No rules. No problems.Right?Wrong.And Jason's brother hasn't even found out what happened to his apartment. Yet.

    The night of their high-school drama group's cast party starts out as fun for sisters Amy and Erin.Their lives come crashing down when Amy takes the car to get more food and has a horrible accident. Erin and her family pray for Amy to awaken from her coma. But as the monitor bleeps and the respirator hisses, Amy lies somewhere between life and death.Erin and her parents must find the courage to accept the fact that Amy's life-support system will never bring her back. When she dies, can the family give some meaning to her senseless death? Can Amy's dying become the hope for someone else's living?From the Paperback edition.

    Some people would call 16-year-old Liz Kitchell and her family truly fortunate, but it doesn't feel that way to her. It seems that only a miracle can give 8-year-old Katie her holiday wish. She wants a family, something she does not have as a foster child. As for 17-year-old Matt, he too is in a foster home and is finally letting himself feel a sense of belonging. When he allows himself to do a good deed for Katie, he doesn't realize what would happen. Is the spirit of Christmas strong enough to grant the impossible?

    Some saved him from an early death. But most were in response to prayers for others. People dying in a hospital get well. A man pronounced dead by his doctor lives. A womans shattered relationship is suddenly filled with love and acceptance. Another mans life and business turn around within days.

    At fifteen, she's had leukemia for three years, and although the disease is in remission, she's never sure when things might change. Her parents, whose bitter divorce has left Carrie feeling torn between them, don't seem to understand how much harder they make her daily life.When Carrie meets Keith Gardner at a cancer support group, everything seems brighter. Keith and his loving, supportive family are wonderful to Carrie. Then Keith's illness worsens and he knows he can no longer fight off dying. Armed with love of family and friends, Keith chooses to participate in a hospice program, which allows him to remain at home instead of in the hospital. Carrie feels helpless as she watches Keith slip away. Will Keith's courage help Carrie to face her own uncertain future?

    The adventure continues with this updated edition of the best-selling (60,000 copies sold) strategy guide to the classic adventure game recently featured in Newsweek.-- More than 2.5 million copies of the games sold-- Covers games 1-7 for all computer models at the price of a single-game guide-- Not a hints book -- more a novel that extends and amplifies the role playing in the King's Quest environment.-- Reveals the legends and tales about Daventry's fabulous characters and creatures, as well as their hidden secrets-- Strategy, hints, and tips and answers told through a fictionalized narrative

    And I'm scared. My little brother, Jimmy, is sick. All I want for Christmas is for him to get well. Santa seems to be listening when we get Buck, the best horse ever! I get spurs, and Jimmy gets a new cowboy hat, a real Stetson. He's so happy it almost makes us forget... until Jimmy's in the hospital again. I try to act big and strong. But I feel angry and sad, until the miracle happens... on an unforgettable Christmas day.

    The epic story of an unforgettable mountain man and his struggle to survive in the untamed wilderness of America.

    It looked sadly neglected and tumbledown: some of the windows were boarded, some were partly broken out, and the weathered door hung crookedly from a single hinge. Still, it was the closest thing to a picture-book cottage that the three children had ever seen. For a second they stood there breathless. In their hearts, they all knew it. 'This ..., ' Ashley whispered half aloud. 'This is where we're going to live!'"--Back of dust-jacket.

    Separated from the rest of their family, she and her father have moved to Sweden, where they hope to make a new life. But Andi soon learns that peacetime brings its own problems.

    When his spaceship crashes to earth, a highly advanced alien interferes with the lives of two teenagers living on the island of Manhattan during different centuries.

    When she is forced to let him walk home from school on his own while his little sister has chicken pox, Tim discovers something strange: a tiny shop that houses a shoe library. Sometimes it's there, sometimes it isn't. Once he has joined the library - Mr Shy, the librarian, isn't too fussy about the formalities - Tim is free to borrow all sorts of shoes. To get an idea of what to expect, think about the children's stories you already know. The old woman who lived in a shoe? Seven league boots? Cinderella? They're all in the shoe library, and many more besides.

    Marcus doesn't mind letting Henry lead the way; after all, he's brilliant, good-natured, and a champion runner. But now that they are sixteen and Henry is dating the amazing Celia, and now that he's showing interest in his Navaho heritage and his family on the reservation, Marcus is left behind. Henry is turning toward a world where Marcus will never belong. But like Henry, Marcus must discover his own strengths and passions, including his feeling for the extraordinary girl next door.

    Then it happens, like a one-two punch, during the summer she turns eleven: first, Margaret's father dies of a heart attack, and then Maizon is accepted at an expensive boarding school, far away from the city they call home. For the first time in her life, Margaret has to turn to someone who isn't Maizon, who doesn't know her heart and her dreams. . . . "Ms. Woodson writes with a sure understanding of the thoughts of young people, offering a poetic, eloquent narrative that is not simply a story of nearly adolescent children, but a mature exploration of grown-up issues: death, racism, independence, the nurturing of the gifted black child and, most important, self-discovery."(The New York Times)