When thirteen-year-old Pete is invited to join an elite racing team, he quickly realizes that he is in over his head. But Pete is determined to prove that he belongs on the team. With the help of his coach, he starts to train harder than ever before. And finally, on the day of the big race, Pete comes from behind to take the win.
Ally's mom dies, and she moves to Los Angeles to live with her dad. She meets a group of kids who love making films, and they help her enter a contest to make a short film. Her dad tries to stop her, but Ally decides to fight for her dream.
Val is released from prison and tries to go straight, but her former boss won't let her go that easily. She must find allies in the criminal underworld to find a way out before it 's too late.
Shannon is reluctant to move until she learns that her new home will have a room just for her library. She imagines all the adventures she'll go on with her new literary friends and looks forward to making her library dreams a reality.
Thirteen-year-old Shannon is reluctant to move from the city to a remote farm, but she soon falls in love with the farm and a wild mustang named Spirit. Shannon works to tame Spirit and enters him in a horse show, but Spirit is stolen before the show. Shannon sets out on a daring mission to rescue him with the help of her new friends.
Owen is a city boy who is sent to live with his grandparents in a small town after his parents are killed in a car accident. He is bored and has nothing to do until he finds an old abandoned race track. He cleans it up and starts racing. He becomes the town's champion racer and everyone loves him.
Nine-year-old Fiona finds a sick fox cub in the woods and takes him in, nursing him back to health. She names him Freddy and the two become inseparable. But when Freddy's wild instincts take over, Fiona realizes she has to let him go. With a heavy heart, she takes Freddy back to the woods and sets him free.
Lysanthir Zumra is a young boy who discovers he has the ability to control the darkness. He is taken to the Order of the Black Sun, where he is trained in the ways of the dark arts. When he is fully grown, he is sent out into the world to spread the Order's message of despair and destruction. Lysanthir quickly finds himself in over his head, as he is hunted by the forces of light. With the help of his darkness powers, he must find a way to survive and defeat his enemies.