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A teen-age girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally handicapped brother gets lost.

Young Katy Thatcher, the daughter of the town doctor, becomes friends with Jacob, a teenager who is "touched in the head," which allows her to understand what really happened when the unwanted infant of Jacob's sister is found dead.

The story of the relationship between a prominent high school football coach in a small South Carolina town and the illiterate, mentally-challenged man nicknamed Radio whom he mentors. Although their friendship raises some eyebrows at first, Radio's growth under the coach's guidance ultimately inspires the local townsfolk

Following his doctor's instructions, engaging simpleton Charlie Gordon tells his own story in semi-literate "progris riports." He dimly wants to better himself, but with an IQ of 68 can't even beat the laboratory mouse Algernon at maze-solving. Algernon is extra-clever thanks to an experimental brain operation so far tried only on animals. Charlie eagerly volunteers as the first human subject. After frustrating delays and agonies of concentration,...

Tiger Ann Parker is forever being teased about her family by the girls in her class. Tiger knows her folks are different from others in their small town. They are mentally slow, she keeps her pain hidden as long as her strong, smart grandmother runs the household. Granny dies and Aunt Dorie Kay arrives, offering her a way out. Tiger Ann must make the most important decision of her life.

Though twins Kit and Jordy both would like to be accepted by the sixth graders in their small Missouri town, they discover that helping a lonely retarded man is more important.

Discusses the problems of people with physical and mental handicaps, such as finding jobs and mates, while emphasizing their similarities to the "rest of the world", and offers suggestions for personally helping the disabled.

Lucy and her younger brother examine their feelings about a mentally handicapped boy they both fear when he follows them home one snowy day.

A young boy tells about Jacob, who, though older and mentally slower, helps him a lot and is his very best friend.

As the young wife of Tom Harper, the fabulous pro football star, Kate lived in a fast-moving world of big money, glamour and the deep, thrilling passions of her first love.