Central Kansas Library System

When sixteen-year-old Hope and the aunt who has raised her move from Brooklyn to Mulhoney, Wisconsin, to work as waitress and cook in the Welcome Stairways diner, they become involved with the diner owner's political campaign to oust the town's corrupt mayor.

All the students in the third grade are affected when their beloved teacher, Mrs. Kempczinski, is suddenly hospitalized with cancer.

A young girl experiences a range of emotions when her mother undergoes treatment for cancer.

A young girl battles a disease that threatens to rob her of her life. Along the way, she meets other teenagers battling life-threatening diseases and learns to have courage in facing your worst fears.