Frank Carlson Library

Heather Wells Rocks!

Or, at least, she did. That was before she left the pop-idol life behind after she gained a dress size or two — and lost a boyfriend, a recording contract, and her life savings (when Mom took the money and ran off to Argentina). Now that the glamour and glory days of endless mall appearances are in the past, Heather's perfectly happy with her new size 12 shape (the average for the American woman!) and her new job

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Journey hadn't planned for a future, but when her suicide attempt fails she finds the life she never meant to live challenging in more ways than before: her parents don't trust her, her friends have moved on for their own good, her bipolar disorder is overwhelming. At odds with herself and lacking concrete goals, she begins volunteering at a local helpline, where she finds a community as strong yet broken as she is.

When Sage Knowles, a young girl who has lived on the streets since running away from home, becomes her client at a group home for troubled girls, new counselor Tia Winter wonders if Sage will be willing to work on her problems, do her required farm chores, and be able to gain self-confidence from the program based on working with, and learning from, horses.When Sage Knowles, a young girl who has lived on the streets since running away from home, becomes...