Marsden, Carolyn

Rosalba, a nine-year-old Mayan girl living in a rural Mexican village, watches as people destroy the environment around her, and when she hears that the Mayan calendar predicts the end of the world in 2012, Rosalba dreams of an ancient Mayan boy who hints at a way she can help.

In 1960s Czechoslovakia, Patrik participates in and rebels against the communist regime, knowing that anyone could become an enemy in the blink of an eye.

In her first American school, Oy is renamed Olivia by her teacher. Everything is different, boys tease her and girls leave her out of their games. Then Liliandra, a popular girl in the class, sees a picture of Oy in her Thai dancing dress and tries to get her to bring it to school.

Mina discovers that she can run faster than her athlete friend Ruth, and becomes confused thinking she must choose between running and friendship.

As a storm sweeps in, Tinh's father tells him to tie up their fishing boat but the storm scares him and he runs away, but when the damage to the boat is discovered, Tinh realizes what he must do.

Ten-year-old Gregory moves from the Bird Springs Reservation with his mother and baby sister into a motel in Tucson, where he struggles to adjust to a very different way of life, with the help of a new friend and his art therapy teacher.

When Oy and her Thai American family move to a new neighborhood, her third-grade classmates tease and exclude her because she is different.

Fifth grader Oy wants to do a Thai dance at the school talent show until Liliandra threatens to kick her out of their club if they do not perform an a skit together.

Gloria's Christmas begins with frustration when she is forced to go to work with Mama, but by the end of the day, she appreciates her family and enjoys the holiday.

As a storm sweeps in, Tinh's father tells him to tie up their fishing boat but the storm scares him and he runs away, but when the damage to the boat is discovered, Tinh realizes what he must do.