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Three linked short stories weave together a mystery that spans the time of the two World Wars. In 2013, British…
designer Ellie Brooke is summoned to Provence, France, to restore a memorial garden. The house's owner is bitter and Ellie is not sure whom to trust. Some violence. 2014
Three years ago Adrian, the earl of Folbroke, abandoned his wife Emily. When Adrian's cousin Rupert, the estate's heir, questions…
Adrian's existence, Emily tells Rupert she is pregnant and sets out to find her husband. Blind from war injuries, Adrian does not recognize Emily. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2011
After the death of his mother, Ben, who is deaf, travels to New York City's American Museum of Natural History,…
where he hopes to find his father. While searching he makes an incredible discovery. For grades 4-7 and older readers. Schneider Award. 2011
After a school-bus accident, sixteen-year-old Jessica has her right leg amputated below the knee and is convinced she will never…
run again. But prosthetics, a new friend with cerebral palsy, and the support of her track team help Jessica find a way forward. For junior and senior high readers. Schneider Award. 2011
Victorian London. Impoverished fifteen-year-old orphan Grace must care for her older but mentally unfit sister Lily. The two sisters endure…
many painful experiences and become the victims of a fraud perpetrated by a wealthy family. Then Lily disappears. For senior high and older readers. 2010
Zoe and her sister Lyssa, a leukemia survivor, have run an inn on Abrigo Island ever since a bus crash…
killed their parents. Then Yeager, a temporarily blinded astronaut, and his friend Deke arrive and shake up the sisters' world. Explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2002
When homeschooled farm girl Piper McCloud reveals that she can jump into the air and fly, officials whisk her away…
to a top-secret government institute for exceptional children. But Piper learns that the school is full of danger and longs to escape. For grades 5-8. 2008
For eighth-grader Quig, who is blind, the steep bluff at Dead End that he is forbidden to climb symbolizes all…
the dead ends in his life. Then one night Quig hears his seven-year-old brother Tommy fall into the river at the bottom of the cliff. For grades 4-7. 1966
England, 1249. Gillian is terrified when the knight known as the Dragon of Blackmour proposes to her, unaware that the…
Dragon is blind--and that he had promised her late brother he would rescue Gillian from their abusive father. Descriptions of sex, some strong language, and some violence. 1997
Lena Riddle may be blind, but she knows she hears women screaming for help in the woods behind her home.…
The only person who believes her is ex-cop Ezra King. Then the bodies start appearing. Violence, explicit descriptions of sex, and some strong language. 2011
Eight-year-olds Tasha and Jason, a paraplegic, become best friends when Jason moves next door. Inseparable through high school, they drift…
apart in college--only to renew their friendship in their twenties. But by their thirties they are engaged to other people. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2012
Connor and Izzy, two teens who met as counselors at a summer art camp in the Pacific Northwest, keep in…
touch through e-mails. As their communications continue, Connor becomes increasingly worried about Izzy's mental state. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. For senior high and older readers. 2012
Twelve-year-old Nick loves baseball and pitching. After spending a year in the hospital with a brace on his leg, fighting…
polio, Nick takes a job with the Bismarck Churchills--where his dad is the catcher--and gets to see the great Satchel Paige pitch the 1935 season. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2012
When Ben delays college to enlist in the army reserve, his family, girlfriend, and best friend are shocked. After deployment…
to Iraq Ben returns home with a traumatic brain injury and finds nothing is the same. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2012
Broke and depressed, Ben takes a Fundamentals of Caregiving course and goes to work for Trev, an angry teen with…
severe muscular dystrophy. His own personal tragedies haunt Ben as he pushes Trev to demand more from life. A madcap road trip offers both some relief from hopelessness. Strong language. 2012
Screenwriter Ruth Saunders, disfigured from a childhood accident, makes it big with a television series based on her life with…
her grandmother. While dealing with actors, rewrites, and so-so reviews, Ruth falls for her producer Dave, who uses a wheelchair. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2012
High school freshman Colin Fischer has Asperger's syndrome and uses flash cards to identify facial expressions and social cues. But…
when a gun goes off during lunch and school bully Wayne is accused, Colin tries to prove Wayne's innocence--even though Wayne torments Colin. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2012
Working-class English girl Louisa "Lou" Clark is hired as an aide to wealthy Will Traynor, a former mogul who has…
been paralyzed since a road accident. Lou tries to keep the embittered Will engaged with the world, while Will encourages Lou to expand her horizons. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2012
Danielle Levine, a high school senior with OCD, struggles to fit in at her alternative school and uses writing as…
the easiest way to communicate. But things change after Danielle is sent to social skills class and falls for a boy. For senior high and older readers. 2013