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April Lancaster and Mark Gianni, a young couple whose lives are shadowed by certain death, meet in the hospital, fall in love, and determine to marry despite April's inoperable brain tumor, Mark's cystic fibrosis, and the disapproval of their families.

Tennis champion, Arthur Ashe, tells of his life, career, and battles with heart disease and AIDS.

A memoir by celebrated journalist Susan Spencer-Wendel who makes the most of her final days after discovering she has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

A series of poems describes how seventh-grader Kay Garber faces her grandmother's battle with breast cancer while living with her mother and great-grandmother and dealing with everyday junior high school concerns.

A novel based on the life of a nineteenth-century Englishman called the elephant man who suffered from Neurofibromatosis, a rare disease. He was condemned to a miserable life in a workhouse until a kind doctor gave him his first real home.

Presents the stories of ten people who have been infected with AIDS, including Ryan White, Elizabeth Glaser, and Arthur Ashe.

The author, an American music critic who spent his life unaware that he had Asperger's syndrome until he was forty-five-years-old, describes his childhood and the false medical treatments he endured.

Tells a story of how a young boy helps to care for his mom who is going through chemotherapy, and accompanies her to the salon to purchase a wig.

Offers a brief overview of the life and career of actor Michael J. Fox, focusing on how Fox has overcome the challenges of having Parkinson's Disease to become a spokesman for the disease and continue his acting career.

Introduces young readers to the life of top wheelchair racer Jean Driscoll, describing her childhood, her triumph over spina bifida, her racing career, and other related topics.