A struggling San Francisco man raising his 5-year-old son on his own lands an unpaid internship in a stockbroker-training program but without a salary is forced to sleep on the streets.

"April 6th, 1917. As a regiment assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap"--From www.imdb.com.

The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention (organized to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition) is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb.

"Centers on the friendship between two teenage Mexican-American loners in 1987 El Paso who explore a new, unusual friendship and the difficult road to self-discovery"--