Girlhood Journeys

A recent immigrant from Ireland to San Francisco in 1880, Shannon is ready to start school, but is dismayed that her Chinese friend is forbidden by law to attend and that many of her classmates are prejudiced against the Irish as well.

When Shannon and her friends conduct a book drive in their San Francisco neighborhood in 1880 to benefit the new library, they must solve a mystery quickly.

Ten-year-old Marie dreams of becoming a ballerina, but without a wealthy sponsor, she faces a more mundane future dictated by her family's position in pre-Revolutionary Parisian society.

Ten-year-old Marie has been given a rare opportunity to dance at the Paris Opéra, but her success is marred by the jealousy of her fellow-dancers and the poverty she sees around her in pre-Revolutionary Paris.