McDaniel, Lurlene

A collection of three stories in which teenagers face life-altering situations.

April Lancaster and Mark Gianni, a young couple whose lives are shadowed by certain death, meet in the hospital, fall in love, and determine to marry despite April's inoperable brain tumor, Mark's cystic fibrosis, and the disapproval of their families.

Numb with grief when an accident kills her entire family, fourteen-year-old Beth suddenly finds herself living with her spoiled cousin Terri and trying to make friends at a new school.

Cynical Leah Lewis-Hall, stuck in the hospital alone during the holidays, learns about the miracles of love, faith, and angels when she meets the loving family of her roommate, a young Amish girl named Rebekah.

Leah Lewis-Hall experiences joy, grief, and hope when she takes a summer job in an Amish community in order to be near Ethan Longacre, an Amish boy she met while she was in the hospital with his sister Rebekah.

Carley, a girl whose face has been deformed by cancer surgery, meets Kyle while he is in the hospital recovering from an accident that has left him temporarily blind, and while she wants the best for her new friend, she is worried about what is going to happen to their relationship once Kyle recovers his sight.

When she returns to high school, Lacey Duval is driven to fit in with the in crowd and win the attention of gorgeous Todd Larson. But Lacey thinks fitting in means losing weight and hiding her diabetes.

Several months after being diagnosed as having a brain tumor, Cassie receives an anonymous letter and check. Can her sister Dani make Cassie's dream trip to Florida come true?.

Fourteen-year-old Darcy's life undergoes a drastic change when her mother is diagnosed with breast cancer in 1974 and is unable to help Darcy deal with the teenage struggles of starting high school, falling in love, and worrying about the Vietnam War.

Christina's friends and loved ones must learn to cope when she is killed and two other high school seniors are injured in a car accident.