Struggling with her Puerto Rican identity, her grandfather's memory loss and transfer to a nursing home, and her sister's depression, seventh-grader Cassi joins the Mathletes at school, finding comfort in numbers and in her new friendship with Aaron.
Eigthteen-year-old Debbie White has lived a sheltered life on her family's rural dairy farm with her mentally unstable mother and alcoholic uncle. But everything changes when Debbie is accepted into Trinity College Dublin and begins commuting to classes a few days a week. As Debbie's worldview starts to expand, she starts to pull away from her life at home. But when a terrible accident strikes the farm, her life is upended in ways she never would have expected.
Introduces students and researchers to the fundamentals of depression as a medical condition using easy-to-understand language for a solid background and a deeper understanding and appreciation of this important subject.
"This . . . story helps children recognize and cope with sadness . . . offers an entrance point for adults and children to identify and address childhood depression symptoms and helps banish the stigma around mental illness. Includes a section with tips for adults"--Provided by publisher.
Told in two voices, eleven-year-old Jack and the imaginary friend he thought he'd outgrown, George, find each other again when Jack's family hits a crisis.
Two teenagers--David Sheinman, a popular senior class president who has cystic fibrosis, and Jamie Turner, a quiet sophomore struggling with depression--meet at a hospital where Jamie works and David is being treated. Feeling alienated from their family and peers, the pair turn to each other for support and discover romance.
"[Presents a story about] Louis, a young boy who shuttles between his alcoholic dad and his worried mom, and who, with the help of his best friend, tries to summon up the courage to speak to his true love, Billie"--Amazon.com.
