel's dreams of becoming a meteorologist are shattered when he discovers that he is undocumented. His fears grow when his father is arrested by ICE. Fearful of how others will react, he tells only his school counselor, and tries to deal with his anxiety alone.
Sixteen-year-old Chelsea has always been overweight, and now in high school she is being unmercifully teased by other students, and even her mother gives her no support--not even to compliment her beautiful singing voice. In film class she is assigned work on a film with Melody and for the first time she finds someone other than her father who does not criticize her, and finally finds the confidence to try out for the school choir.
Paul is the top high school basketball player coming out of Los Angeles, but the pressure of leading his team through his senior season and choosing a college may be enough to break him.
