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Describes the life and achievements of Lance Armstrong, a well-known, significant American of the 21st century using color layouts, informative sidebars, and lots of supplementary data.

The mother of a teenage leukemia victim describes the courageous way her son spent the years before his death.

Chronicles the life of Sadako Sasaki, a young Japanese girl who, after the bombing of Hiroshima, turned the paper crane into a symbol of peace, before dying of A-bomb disease at age twelve.

The author describes her battle with polio at age thirteen and her efforts to overcome its debilitating effects.

Having had osteosarcoma at the age of fifteen and having had her leg amputated as a result, the author relates her determination to overcome a potentially fatal disease and her later experiences as a therapist to cancer patients in a children's hospital.

In his early twenties, David Fitzpatrick became so consumed by mental illness that he began to cut himself. With therapy he emerged from his self-destructiveness with a knowledge that eventually led to his own emotional resurrection.

The author describes her battle against polio when she was thirteen and her efforts to overcome its debilitating effects.

A routine physical revealed stage IV intestinal cancer in thirty-eight-year-old Mark Weber, a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army. When he realized he would not win his battle with cancer, he wrote a letter to his sons so that as they grew up without him they would know what kind of a man he was, how he lived his life, and what he expected of them.

Aaron was diagnosed with Asperger's in his twenties and he then began to record his thoughts and experiences on paper. He has become a sought-after speaker and he is eager to share his insights on this often misunderstood condition. Aaron has a passion too, auto racing. He is a successful flagman at racing events across the country and he calls racing his Kansas---a place where he feels safe, confident, and normal. In Kansas, Aaron finds freedom, and the possibility for growth and change.