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In the backdrop of the Nazi occupation of France, taken to the hospital for a broken leg from an accident, twelve-year-old Maurice Gutman is narrowly spared from the mass roundup that will take his family from him and leave them imprisoned in a distant death camp. At the hospital, Dr. Daviel diagnoses him with tuberculosis and imposes a long treatment, perhaps a humane ruse to prevent him from being deported. Over the course of two years, while living with the hospital staff, Maurice and eight other young boarders unforgettably experience friendship, solidarity and extraordinary courage. These are the children of luck.

Jack Malone, mate of the Langland, is accused of drunkenness by Crosby, a rival suitor of his sweetheart, Patty Thomas. He and the captain, who really was drunk, are both fired. He is finally vindicated by the children of the town, and Patty agrees to wait for him when he goes to sea in a ship his brothers have purchased for him and the captain.

An inept security guard thinks he's in a crime thriller after eavesdropping on a corporate murder scheme. He entangles an unlikely assortment of night owls in a series of mishaps and misunderstandings to unravel the mystery.

How about conducting battle, but with flowers in lieu of weapons? There were monks who did ikebana, or Japanese flower arrangement, following a war. There was once an actually famous monk in Kyoto, Japan circa 1594 with exemplary ikebana skills. A shogun, or lord, invites him to do ikebana for him. Responding to the request the monk goes to Gifu castle, but a below average performance leads to shogun's wrath.

All families are mad. Four estranged siblings must reunite to settle their late father's will. Things get even more complicated when he shows up.

A young woman feels that she doesn't believe in love. So Venus, the Goddess of Love, sends her son, Cupid to restore her faith in love but instead gets hit with his own arrow and falls in love with her instead. So, he has a limited amount of time to woo her and decide if he wishes to leave his immortal form and become a regular man. And spend what little time he has with her.