Lurlene McDaniel

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.

After sixteen-year-old Raina learns that she is a perfect match for donating bone marrow to a leukemia patient in Virginia, she discovers that the young woman is the sister she never knew she had.

With the support of her two best friends, sixteen-year-old Kathleen tries to balance her summer volunteer work at the hospital with her responsibilities caring for her mother, who has multiple sclerosis, and her attraction to a handsome boy.

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?

A collection of three stories in which teenagers facing life-threatening illnesses find that love can make all things bearable.

Jesse, shocked to learn that his long-time friend Melinda has leukemia at such as young age, hopes for her recovery.

Fifteen-year-old Carrie has had leukemia for three years. She meets another cancer patient at a support group, and feels helpless as she watches her friend slip away.

When Jessica is diagnosed as having kidney failure her only hope is a kidney transplant but her boyfriend Jeremy must find the strength to defy his parents in order to be the donor and save Jessica's life.

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?