BOB Pieces, Loot, Pack, Just, Rain, Grandmaster

This story is told in the first person by a 16 year old girl who is in a horrible car wreck caused by someone throwing a beer bottle through her windshield.

She loved her hair. It was so blond it was almost white. It was super long and straight and she brushed it 100 strokes every night, even when she was sick.

Dmitry was able to take the terrible haircut and turn it into a gorgeous pixie cut that framed her face and make her look elfin.

Samuel needed dialysis every day. He spent a lot of his time on MiracleMakers, his online gaming community, because they understood him.

Vivian could not breathe. She had cystic fibrosis and her lungs were failing and her heart was failing, too. She needed a transplant and she needed it quickly.

The story begins Halloween week.

Leif is a football player who is pushed relentlessly by his father. His leg is shattered during a game and his parents cannot accept he won't play again.

Misty is very poor. Her parents are immigrants who could not afford to pay her medical bills. She was yellow and in a great deal of pain when her brother called for an ambulance.

The main part of the story beings six months after the initial 50 pages.

He searches the internet for clues to who died so he could live.

Vivian is an artist with an unusual means of delivering paint to the canvas. She uses a straw to blow paint through. It served a dual purpose: it helped strengthen her weak lungs and helped her creative artist side.

Misty would have lived at the library if she could have. She was miserable at home. It was dirty, smelly, and her family was loud and aggressive. Her grandmother was just mean.

Her feelings are always described by colors of an artist's pallet. For example: "Vivian's body filled with bright violet (Pantone 19-3438)

Her face was puffy and round, her dirty-blond hair was thicker and fuller and it curled and frizzed with the least humidity. She needed to trim her eyebrows every day and her face was very prone to breakouts. The anti-rejection meds played havoc with her body.

The menu for winners in his family included lots of protein, complex carbs that had a minimum amount of fiber necessary, and lots of vegetables. Dinners were not fun.