Belle Pruitt
Vera Cleaver
When her adored baby brother suddenly dies of pneumonia, eleven-year-old Belle is left to cope with the devastating effects on her family.

by Ariela Anhalt (2010)
Briar Academy senior Luke prefers avoiding conflict and letting others make his decisions, but he is compelled to choose whether or not to stand by the best friend whose reckless behavior has endangered Luke and may have caused another student's death.
Vera Cleaver
When her adored baby brother suddenly dies of pneumonia, eleven-year-old Belle is left to cope with the devastating effects on her family.
Hila Colman
Sixteen-year-old Emily is in the car with her boyfriend when he hits and kills a young boy she knows, and that death has a dramatic effect on them, the boy's family, and Emily's own parents.
Hannah Roberts McKinnon
When her older sister, Marni, is paralyzed jumping off the cliffs into the lake near their house, twelve-year-old Lace feels responsible for the accident and struggles to find a way to help heal her family.
Amy Hatvany
"Thirty-six-year-old Grace McAllister never longed for children. But when she meets Victor Hansen, a handsome, charismatic divorced restaurateur who is father to Max and Ava, Grace decides that, for the right man, she could learn to be an excellent part-time stepmom. After all, the kids live with their mother, Kelli. How hard could it be?"--Provided by publisher.