McDaniel, Lurlene

Katie O'Roark, who has received a heart transplant, is spending the summer at Jenny House to help others who face medical crises. She becomes a "Big Sister" to Amanda, an eleven-year-old with leukemia; Chelsea, a thirteen-year-old candidate for a heart transplant; and Lacey, a fifteen-year-old diabetic.

Home from Jenny House, Chelsea awaits a heart transplant and becomes best friends with Jillian, who is waiting for a heart and lung donor. When one heart becomes available, the two friends find that they are both candidates for the heart.

Having survived chemotherapy Dawn wants to live her life like other teenagers but fears that the cancer may haunt her again.

Katie O'Roark undergoes heart transplant surgery. While recuperating, she meets Josh and senses an immediate connection. When Katie decides to start running again, Josh helps her to meet the difficult challenge. Can Katie become a winner again?.

It's been a year since Katie, Chelsea, and Lacey spent a special summer at Jenny House. This time as Big Sisters to a new group of girls who are also facing life-threatening illnesses. When tragedy strikes Jenny House, the three best friends know that things can never be the same again.

Sixteen-year-old Anne Wingate is diagnosed HIV positive as a result of an earlier transfusion with tainted blood. She spends the summer on a ranch out west where she meets Morgan. Is there time for Anne and Morgan?.

When candy striper Megan meets seventeen-year-old Donovan she finds herself getting involved in his life. He shares with Megan his secret that an anonymous benefactor has granted him one last wish and that he needs her help.

Mandy is thrilled when she gets her own horse for her thirteenth birthday, but her best friend, Laura, reacts strangely to the news, and their friendship is tested when tragedy strikes.

With the support of her two best friends, high school senior Holly tries to deal with the murder of her brother and her anger at God for allowing the crime to happen.

Dawn is told she has acute lymphocytic leukemia and six months to live.