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When Lucas Smoke learns the Ojibway art of carving from his grandfather, he proves to be a natural. He can literally make people come to life in wood.

Fifteen-year-old Henry Holloway isn't immoral, he's just hungry. His mother died when he was nine, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Andy and his friends, all amiable small-time crooks.

Rosario Gomez gave up gang life after his brother was killed in a street fight.

When Sandra Sinclair, recently widowed and the mother of twelve-year-old Jane, meets wealthy lawyer Joe Gillette, he wins her over with his kind and conscientious attitude.

Jenna Cooper was only a few days old when her father was murdered and her family was shattered.

Fourteen-year-old Matt has only one goal in life: to become a hermit. He has no use for school, but he loves the solitude of the forest.

Twenty-four-year-old Stephanie manages a clothing store and lives with her mother in the townhouse where she grew up.

Nell has been in foster homes all her life -- most of them have been horrible.

More than anything, Nikki wants to be free – of the grief and rage that have engulfed her since her parent’s death.

Amy and Eric are the perfect couple. Popular, good-looking, happy. But after they are seen quarreling at a party, Amy disappears and Eric is the number-one suspect.

Mob goddaughter Gina Gallo stands to inherit two million bucks from her great-uncle Seb, a master forger.

Rob wants to be a DJ – more than anything. And when his older brother Adam lands him a gig at a local all-ages club filling in for DJ Sly, Rob is ecstatic.

Riding the wrong way up a one-way street, Kenzie takes his eyes off the road and hits a pedestrian. And not just any pedestrian. It’s his ex-girlfriend, Stassi. Was this a freak accident?

Jamie is determined that nothing, not even his annoying popular younger brother Seth, is going to spoil his fun at a mountain-biking camp in the backcountry.

When Daniel enters a convenience store on a secret mission, he doesn't expect to run into anyone he knows. That would ruin everything.