Baby

     Baby was written by Patricia Maclachlan and was published in 1993.  It uses the poem "Dirge Without Music" by Edna St. Vincent Millary. It is a work of fiction.
     Larkin returns home one summer afternoon and finds a baby on her porch with a note that says, "This is Sophie. She is almost a year old and she is good...you are a good family. I will lose her forever if you don't do this...I will come back for her someday." Thus begins one of the craziest years of her life, one beginning with fall and ending with summer. Along the way, Larkin deals with her own struggles as she tries not to get attached to Sophie and tries to handle her anger inside. When summer does come, and brings Sophie's mother with it, Larkin deals with one of the biggest struggles of her life - letting go of Sophie. 

Out of My Mind

     Out of My Mind was written by Sharon M. Draper and is not illustrated. It was published in 2010 and can be found at Barnes and Noble. It is work of fiction.
     Melody is eleven years old, and has a photographic brain. It's always recording with no delete button. Always. She's the smartest kid in her whole school, and no one knows it. Actually, up until recently, all of Melody's classes consist of listening to the same preschool alphabet over, and over, and over again. If only she could speak up - tell the world what's going on inside this wonderful brain of hers. But she can't. That's because Melody can't talk. Or walk, for that matter. She can't even hold the fluffiest stuffed animal, much less write. It makes her go out of her mind - until Melody gets a voice of her own. But not everyone wants to hear what she has to say.   

Smile

     Smile was written by Raina Telgemeier and has color by Stephanie Yue.  It was published in 2010 and can be bought at Barnes and Noble. It is an autobiography written as a graphic novel.
     Raina just wants to be an ordinary person with an ordinary life. But that all changes after a Girl Scout meet one night when Raina trips and falls, knocking out her two top teeth. What follows is on-again-off-again braces, embarrassing headgear, even a retainer(with false teeth!). On top of this, she has to deal with boy confusion, a major earthquake, and friends who are not so friendly. This long and frustrating journey continues into high school, where Raina meets new, trustworthy friends, discovers her artistic talent, and finds that she can finally... smile.