Two girls, one white and one black, gradually get to know each other as they sit on the fence that divides their town.

It's getting hot outside, hot enough to turn on the hydrants and run through the water--and that means it's finally summer in the city! Released from school and reveling in their freedom, the kids on one Brooklyn block take advantage of everything summertime has to offer. Freedom from morning till night to go out to meet their friends and make the streets their playground--jumping double Dutch, playing tag and hide-and-seek, building forts, chasing...

After Mama takes a job in Chicago during World War II, Ada Ruth stays with Grandma but misses her mother who loves her more than rain and snow.

Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an outsider.

En un dia triste y aburrido, un hermano y una hermana prestan atencion al consejo de su abuela: «Utilicen esas mentes hermosas y brillantes que tienen. Alcen los brazos, cierren los ojos, respiren profundo y crean en algo. En algun lugar, en algun momento, alguien estuvo tan aburrido como ustedes ahora». Y antes de que se den cuenta, su imaginacion los eleva y los saca del aburrimiento. Luego, en un dia lleno de peleas, siguen el consejo de Abuela...

When Mama's pregnancy draws attention away from Gia, she worries that the special bond they share will disappear forever once the baby is born.