Trying to shape a new life of freedom in Philadelphia after having been a slave, Addy finds inspiration from a new friend

Describes the origins and practices of Kwanzaa, an African-American holiday created to remind African Americans of their history and their cultural origins

Although a classmate says that she cannot play Peter Pan in the school play because she is black, Grace discovers that she can do anything she sets her mind to do.

In Philadelphia, Addy Walker and her mother build new lives, with Addy attending school for the first time

In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American South, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.

A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.