A Seat at the Table

At Maplewood Elementary, lunch tables and playground groups seem set in stone—until a small group of students decides to change that.

When Zoe, the new girl at school, struggles to find a place to sit at lunch, Lily notices and invites her in, remembering her own past loneliness. Jake, a student council leader, sees an opportunity to make the school more welcoming. Mateo, who once felt invisible after moving from another country, knows how hard it is to be left out. Together, they launch a m...