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A young immigrant girl struggles to fit in at her new school.

A teenage girl decides not to join her family on vacation.

After being forced from his home country of Hungary during wartime, Pal attempts to get immigration papers to go to America.

A boy is required to take an intelligence exam by the government once he turns 12 years old.

In this excerpt from “The Overcoat,” a man attempts to work while his coworkers harass him.

A man is sent to prison after he is convicted for a crime he didn’t commit.

A boy wants to be named the most valuable player during his basketball team’s championship game.

A blue creature appears before a young girl after her mother leaves.

A cruel ruler decides to be fair to his people.

Two sisters have important morning traditions for Saint Lucia Day.

A little girl would rather play all day than work.

A girl struggles to get her grandfather to see her as American.

A speaker struggles to ask to be excused from the table.

A poor man receives a gift from his neighbor.

A nervous barber shaves a military captain.

A poor man deceives a king in order to feed in family.

A narrator must walk through the desert after their car is damaged.

Mike visits his grandmother at a nursing home and has a startling discovery.

A girl who is always picked last in gym class volunteers to be a team captain.

A boy prepares to celebrate his first Yom Kippur and must apologize to a neighbor.