A fifteen-year-old girl tries to learn about her estranged father when she is told of his death, and begins to understand her father, her mother, and herself
With the advice of her stepfather, eleven-year-old Katie takes on the job of feeding an abused junkyard dog and building it a doghouse for shelter during the hard winter
Living in a poor Puerto Rican family complicates life for ten-year-old Marisol when she realizes that pursuing her love for ballet may expose her brother to danger