"Sabine's scholarship to a prestigious art school was a dream come true, but one desperate decision might bring her new life crashing down"--

In Uganda, a young boy struggles to carry cans full of water back to his small village, and when he sees an aid truck filled with something that would make his journey easier, he devises a way to obtain some of the truck's treasure.

"Once upon a time there was a ship that sailed beside the sun with very important people on board. The spirit of reinvention--and the importance we place on things--is beautifully expressed in Jose Sanabria's visually evocative story. A steamship makes a journey across time from luxury and exclusivity, industry and abandonment, to stewardship and inclusion as we see the evolving functions of the ship and the changing faces of the people who cherish...

In 1967, when his teacher loans him a copy of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," eleven-year-old Ellis Earl Brown is amazed to encounter a family worse off than his own and wonders if happy endings only come in books.