(YA, grades 7 and up) "Someone asked me once ... If I could have one gift, just one, and it could be mine forever to share with whomever I wanted ... what would I want? I didn't even have to think beyond a second about it. I want happiness. Just to be happy. Happy being me. Yeah, that's the gift I'd like.Like the year I started school. All the other kids had friends. All the other kids played together, shared treats with each other while I sat by myself.At least that's the way it was until Lexie Bealman sat next to me one day. She smiled and told me how she wanted to be my friend. 'Because you look so lonely. And I feel sorry for you, you know. I'm doing you a favor.' Then, she grabbed my lunch, pulled out the homemade brownies and smiled between bites as she handed me her apple in exchange. And that's the way it remained. She was the sweet, gooey dessert that everybody wanted and I was the fruit. Every day for the rest of that school year. And I didn't care because I had a friend....

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