"When she learns that her mother is sick in Ohio, Mim confronts her demons on a thousand-mile odyssey from Mississippi that redefines her notions of love, loyalty, and what it means to be sane"--

"Lily Jo McGrother, born Timothy McGrother, is a girl. But being a girl is not so easy when you look like a boy. Especially when you're in the eighth-grade. Norbert Dorfman, nicknamed Dunkin Dorfman, is bipolar and has just moved from the New Jersey town he's called home for the past thirteen years. This would be hard enough, but the fact that he is also hiding from a painful secret makes it even worse. One summer morning, Lily Jo McGrother meets...

With their father away most of the time advocating independence for the American colonies, the children of Patrick Henry try to raise themselves, manage the family plantation, and care for their mentally ill mother.

A little girl whose father's world goes from bright and yellow to dark and blue gets frustrated when she is unable to help him, but knows that together, they can do anything. "An emotional and tender award-winning picture book that accessibly explores depression within a family, through the use of color." -- "An emotional and tender award-winning picture book that accessibly explores depression within a family, through the use of color. As one father...

When his despised cousin Patrick dies, thirteen-year-old Jimmy is put in an impossible situation when his parents force him to eulogize Patrick at the funeral, but as Jimmy reflects on pivotal moments with his cousin, he gains a new perspective.