"The Cherry Valley Voice is ready to unveil its first online edition. But a power surge causes the newsroom computer to lose all the stories. Mr. Trigg asks Sam and Michael to retrieve their backup files for use. There's only one problem. No one has made backup files of their work!''--by Rachel Wise.

A true story about a teacher in a racially divided school who gives her students what they've always needed, a voice. Erin Gruwell comes to a southern California high school bubbling over with naive optimism. She quickly discovers that her unruly classroom is not easily won over by her good intentions. After a few floundering attempts to connect with her students, Gruwell gives them the assignment of keeping journals about their own lives, This assignment...

Samantha Martone gets a reminder to stay objective in making her choice for class president at Cherry Valley Middle School.