The award-winning poetry of young Mattie Stepanek has touched hundreds and thousands of people. His struggle with a rare form of muscular dystrophy has given him wisdom and insight, and his life, work and message have been recognized through profiles in major newspapers like the New York Times and appearances on TV shows like Oprah! and Good Morning America. Mattie writes movingly and courageously about life and death, love and loss, faith and hope, innocence and joy.