Julie Ellis and Luke Muldenhower have always been the perfect high school sweethearts.  Luke is a talented  football player set to receive an athletic scholarship to a top college, and Julie is prepared to follow wherever he goes. When Luke is unexpectedly diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, however, their relationship will be tested beyond anything they've ever experienced before.  
In this national bestseller, Lurlene McDaniel...

At fourteen Dawn Rochelle has already survived her first bout with leukemia and has been in remission for almost a year. But, the fear of it returning is always there, and this year it becomes real. Conventional therapy fails; now a bone marrow transplant may be all that can save her.

Leah thinks her battle with cancer is over, but the disease that haunts her past has struck her kind and gentle stepfather. At first Leah is angry, but soon it turns to fear as she contemplates losing the first real family she's ever known.

"Before: Dara and Aubrey have been inseparable since they became best friends in sixth grade. Dara is the fearless one, Aubrey the prodigy, yet despite their differences they support each other unconditionally. However, as they begin their sophomore year of high school, cracks in their friendship begin to form, testing the bond they always thought was unbreakable. After: It's been fifteen months since the accident that killed Aubrey, and not a day...