In 1857, having arrived in Minnesota Territory on her father's steamboat, twelve-year-old Libby continues to harbor the runaway slave boy Jordan while worrying about a fugitive who has escaped from the local prison.

A young girl and her grandmother visit the girl's father in prison.

A nine-year-old slave keeps a diary of his journey to freedom along the Underground Railroad in 1857.

Delighted with her shiny new red shoes, a little girl dances through town to show them off to everyone she knows.

On the roof of his building, lonely Jawanza meets a homeless man who teaches him how to make friends with the sparrows and pigeons up there.

Although he doesn't feel like talking, a young boy responds to questions by drumming on various objects, including a bucket, hat boxes, and garbage cans, echoing the city sounds around him.

Dalila tries to do various kinds of dances including the jig, country western, ballet, and tap, before she finally finds the kind perfect for her.

Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.

When Suki visits Georgia's St. Simons Island with her family, she makes new friends and learns many things about the sea.

All thirteen-year-old Raspberry can think of is making money so that she and her mother never have to worry about living on the streets again.