Sonia Levitin

While partying in an abandoned house with friends who are using drugs, Cassidy and Ken face a difficult decision when they find a classmate murdered and risk implicating themselves if they go to the police.

When Jonathan's family buys Laurel's house, this Jewish boy and Chinese-American girl gradually become friends as they deal with ancestral spirits and changing family relationships.

Desta and the other members of her Falasha family, Jews suffering from discrimination in Ethiopia, finally flee the country and attempt the dangerous journey to Israel.