Alex is an 18-year old Earthling who has an extraordinary talent for video game wizardry and conquers the Starfighter game. He is then recruited by alien Centauri to be part of an elite legion of fighters. Leaving behind his trailer park existence, he heads to the outer regions of space. Alex becomes the last hope for the beleaguered Star League and hundreds of worlds, including Earth.

Story of Jaime Escalante, a math teacher at East Los Angeles' Garfield High School, who pushes and inspires 18 inner-city Hispanic students who were struggling with math to become math whizzes.

After finding a bagful of unmarked $100 bills, there were a million reasons for unemployed dockworker Joey Coyle to give the money back, but he couldn't think of one good enough.

"When local rich kid Hubie Pyatt steals and wrecks Binx Davy's beloved motor scooter, Binx's older sister, Billie Jean, demands the $608 it costs to fix it. When Binx shoots Mr. Pyatt by accident, he and Billie Jean flee town accompanied by Billie Jean's girlfriends, Ophelia and Putter. They become fugitives and when they pick up a very willing hostage, Lloyd, they become criminals. Billie Jean becomes a legend in her own time, a symbol of freedom...