Colin, 14, enters a new school and he’s freaking out: how do you get by when, like him, you’re a stutterer? His meeting with Mr. Devarseau, a charismatic French teacher,…

Amy, an 11-year-old girl, joins a group of dancers named “the cuties” at school, and rapidly grows aware of her burgeoning femininity—upsetting her mother and her values in the process.