In Sandbag Squidward, Henry finds himself doing manual labor on a cold, grey beach instead of working on his virtual world, and hating everyone and everything as he does it. But after two weeks of counting down the days, he finds both his virtual world and real world have shifted in unexpected ways.
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On a cold, damp beach in Louisiana, Henry Block is counting down the days until his Conservation Corps work ends and he can get back to building his digital world.
When Rami Saleh’s porcelain bird is broken, the schoolyard gets on the case in a caper about finding truth, belonging, and safety in a world on fire.
Lake Ballona goes missing, and only the mushrooms can help.
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When Dee is transferred to the swanky Wicker school, their education in conformity is quickly derailed by another misfit willing to fight for a different world.
“Visitor, what is hunger?” A former guerilla fighter struggles to explain his past when he finds himself in a land without poverty or want.
Decades after flooding drove his family from their Louisiana home, June returns to replant the land, and grapple with its legacy.
In the backroom of a Sichuan restaurant, Grace tends to the family’s legacy and discovers a new beginning.
Deep in the fissures that plague Koreatown, Christina’s search for her sister reveals something new.
At the Green Nigeria Youths Fellowship, Eketi tries to find her voice.
As a young woman prepares to leave her small town, a fight with her father sheds light on their fears for the future.
The time for Ever’s metamorphosis has arrived.
In an abandoned London hotel, a plant from another time sprouts.
Two brothers embark on a perilous journey to document endangered species, and instead find a different way to change the world.
An apprentice undertaker learns the art of death and dying.
