Sunita Patel sets out to save a feral cat colony from Animal Control by showing that the cats can be tamed, but her plans are threatened when she winds up in the hospital.
Adjusting to middle school becomes easier for twelve-year-old Maggie when she finds that her biology teacher, who is blind, can learn a few things from her about working with his guide dog.
Seeing Jane's dog, Yum-Yum, help cheer up children in a cancer ward makes Zoe think about having her puppy, Sneakers, trained to do therapy, too, especially when Yum-Yum becomes very ill.
Brenna, one of the volunteers at the Wild at Heart animal clinic, is horrified to find a dog caught in a trap in the local nature preserve, but subsequent events prove that every story has two sides.
Melinda Sordino begins her freshman year of high school as an outcast for having busted an end-of-summer drinking party by calling the police--and, while struggling through the daily absurdity of high school, she gradually learns a truth about herself that will change her life forever.
Twins Jules and Josh are new in town, and while Josh quickly adapts, Jules accidentally makes an enemy of Maggie and adopts the class rabbit, Chewie, in an attempt to make herself feel better.
When their parents hire ponies to draw customers to their sidewalk sale, Jules and Josh are excited, but when the Vet Volunteers notice that the ponies don't seem healthy, they suspect that they have been mistreated.
Twelve-year-old David has conflicting feelings when his father, who taught him to ride the horses he loves so much, returns to spend Thanksgiving Day with the family after being gone for a year.
