In 1927 the Dixons move from rural Georgia to Chicago, where African Americans have more opportunities, and there Lorraine meets a famous movie actress and her little brother Marcus finds that his artistic talents are useful.
Profiles the life and achievements of Michelle Obama, discussing her childhood, family, education, relationship with Barack Obama, and role as First Lady.
Unable to make friends at her new school, Rosie learns that one of Chicago's baseball teams has lost its top player and disguises herself as a boy to take his place.
Mo Fitzgerald has made her choice, a life in Chicago with Colin, but as she tries to keep her magic and mortal lives separate, her father returns from prison and as the Seraphim regroup, war breaks out in both her worlds.
Seventeen-year-old socialite Gloria secretly longs to be a flapper, but now that she is engaged to Sebastian, she must leave her partying days behind, until her future is threatened by an alluring jazz musician who encourages Gloria to risk everything.
The rape and murder of a young girl from Maizy and Fred's working-class neighborhood in 1930s Chicago draws them together with Zane, a preacher's son from a better part of town, as they all navigate the trials of adolescence.