How to Steal a Dog

When Georgina's family winds up living in their car because the family can't pay to rent an apartment, this brave-hearted girl takes responsibility for her younger brother after school, sometimes spending hours sitting in their parked car, waiting for her mother. Despite her unwashed hair and wrinkled clothes, Georgina never tells her friends or her teachers that she is homeless. A Missing Animal poster gives her the perfect idea for earning their rent money: finding a lost animal and claiming the reward. In their small town, however, there are not many lost animals, nor people rich enough to offer large rewards. In desperation, Georgina decides to steal a well-loved dog whom she has befriended, certain that the owner will immediately offer a large reward.

Out of Patience

The tiny town of Patience, Kansas, is so small, that every kid in town is on the baseball team - all 9 of them. Jake longs for excitement and adventure, and vows he will be the first young man of the Waters family to finally get out of Patience. When his father, a plumber, announces that he wants to put Patience on the map by opening the American Toilet Museum, Jake can't get of Patience fast enough.

Abby Takes a Stand

Travel back in time to Nashville, Tennessee in 1960 - a town in which restaurants and businesses were segregated and African Americans were denied many opportunities because of their race. Abby eagerly awaits her turn to ride on the merry-go-round at Harvey's store, only to be turned away and humiliated when the manager informs her that the merry-go-round is only for white children. Abby's experience and subsequent involvement in civil rights protests bring this turbulent period of our history to life.