It's 1987, and everyone has an opinion of fifteen year old Katherine Beagan. To her therapist she's emotionally disturbed, while her principal thinks she is a trouble maker. To her classmates she's a runt, while her social worker thinks she's a punk. But when the Portland police call her an arson, her only escape is to pretend to be someone else, and that is when her real trouble begins... Really, Truly, Katherine Beagan blends Anne of Green Gables with Ferris Bueller, TV comedies with real life struggles, and shows that happiness can arrive by following the most unexpected paths.

Johnny thought he had life figured out. Study hard, play harder, grow up to be an astronaut. His father, however, always dreamed of growing up to be a dairy farmer. Because Johnny is still thirteen, he has no choice when his father follows his dream, though it means saying goodbye to the only life Johnny has known....

Clark Jackson finds college boring. He just finished high school, and is looking for more in life. He finds it in a job at a hamburger stand. Jenny Whittington has moved to Salem, Oregon to live with her mother. Her mom makes her find work, and she finds it...at a hamburger stand. Clark and Jenny meet. He wants a wife, she wants a baby, what could go wrong?

Three tales of connection against enormous odds.

A Vacant Room:

Having a daily radio show has not made high school senior Claire Adkins feel successful. Exactly the opposite, in fact. Sometimes, though, vacant rooms are not as empty as we think.

And Ivy Smiled:

High School student Jerry Sebastian is popular, a basketball star, and rich. His friends, however, only like him for his money, and his parents just don't have the time. Ivy Barnes, damaged from a traumatic car accident, is no longer a part of this world. When a sports injury leaves Jerry stuck at home, his only...