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Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition, February 2015.
Lexile measure
550L
Physical Desc
229 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A boy named Mark, tired of being sick with cancer, conceives a plan to climb Mount Rainier, and runs away from home with his dog, Beau--but with over two hundred miles between him and his goal, and only anger at his situation to drive him on nothing will be easy, and only his best friend, Jessie, suspects where he is heading.
Author
Publisher
Central Avenue Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
800L
Physical Desc
243 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"My name is Calvin Sinclair, I'm eleven years old and I have a confession... I killed my brother. It's the summer before grade 6 and Calvin Sinclair is bored to tears. He's recently moved from a big city to a small town and there's nothing to do. It's hot, he has no friends and the only kid around is his six-year-old brother Sammy, who can barely throw a basketball as high as the hoop. So Cal occupies his time by getting his brother to do almost anything:...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
HL 800L
Physical Desc
360 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Having spent several years in and out of hospitals for a life-threatening illness, pragmatic sixteen-year-old Cam is relocated by her miracle-seeking mother to a town in Maine known for its mystical healing qualities.
Author
Publisher
Sylvan Dell Publishing
Pub. Date
©2010
Lexile measure
510L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
A story of a young boy whose dog is diagnosed with cancer. The boy becomes a loving caretaker to his dog, who undergoes the same types of treatments as a human under similar circumstances. Includes "For Creative Minds" educational section.
7) Pear of hope
Author
Publisher
EK Books, an imprint of Exisle Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
26 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 23 x 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"Anna loves the old pear tree that lives at the bottom of the garden. When she becomes seriously ill, her relationship with the tree provides comfort and peace on her journey, particularly when she plants a seed from one of the tree's pears. Pear of Hope is the story of a little girl with cancer and her tale of recovery. This is intertwined with the growth of a pear tree, which symbolises the enigmatic concept of hope. Told through sensitive words...
Author
Series
Everyday angel volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
195 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Aria is a guardian angel and to earn her wings, she'll have to help three different girls. Aria's first mission is Gabby Torres. Gabby's brother is sick, and Gabby's been so worried about him for so long, she's forgotten who she is. When a new school offers her a fresh start, Gabby learns it's hard to make friends while keeping half her life a secret.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial USA, LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
301 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
Español
Description
A Hazel y a Gus les gustaría tener vidas más corrientes. Algunos dirían que no han nacido con estrella, que su mundo es injusto. Hazel y Gus son solo adolescentes, pero si algo les ha enseñado el cáncer que ambos padecen es que no hay tiempo para lamentaciones, porque, nos guste o no, sólo existe el hoy y el ahora. Y por ello, con la intención de hacer realidad el mayor deseo de Hazel --conocer a su escritor favorito--, cruzarán juntos el...
10) Wave
Author
Publisher
Cameron + Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
313 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
When her best friend's cancer returns in the summer of 1987, none of her usual pursuits--surfing, singing, or reading poetry--can keep thirteen-year-old Ava afloat.
Thirteen-year-old Ava loves to surf and to sing. Singing and reading Rumi poems settle her mild OCD, and catching waves with her best friend, Phoenix, lets her fit inher olive skin looks tan, not foreign. But then Ava has to spend the summer before ninth grade volunteering at the hospital,...