Guts – by Raina Telgemeier (2019)

Raina is a 5th grader who struggles with anxiety, panic attacks, and digestive issues. Every time she gets stressed, her body reacts with vomiting and diarrhea. Raina is hyper-sensitive about germs around her, to an unhealthy degree. A lot of people worry about catching a cold from people around them, but Raina can make herself sick just thinking about it.

Needless to say, this obsession with germs disrupts her life. She misses a lot of school, and prompts frequent trips to the doctor, where they can find nothing physically wrong with her.

The Walk – by Richard Paul Evans (2010)

Alan Christoffersen is one those of people that everyone envies. He makes good money, has a successful business, is well-respected in society, and has an adorable wife (McKale). Nothing bad ever seems to touch his life – until the day that McKale falls off a horse that she is riding, and is paralyzed. From that point on, things start to fall apart. He turns his business over to his partner, who yanks the company out from under him. McKale develops a terrible infection and dies. As Alan grieves, his house is foreclosed on, and his cars repossessed. What is a man to do in that situation? Alan decides to have his assistant sell off his assets,  leave everything behind, and set off on a cross-country walk.