Standing By Emma

Themes: friendship, car accidents, physical handicaps, wheelchairs, loyalty, guilt. BFFs Danya and Emma are known around school as “Demma.” The girls are inseparable, even though they’re total opposites. When a terrible car accident leaves Emma in a wheelchair, Danya is plagued with guilt. She believes the wreck was her fault. Emma believes it too, and she may never be able to forgive her friend. This series of short 60- to 70-page novels was designed to engage a broad spectrum of striving reade