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Kids have been picking on 14-year-old Harold ever since he can remember. They stare at him and call him "maggot" or "ghost boy" because he's an albino. Even his mother seems angry and withdrawn when he's around.One day the circus comes to town, and Harold runs away to join it. When Fossil Man and Princess Minikin accept him into their family, he feels that he has at long last come home.

Three years after leaving her family behind on the idyllic lighthouse island where she grew up, 17-year-old Elizabeth "Squid" McCrae returns, full of anger and accusations and eager to confront her father about a family tragedy. But as a ghostly voice from the past sparks her memories, Squid soon realizes that nothing is exactly as she thought it was, and no one, not even herself, is completely free from blame.

10-year-old Johnny's toymaker father has volunteered for service in the British Army of World War I. At first, his spirits are high as he completes basic training, but his tone becomes grim once he reaches the front. To ease his son's worries, Johnny's dad carves him little figurines that reflect his experiences in the war. Comprised of letters from his father, followed by Johhny's feelings, Lord of the Nutcracker Men is a haunting and poignant tale.

Ever since he was five years old and his father witnessed a terrible crime, Igor and his family have been on the run from the Lizard Man, a foreboding figure bent on revenge. They've lived in so many places, with so many identities, that Igor can't even remember his real name. As the months go by, Igor begins to wonder if the Lizard Man exists only in his father's frightened mind. No one but his dad has ever seen him. But then Igor's little sister tells him she thinks she saw the Lizard Man lurking around the house....

Virgil is making his older siblings trek to a mountain lake on a trip unlike any they have taken before. They carry precious cargo: the ashes of their beloved mother, who asked that her remains be scattered at her favorite spot. But when a forest fire is sparked by a bolt of lightning at the exact moment when their van breaks down, the journey quickly turns to disaster. Virgil finds himself separated from his sister and alone in the wilderness. He isn’t sure he can make it, but with the memory of his mother and her lessons to guide him, he learns that survival starts with letting go.

Ein erschlagener Drogendealer und dann auch noch eine tote Vorzeige-Familie - Chief Inspector Jacobson steckt mitten in einem neuen Fall. Bei einem Wohnungsbrand im sozialen Brennpunkt Woodslands wird ein toter Drogendealer gefunden. Aber es bleibt nicht dabei, denn keine 48 Stunden später wird im edlen Willow Court eine gerade zur "Familie des Jahres" gekürte Familie tot aufgefunden, scheinbar hat der Vater seine Frau und Kinder und dann sich selbst umgebracht. Doch schon bald wird klar, dass es kein Selbstmord war...

Rechtsextremismus und Rassismus im sonst recht beschaulichen Crowby: Als ein junger, schwarzer Mann am Neujahrstag tot aus dem Fluss gezogen wird, heißt es, er habe Selbstmord begangen und sei ertrunken. Chief Inspector Jacobson und Detective Sergeant Kerr waren zu der Zeit verreist, doch als vier Monate später ein bekannter Journalist Jacobson versichert, der junge Mann sei von weißen Rassisten ermordet worden, gerät das Selbstmordmotiv schnell ins Wanken, denn zwei Tage später wird auch der Journalist tot im Fluss gefunden.