Scott M. Rosenfelt
1) Strive
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A young, African American teenage girl living in Harlem excels in school, with help from her supportive guidance counselor, with dreams of going to Yale. As her mother struggles to make ends meet and her brother and sister encounter issues of their own, she learns that hard work, optimism, and perseverance in the face of overwhelming adversity is the essence of what it is to be alive.
2) Russkies
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It is during the Cold War and all Americans have a view of Russians as one thing: bad people. A group of American boys discovers a Russian sailor washed up on the coast of Florida and decide to befriend him, assuming that he is friendly and will bring them no danger and thus go against the ideas of their parents, as well as the government.