Seventh-grader Martin Conway believes that his life is monotonous and dull until the night the antique radio he uses as a night-light transports him to the bombing of London in 1940.

Rebecca Rubin, the daughter of Russian Jewish immigrants living in New York in 1914, does not know what to do when her teacher assigns the class to make Christmas decorations which she is sure will upset her family, but she gets some good advice from an unexpected place.

A dour Latin master at an English boy's boarding school falls in love and gets married, renewing his passion for teaching.

Harry Potter, a fourth year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, longs to escape his hateful relatives, the Dursleys, and live as a normal fourteen year old wizard, but what Harry does not yet realize is that he is not a normal wizard, and in his case, different can be deadly.

Harry Potter leaves the miserable home of his aunt and uncle to begin studying magic at Hogwarts, the best school of witchcraft in England.

Harry Potter and his friends return as teenagers to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for their third year of study, where they delve into the mystery surrounding an escaped prisoner who seems to pose a threat to Harry.