YES. To all this! Dean's disintegration into unforgiveable behaviour, Teddy's 'rightness' of body and soul... Gah! The last of the Emily books squicked me out so severely I could never reread.
Rosemary Sutcliff's Eagle of the Ninth? I think Marcus's grieving and acceptance of being crippled is perfectly handled, and of course has nothing to do with his romantic life. Doubt it's a coincidence that Sutcliff herself was -- well, maybe I should urge you to read her autobiography, if you haven't already. It's very powerful.
Hilary McKay's Casson family books has a girl who becomes a very close friend of the family's (later romantic interest for someone too!) in a wheelchair. Love that series. (Oops - just scrolled down a bit more and see they've been recced already. Another never hurts though - they are realy fantastic.)
Oh, and it isn't quite what you're asking for, but I was very taken with Linda Urban's A Crooked Kind of Perfect, and my daughter Becca read it and loved it too. The dad has mental health disabilities, and it's so perfectly done. Very short MG book.
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Rosemary Sutcliff's Eagle of the Ninth? I think Marcus's grieving and acceptance of being crippled is perfectly handled, and of course has nothing to do with his romantic life. Doubt it's a coincidence that Sutcliff herself was -- well, maybe I should urge you to read her autobiography, if you haven't already. It's very powerful.
Hilary McKay's Casson family books has a girl who becomes a very close friend of the family's (later romantic interest for someone too!) in a wheelchair. Love that series. (Oops - just scrolled down a bit more and see they've been recced already. Another never hurts though - they are realy fantastic.)
Oh, and it isn't quite what you're asking for, but I was very taken with Linda Urban's A Crooked Kind of Perfect, and my daughter Becca read it and loved it too. The dad has mental health disabilities, and it's so perfectly done. Very short MG book.