The ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.

When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a German submarine during World War II, an adolescent white boy, blinded by a blow on the head, and an old black man are stranded on a tiny Caribbean island where the boy acquires a new kind of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.

When an African American family with three children moves into her white neighborhood, eleven-year-old Winnie learns the difference between being a good neighbor and being a good friend.

Scout Finch, daughter of the town lawyer Atticus, has just started school; but her carefree days come to an end when a black man in town is accused of raping a white woman, and her father is the only man willing to defend him.

After Zélie and Amari bring magic back to the land of Orïsha, the monarchy and military unite to keep control of Orïsha, forcing Zélie to fight to secure Amari's right to the throne and protect the new maji from the monarchy's wrath.

When the Target family travels through Arrowville, the people there initially mistake them for enemies.

Four children witness a confrontation between an elderly black man and a white storekeeper in rural Mississippi in the 1930s.

After a traumatic accident removes his telekinetic ability, or psi, twelve-year-old Taemon is exiled to the "dud farm," where he is surprised to find kind, open people who enjoy not using psi. But there are also mysteries at the colony, and when Taemon unwittingly leaks one of the secrets he must find the courage to repair the damage, even if it means returning to the city from which he was banished.

When Mr. Lincoln, "the coolest principal in the world, " discovers that Eugene, the school bully, knows a lot about birds, he uses this interest to help Eugene overcome his intolerance.

Lazlo, who has just moved to the United States from Hungary, is ostracized at school until two girls have the courage to befriend him.