Hoping that the arrival of Freedom Riders in her town will help her community shed its antiquated views, thirteen-year-old Billie is forced to confront her own mindset when things turn tragic "Personally I don't mind them coming here but they might bother some of my customers." Thirteen-year old Billie Sims has heard things like this all her life, from the grocer down the road, from her neighbors at church, from her parents. But Billie never understood...

When Maggie Murphy's grandfather visits he brings many mysteries, including an invention that may help eight-year-old Maggie, who loves being a spy, to solve a neighborhood crime--who is stealing the tuna fish from outside Mr. Kling's shop?

Everyone in the City is assigned a job by the choosers-keeper, catcher, computer. Callie Crawford is a computer. She works with numbers: putting them together, taking them apart. Her work is important, but sometimes she wants more. Jeremy Finn is a dreambender. His job is to adjust people's dreams. He and others like him quietly remove thoughts of music and art to keep the people in the City from becoming too focused on themselves and their own feelings...