Berthoud Community Library District

Ten stories portray life on a block in Harlem.

A support group of teenagers coping with family problems helps Amy to adjust after she's ordered to live with her mother following the discovery that her divorced father abducted her years ago.

Roger Baxter, new and lonely in New York, does not receive much attention from his mother. He has a difficult time making friends because of a speech impediment and sometimes feels the best thing to do is disappear.

Nineteen-year-old Frances Mary Kelly, herself an orphan train rider six years before, returns to New York and agrees to escort a group of orphans west to find new homes.