From award-winning author Sally Nicholls, her debut novel about a boy's last months with leukemia.1. My name is Sam.2. I am eleven years old.3. I collect stories and fantastic facts.4. I have leukemia.5. By the time you read this, I will probably be dead.Living through the final stages of leukemia, Sam collects stories, questions, lists, and pictures that create a profoundly moving portrait of how a boy lives when he knows his time is almost up....

A little egg that Mama bird was keeping warm has broken.

Teens are hurting. While trying to make sense of an increasingly confusing and troubled world, teens get hit - again and again - with moves, separations, divorces, rejections, substance abuse, domestic violence, sexual abuse, illness, disability, and death. Edgy, fun loving, tech-driven, and seemingly indestructible, teens' souls are shaking. Gnawing questions surface from deep inside: "How did this happen? Why me? Is this my fault? What am I supposed...

"As a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. She learned the arcane terminology and read all the classic books, including T.H. White's tortured masterpiece, The Goshawk, which describes White's struggle to train a hawk as a spiritual contest. When her father dies and she is knocked sideways by grief, she becomes obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. She buys Mabel ... on a Scottish quayside and takes her home to Cambridge....

Every pet parent knows what it means to love a pet, and unfortunately, most of us know what it feels like to lose a pet. This experience is heartbreaking and devastating. It leaves you feeling numb, helpless, and raw. But what if your pet could live forever? Is that even possible? Yes, it is! In this book, Yes, Pets do Go to Heaven, you will see that your pets have souls, just like you and me. Even while in the physical world, your pet's soul is enveloped...

Isabell ist gerade 15 Jahre alt, als sie die grausame Diagnose erfährt, die für sie das Todesurteil bedeutet: Krebs. Ihr Leben ändert sich radikal, und der Wettlauf mit dem Schicksal beginnt. Mit beispielloser Energie, mit Mut, Kraft und Liebe kämpfen ihre Familie und Freunde um ihr Leben. Durch die Krankheit reift Isabell zu einer außergewöhnlichen Persönlichkeit heran, wächst über sich hinaus und hat trotz des Leids, das sie immer wieder...

In November 2004, Lora Jones was a happy wife and proud mother of two beautiful children. Lora and her family left for a family vacation, excited to celebrate the holidays, but sounds of music and laughter in their van were shattered by a head-on collision. Lora watched helplessly as, one-by-one, her beloved family slipped into eternity. Awake in a nightmare, all traces of laughter were replaced by the mournful cries of a wounded heart. How in the...