A la Carte

Child Author Project - Happiness

American Girls

Up on Cloud Nine

Eighth Grade Is Making Me Sick: Ginny Davis's Year in Stuff

Replay

My Master's Touch: A Heartwarming Tale of Love, Loyalty, and Devotion

Derailed: A Sweet Teen Romantic Comedy

Jo could never have guessed that the friendship she so desperately craves would come in the shape of a severely disabled boy. He can’t even speak. Maybe it is because he can’t speak that she finds herself telling him how difficult it is living with her eccentric, mentally fragile mother.

Behind Chris’ lopsided grin and gigantic blue wheelchair is a real person — with a sense of humour, a tremendous stubborn streak and a secret he has kept from everyone.

For a while it seems life may actually get better. But as Jo finds out just how terrible life is for Chris, and as her own life spirals out of control, she becomes desperate to change things for both of them. In a dramatic turn of events, Jo makes a decision that could end in tragedy.

This is the story of how an unusual friendship unlocks the words that neither knew they had.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

A la Carte

Tanita S. Davis, 2008

Child Author Project - Happiness

Jessica Prime, Jen Parker, Kate Worrall, 2019

American Girls

Alison Umminger, 2016

Up on Cloud Nine

Anne Fine, 2001

Eighth Grade Is Making Me Sick: Ginny Davis's Year in Stuff

Jennifer L. Holm, Elicia Castaldi, 2012

Replay

Sharon Creech, 2005

My Master's Touch: A Heartwarming Tale of Love, Loyalty, and Devotion

Lynda M. Nelson, 1997

Derailed: A Sweet Teen Romantic Comedy

Randi Rigby, 2023