amputees

Jeff Bauman remembered everything from the bombing of the Boston Marathon in April 2013. When he woke up after his lifesaving surgeries (including having his legs amputated), on April 16, 2013, he asked for a pad and paper and wrote "Saw the guy. Looked right at me." setting off one of the biggest manhunts in the country's history. Jeff had been at the finish line, cheering on his girlfriend Erin, when the first bomb went off at his feet. And what he remembered would give the Boston police their first important breakthrough.

Bethan Hamilton, a teenage surfer, lost her arm in a shart attack off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii. Not even the loss of her arm keeps her from returning to surfing, the sport she loves.

In India, a girl who excels at Bharatanatyam dance refuses to give up after losing a leg in an accident.

Kate, seeking distraction from her recent diabetes diagnosis, begins dating Aidan, a young veteran who lost an arm in Afghanistan, and the two soon realize that they might mean more to each other than they first thought.

Although he finds him boring at first, Adam soon becomes fascinated with Mr. Haddock, a heroic World War II parachutist who lost his legs and now lives in the nursing home where Adam's mother works.

The third book in a trilogy of Doonsbury books that look at the impact of combat on American soldiers, in which B.D. helps one of his men whose vehicle was blown up causing him to lose an eye and suffer from traumatic brain injury, or TBI.