McKenna, fourteen, is losing her vision to Stargardt's disease, but that will not stop her from competing in a rigorous new sled dog race through the Canadian wilderness.

"Ben is on a train back to Ottawa after a visit with his dad in Toronto when he runs into the last person he wants to see: Caleb, the handsome, confident boy who recently and accidentally broke Ben's phone. But when the two start talking, not only does Ben find himself won over by Caleb's roguish charm, but he learns his seatmate is also bisexual"--

Jessica is a good student who hates school because she is bullied by the "cool" girls and she is startled and grateful when Annie, the new girl in her high school, seeks her out on the first day of tenth grade and defends her from the bullying--it is a friendship that both girls need, but one based on assumptions and misunderstandings that ultimately threaten to drive them apart.