Seven children with life-threatening illnesses share their perspectives on life.

Madeline, smallest and naughtiest of the twelve little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis.

"Treasure Creek, Alaska, has only one pediatrician: the very handsome, very eligible Dr. Alex Haven. But the former big-city doc is counting the weeks till his contract with the tiny town is up. All so he can return to Los Angeles to start a clinic in his brother's honor. Nurse Maryann Jenner is determined to keep Alex in Alaska by finding him a bride and giving him a new reason to stay. But when a little boy's life--and Maryann's hope--is jeopardized,...

An illustrated retelling of Frances Hodgson Burnett's book that describes the experiences of ten-year-old Mary, who after coming to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and meeting her sickly cousin, she discovers the mysteries of a locked garden.

Vanessa Marks returns to her hometown library to read to children the book that she wrote, "November Christmas." The book is about her serious illness as a child and how her family and community teamed up to move Halloween to August and Christmas to November to help her.

In the Kentucky mining community called Skingle Creek, two childhoos friends give a gift that may restore the hope of their families and save the life of their beloved teacher.

Presents the stories of more than twenty-five athletes who share the secrets of strength and resilience they have learned while granting the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions.

A high-school senior caring for her younger brother and his best friend, Trusty, a mute Siberian Husky, packs up their car and sets out for Alaska in an effort to find inspiration and follow her dreams.