The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society.

The six horrible Herdmans, the worst kids in the history of the world, cause mayhem throughout the school year.

The streets of 1893 New York are full of life: crowded, filthy, dangerous. If you are a newsboy like thirteen-year- old Maks Geless, you need to watch out for Bruno, leader of the Plug Ugly Gang whose shadowy, sinister boss is plotting to take control of all the newsies on the lower East Side. With Bruno’s boys in fierce pursuit, Maks discovers Willa, a strange girl who lives alone in an alley. It is she, stick in hand, who fights off the Plug Uglies...