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Amir shares his feelings and concerns in letters with his friend, Doris, who lives in his old Bronx neighborhood. While Amir has been reunited with his youngest brother, he wants to find his other siblings he was separated from when his parents died.

Obi had never forgotten the sounds of his mother's screams on the day he was sold away from her. Making plans to run away to find her was a secret game he played with friend Buka, an old African who lived at the edge of the farm.

When the Civil War began, Obi knew it was time to run -- or be sold again. If he was caught, he'd be killed...or worse. But if he stayed, he might never know freedom.

Marcus walked into Langston High School that morning determined to turn his life around. He'd stay in school all day, go to his classes and he had no pot to sell. Finally, he understood the warnings from his grandmother, his mother and his girlfriend. He'd learned his lesson, but was it too late? Ever since Marcus had moved to the Bronx from his home on the beautiful island of St. Cruz, and entered high school, he faced challenges. His biggest challenge that fateful morning was Eddie, his enemy, who nearly caused Marcus to destroy his plans to start anew.

Doris becomes friends with Yellow Bird as she helps him with his studies and his part in the school play and discovers that he has a problem known as dyslexia.

The Popcorn Tree is the first volume in the Little Book of Morals series. Mr. & Mrs. Douglas were a very sweet, kind, elderly couple who loved and cared for their feathery friends. They were always careful to make sure there was enough food in the birdfeeder, until the first winter's snow covered everything. Now the bird feeder is empty for the first time. Mr. Blue Jay and his friends believe that the cherry tree from the summertime has turned into a Popcorn Tree.