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Teenager Blake Taylor chronicles his experiences with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder since the age of three, discussing his challenges and providing guidance for others.

A memoir, presented in graphic novel form, in which the author illustrates her ongoing struggle with an eating disorder she has named Ed.

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

Emily Rapp chronicles the first thirty years of her life, describing how her life has been defined by the birth defect that left her with only one leg and made her the poster child for the March of Dimes.

Chronicles the life of baseball legend Lou Gehrig, discussing his childhood in New York City, shyness, interactions with other members of the Yankee team, professional triumphs, personal relationships, and struggles to overcome a debilitating disease.

A group of teenage girls face the challenges of eating disorders and struggle to accept their bodies and themselves.

Follows champion bicyclist Lance Armstrong throughout the 2004 racing season, chronicling his quest to win his sixth Tour de France, and examines his response to charges of doping, his strategies for coping with aging, his complex relationships with teammates and rivals, and his methods for keeping a psychological edge over his competitors.

A memoir in which Samantha Abeel discusses her life before and after being diagnosed with the math-related learning disability discalculia in seventh grade.

The author presents a humorous chronicle of her battle with breast cancer in comic-strip format.

An English teacher reflects upon the ten years' worth of diaries that arrived one day on her doorstep, willed to her by a former student she had not seen in twenty years, who died of AIDS.