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Publisher's Note: In 'Golden Daffodils', the first of this two-book series, Janis is ten years old and, having cerebral palsy, she finds it difficult to be mainstreamed into a regular school. The work is harder and some of the kids are mean--like Cheryl and Garth who challenge her and Barney (her not too athletic friend) to a handball match. But through her struggles, Janis learns that even 'normal' kids can be handicapped by a lack of confidence and insensitivity. In 'The Twelfth of June', Janis, now 13, is confused about growing up. No one seems to understand that being handicapped doesn't stop her from having the same desires and fantasies and desires as other so-called 'normal' teenagers, and she wonders what kind of future she can plan on. Will she be able to drive a car? Can she plan and prepare a career as an actress? Can she marry someday? And what about her good friend Barney who isn't handicapped and whom she really loves? Must their friendship end--especially now when he feels so pressured with his schoolwork, violin lessons, & preparing for his Bar Mitzvah that he wants to split--secretly run away with her on the twelfth of June, the day of his Bar Mitzvah?