amputees

When a school bus accident leaves sixteen-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds a way to help rekindle her dream of running again.

After developing alopecia Quinn lost her friends along with her hair and former football player Jake lost his legs and confidence after an accident, but the two help each other believe in themselves and the possibility of love.

The author, a former special ops Navy SEAL senior chief, master naval parachutist, and expert military dog trainer and handler, describes his final mission in Afghanistan that injured him, killed his dog, and ended his military career. Discusses his long road to physical and mental recovery in which he battled depression and alcoholism, and how the strength of family, friends, and canines saved him.

Teen surfer Bethany Hamilton returns to competitive surfing after losing her arm in a shark attack.

A brief overview of the life of surfer Bethany Hamilton that focuses on how she returned to surfing after losing her arm in a shark attack.

Describes the life of Mariatu Kamara, focusing on her experiences as a child during the civil war in Sierra Leone where she was raped, tortured, and had her hands cut off by juvenile rebel soldiers; and discusses her experiences after the war.

Presents the survival story of Bethany Hamilton, a surfer who lost her arm in a shark attack.

A car accident causes fifteen-year-old Izzy to lose one leg and face the need to start building a new life as an amputee.

After wasting twelve years in the Kevinian Cult, seventeen-year-old Minnow rebels. They take her hands in punishment. Soon the cult's camp has been burned and their prophet murdered, and the police are sure Minnow knows something she is not telling them. Minnow struggles to free her mind from the cult's lies as an FBI investigator makes her an offer, one that may let her start her life over--if she can bring herself to tell the truth.

"In 1971, twelve-year-old Lucy Rossi's dad returns from Vietnam after losing part of his arm, and her whole family must learn to adjust to a new dynamic, but Lucy's friend Milo unknowingly helps her navigate through this difficult time of fear and uncertainty to realize she is much tougher than she thought"--Provided by publisher.