by Helena Close (2009)
When her best friend Leah questions her about the criss-cross marks on her arms, Jane blames the cat. Everyone has secrets, even Leah. She never mentions her brother Jack, yet his absence is palpable. Alison, Leah's mum, escapes into her dreams, where she becomes reunited with the son who was killed in a road accident ; an accident for which she blames herself. When Alison meets Jane's dad, Dermot, it seems briefly that they might be kindred spirits. Darker conclusions, however, lie in wait.
Jonathan Friesen
Chloe, who loves the darkness of her family's broken-down movie theater because it hides the scars that line her face, and Nick, who shares her love of movies despite his blindness, are transported into the fantasy world of the script they are writing, where they face adventure and tragedy that could transform their real lives.
C. C. Payne
Ten-year-old Lula Bell Bonner of White House, Tennessee, tries to fade into the background to avoid a bully, but after her beloved grandmother's death Lula Bell understands about letting her light shine in the darkness.
Elfie Donnelly
A ten-year-old Viennese boy describes his close relationship with his seventy-nine-year-old grandfather and how he copes with the old man's illness and death.
Andrés Neuman
"A family drama about a seriously ill father and his son who go on a road trip while the mother/wife remains at home, reading literature and carrying on an affair with her husband's doctor"--