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In the aftermath of a brutal fight between students from an elite prep school and the local high school, the town of East Breed's Pennsylvania, struggles to overcome the shocking results of the fight and find a way to unify.

The author discusses her experiences living with autism, a condition she was not diagnosed with until she was thirty-six, and shares the story of how she was able to make sense of her life and feelings through her work with gorillas.

Discusses the life of Alexandra Scott, her lemonade stand and how she contributed to cancer research, and how the lemonade stand for cancer research became a phenomenon.

The autobiography of Shelley Nixon, a twenty-one-year old victim of cerebral palsy.

Shares entries from the journal of Amy Mareck, a young woman diagnosed with bone cancer at the age of thirteen who fought the disease with courage and optimism for five years before she died.

Seventeen-year-old Luke falls for new guy Curtis, who is secretly HIV positive, but when the two become involved, Curtis has trouble distancing himself from Luke in order to protect him from infection.

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.

Nathan Hurst hates the Christmas season and all its trappings, which only remind him of the event that destroyedhis childhood, but, when a snowstorm strands him with a young mother and her special son, he witnesses the true miracles that occur during the holidays.

Monica Holloway shares how a golden retriever named Cowboy helped her autistic son Wills come out of his shell and connect with the world around him.

Author Christie Pettit chronicles her fight with anorexia nervosa and describes how counseling and her faith in God helped her overcome her eating disorder.