Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral in medieval Paris, saves the beautiful gypsy dancer Esmeralda from the clutches of an evil archdeacon.
When Thule's village is destroyed and her whole family killed, she is sent to a poor Christian mission orphanage and then to a wealthy white family where she helps to look after a cripple girl. Through all of this she manages to find love and happiness.
Convinced that the fatal accident she witnessed at the basketball game was not accidental, thirteen-year-old Chelsey, a paraplegic, and her unusual friend Jack join forces to prove it was a deliberate murder.
A sixteen-year-old girl's first celebration of Kwanza gives her a sense of the past and strength to deal with her troubled mother and her own blindness.
Jamie Brooks, having lost his house, girlfriend, and career as a skier, decides to commit suicide, but when that fails, he sets out on a journey that leads him to Hope Mountain--a place where miracles happen.
When a friend of Butch and Ben dies suddenly in the middle of a football game, they are certain it was not an accident. The physically disabled boys spend a hectic week looking for the truth. Finally, a VCP, a mafia leader, and their own luck lead them to the solution.
When 16-year-old Lester, himself a victim of cerebral palsy, takes his retarded friend from the hospital for the weekend, tragedy ensues, forcing Lester to examine the real meaning of their relationship.
Despite his excitement over walking with a new walker, three-year-old Patrick finds it isn't easy and becomes discouraged until his new friend, six-year-old Emma Lou who has spina bifida, helps him discover something important about himself.
