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Thirteen-year-old student Luke Jackson describes what it is like to live with asperger syndrome, offering a new perspective on bullying, friendships, the challenges associated with AS, problems at school, dating, and more.

Mitch Albom, Schwartz's one-time student, herein chronicles his last days with his dying mentor, a sociologist who courageously studied his own degeneration from Lou Gehrig's disease.

Recounts the experiences of four high school girls whose feelings of shame, fear, and confusion compelled them to use or refuse food in misguided attempts to feel safe and in control of their lives.

Explores how human emotional life becomes intertwined with a particular natural landscape.

Thirteen-year-old Anna, conceived specifically to provide blood and bone marrow for her sister Kate who was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia at the age of two, decides to sue her parents for control of her body when her mother wants her to donate a kidney to Kate.

The author describes her life as the daughter of a woman afflicted with Munchausen by proxy, a form of child abuse in which a parent, most often a mother, invents or induces illness in a child in order to gain attention from medical professionals, tells how she was able to save herself, and discusses her efforts to have another young girl removed from her mother's care.

Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong chronicles his struggles after beating cancer, including dealing with allegations of drug use, finding a balance between his career and family life, and coping with the fear that his cancer will return.

Lou Arrendale, a high-functioning autistic adult, has a steady job, friends, and a passion for fencing, but when he comes under attack for refusing a controversial treatment for his disorder, his quiet life is turned upside-down and he fears the life he has grown accustomed to will be gone forever.

A collection of poems in which the author details her struggle with eating disorders and her changed outlook on life after the suicide attempt of her boyfriend.