A nerdy high school senior harbors a crush on her now-popular childhood best friend as she babysits his younger brother. When a plane crashes near their school and she lies and says she saw it, her crush takes an interest in her after years of ignoring her.

A young boy navigates friendship with another boy in his suburban San Diego neighborhood. The neighbor boy’s homelife is both enthralling and frightening.

A freshman at a Texas high school has a crush on the beautiful and mysterious girl next door. When her little brother is hospitalized with a life-threatening injury, and he's tasked with feeding her family's dog each night, he learns a startling secret.

A man reflects on a girl who was his neighbor and whom he was in love with when he was a young boy, and regrets never having the courage to pursue her.

A nine-year-old who idolizes his older brother plans to move to Woodstock with him one day. For the time being, however, they are stuck in Cleveland, where they dabble in drugs, sex, and alcohol before his older brother's untimely demise.

A man remembers a fateful autumn during his junior year of high school, which he spent playing football in apple orchards, riding in his best friend's car, and falling in love.

Two childhood best friends have trouble reconciling the nature of their friendship—and the different worlds they now live in—after having grown up together.

A boy wonders who his real friends are.

A teenage boy bonds with his 12-year-old cousin when things start looking up for his love life. But what comes up must come down, endangering the cousins’ lifelong friendship.

A young boy befriends an older woman, much to his parents’ disapproval, and they enjoy each other’s company until her fateful departure from town.