As he is dying, a twenty-year-old man known as Gabriel recounts his troubled childhood and his strange relationship with a dangerous counterpart named Finnigan.

The citizens of Dimpole rally together to save an historic oak tree from being cut down.

When his friends call his bluff, Charles must take them on the long train ride from Brooklyn to Times Square and find the way back again.

A sleepless city girl imagines what it would be like to get away from snoring family members and curl up alone with one's thoughts in the cool night air under wide-open skies.

"Under a radiant moon and surrounded by all the noises of the city at night, a little boy prays for those in need, for wars to end, for the sick to be healed, and for all the members of his family"--

Little Lobo, a Mexican American, and Bernabe, his dog, deliver supplies to vendors at the Mercado, a busy border town market.

Polly's friendship with the wealthy Shaws of Boston helps them to build a new life and teaches her the truth about the relationship between happiness and riches. 14-year-old Polly Milton travels to Boston for a stay with her friend Fanny Shaw. The wealthy Shaws' way of life is foreign to Polly who tries to adapt but is quickly labeled "old-fashioned". Fanny and her friends dress and behave as their elders do, flirting with boys and gossiping. When...

Every Friday a father and his child share a special ritual.

Wednesday, a whale living in captivity, is inspired by a little girl named Piper to try to reach the sea.

Five urban middle school students, their teacher, and other community members relate how a school project to build the world's largest tetrahedron affects the lives of everyone involved.