Fresh out of foster care at age eighteen, a young drifter turns to petty crime to survive, and discovers an impossible love in an unlikely friend.

Cal Trask is considered the "bad" son of taciturn Salinas Valley lettuce farmer Adam Trask. Although Cal always means well, he just can't stay out of trouble. Neither is Cal able to match the high esteem in which his father holds his "good" brother Aron. Only Aron's girl friend Abra and kindly old Doctor Sam seem to be able to see the essential goodness in the troublesome Cal. In an effort to win his father's love, Cal purchases a fresh lettuce crop...

Twelve-year-old Beans is on the edge. Torn between innocent childhood and delinquent adolescence, she is forced to grow up fast to become the tough Mohawk warrior that she needs to be during the Indigenous uprising known as The Oka Crisis, which tore Quebec and Canada apart for 78 tense days in the summer of 1990.

Ariel's Beginning: Long before Ariel walked on land, she was one of seven beloved daughters of King Triton. But times were troubled, and music was banned! Ariel, her sisters, and her loyal friends Sebastian and Flounder strive to bring music and friendship back to Atlantica. Return to the Sea: Even though her parents tell her merpeople and Atlantica are just old fish tales, Ariel's daughter Melody, dreams of being part of that magical world.