In 1573, the crippled, scorned, and destitute Meggy Swann goes to London, where she meets her father, an impoverished alchemist, and eventually discovers that although her legs are bent and weak, she has many other strengths.

A World War I-era American soldier in a hospital realizes that he was hit by an artillery shell and lost his arms, legs, ears, eyes and most of his face. Kept alive by machines, he can only communicate by using his head to tap out messages in morse code.

A boy makes a Braille Hanukkah dreidel for his father, who is blind. Includes instructions for making different types of dreidels.

Twelve-year-old Cameron discovers a magical hotel through which, with the help of new friend Nico, he hopes to find his long-lost father and help for his twin sister Cass's spina bifida.

Publisher Annotation: Mason Buttle is the biggest, sweatiest kid in his grade, and everyone knows he can barely read or write. Mason?s learning disabilities are compounded by grief. Fifteen months ago, Mason?s best friend, Benny Kilmartin, turned up dead in the Buttle family?s orchard. An investigation drags on, and Mason, honest as the day is long, can?t understand why Lieutenant Baird won?t believe the story Mason has told about that day. Both Mason...