Wendelin Van Draanen, Knopf, $16.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-375-86667-8

When the track star Jessica lost her foot in the school bus accident, she was so disappointed that he never ran. She blocked the painkiller (she became dependent) and learned to walk with a crutch, she returned to school with her best friend's urge. When the athletics coach showed the video of the cutter running on the prosthesis, she thought of regaining her passion - her team gathers the 20,000 dollars needed to buy feet If I could do that. An easy plot of friendship between Jessica and a girl with cerebral palsy seems to emphasize the message of seeing disability ("Do not summarize this person based on what you see or do not understand; to understand" Jay) But Van Dellain sensitively told Jessica's struggle for fear of no one being able to attract her because of taking a shower and Jessica gradually accepted the limits of her new life and did not expect it I knew that. The gift should satisfy the reader as she learned that she will live for her when she was running again.

Shank, Marilyn Sue Delacorte (p. 272) $ 16.99 | eBook $ 10.99 | PLB 19.99 April 10, 2012 978-0-385-74079-1 978-0-375-98929-2 eBook 978-0 -375- 98969-8 PLB wanted to be imprisoned in 1953, a girl in the Appalachian mountain range of West Virginia, which is the charm of a single mother, but I discovered my identity with this promising premiere. "My mother is in prison, I do not think so, at least I do not think so," the sixth grade Lydia's spiral note began to help her resolve the recent tragic events It was. Her first person story is a dialect of a complete region, alternating the present and the past. In the former, she lives with a specific aunt and uncle, treats bully at school, and calls her mother a murderer. In the past, she revealed that her brother BJ has "Sissy Fie Broke It", in the case of Ohio's research hospital reviews the special treatment of BJ (asserting all his rights), family Decided to "kidnap" BJ. Let him die from cystic fibrosis at home. 9-12)

Gr 8 updater Laura Flanagan takes the audience to a novel from Wendelin Van Draanen's heart (Knopf, 2011) and connects to them as soon as the story progresses. She was a 16 year old trackster who completely lost her legs with Jessica, a tragic bus accident and the accident also robbed her teammate of the lives. Through the poetic step of Flanagan, the audience will feel Jessica's pain. When her and her family respond to the physical and economic challenges and adjustments brought about by her care, the emotional consumption felt by Jessica will impress the audience. From Jessica's best friend, Fiona, from her courageous determination, clever classmate, Jessica's math tutor, inspiration, and friends, each character has a unique voice character.