With the support of her two best friends, sixteen-year-old Kathleen tries to balance her summer volunteer work at the hospital with her responsibilities caring for her mother, who has multiple sclerosis, and her attraction to a handsome boy.
Andrea feels her life is falling apart when her parents decide to get a divorce, and as Andrea struggles to adjust to junior high and help care for her handicapped brother, she begins to wonder when someone will have time to take care of her.
Dawn Rochelle's leukemia is in remission and she has agreed to work as a camp counselor for younger kids with cancer. Being at the camp brings back painful memories of attending this same camp wih her best friend, Sandy, who has died.
When Jessica is diagnosed as having kidney failure her only hope is a kidney transplant but her boyfriend Jeremy must find the strength to defy his parents in order to be the donor and save Jessica's life.
Rachel Deering, a 13-year-old aspiring ballerina from Miami, finds herself in the hospital, diagnosed with diabetes, and has to learn how to manage her disease, cope with being different from her friends, and wonder if she ever dance again.
Thirteen-year-old tomboy Megan McCaffery is just beginning to enjoy growing up when her mother is diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor, turning Megan's life upside down.
Presents four interconnected novels that follow the struggles of Dawn Rochelle as she tries to live a normal life and help others while battling the disease.
With the support of her two best friends, high school senior Holly tries to deal with the murder of her brother and her anger at God for allowing the crime to happen.
After her freshman year at college, Katie decides to return to work at Jenny House, a camp for sick children, even though it means she may have to face her former boyfriend, Josh Martel, whose brother's heart had saved her life.