Chase and Ian, upset that their teammate Greg misses soccer practice once a week, are surprised to learn the truth about what their friend is doing with his time.

"Please," I said. It was all I had the chance to say. He looked at me, then at the stairs behind me. He rushed at me and pushed hard, throwing me off balance. I reeled backward, stumbled over, and started to fall. After a homeless man dies during a cold winter night, Robyn and her friends work to uncover who the man was before his time on the streets. They have only two clues to guide them: a class ring and an old photograph that the man left behind....

Seventeen-year-old Harper Evans hopes to escape the effects of her father's divorce on her family and friendships by volunteering her summer to build a house in a small Tennessee town devastated by a tornado.

Keisha eagerly anticipates her class's volunteer day; however, her assignment to work on the geriatric ward of a hospital is not what she expected.

Herbie goes with his Grandma when she volunteers at the hospital and realizes how happy patients are to have visitors and decides that helping at the hospital is the best.

When Rosie learns about tikkun olam in Hebrew class she sets out to save the world, but then realizes she is neglecting important responsibilities at home.

"Charles thought he had it all--until a devastating betrayal and the shattering loss of his family drove him to living on the streets. Beatrice is the first person who's truly cared about him. And little by little, he's finding reasons to care about rebuilding his life--and risking a sudden, courageous choice. Drawn to Charles and the temptation of a second chance, Beatrice is faced with the hardest of decisions. But his insight, secrets, and the...

"While at the farmers' market with her mama, Ladybug Girl spies some rescue dogs and, together with the Bug Squad, finds one of them a forever home, vowing to return again to help the others"-- Provided by publisher.

Dyamonde, longing for a pair of red high-top sneakers, is persuaded by a classmate that it is her mother's job to give her what she needs, and she learns an important lesson when she tries that argument on her mom who responds by literally giving Dyamonde only what she needs.

Thirteen-year-old former elite gymnast Eden is feeling lost after a career-ending injury, but when she meets new friends who open her eyes to period poverty, the struggle that low-income people have trying to afford menstrual products, she becomes an advocate for fair treatment and rediscovers her passion and drive.