As seventeen-year-old Sam desperately tries to help her best friend and neighbor Jesse through aggressive treatments for a rare and usually fatal form of cancer, they find themselves falling deeply in love.
A young gardener and Uncle George collaborate on a garden, so that when a very sick Uncle George comes home from the doctor he is greeted with beautiful flowers.
Jeffrey isn't a little boy with cancer anymore. He's a teen who's in remission, but life still feels fragile. The aftereffects of treatment have left Jeffrey with an inability to be a great student or to walk without limping. His parents still worry about him. His older brother, Steven, lost it and took off to Africa to be in a drumming circle and "find himself." Jeffrey has a little soul searching to do, too, which begins with his escalating anger at Steven, an old friend who is keeping somethi...
Miss Molly's Dolly Lap Book (Early Childhood Themes)
by Blanca Apodaca
Beginning readers will love this rhyme about a girl named Molly taking care of her sick doll. The simple text and colorful images work together to help readers understand the story. Young learners will build foundational reading skills and learn the importance of health and safety. This large lap book measures 9.5" x 12" and is ideal for a shared reading experience or teacher read-alouds.
Mina and Max Go to the Clinic - A nako n te kiriiniki Mina ao Max (Te Kiribati)
by Delma-Venudi Geary
When Georges moves into a new apartment block he meets Safer, a twelve-year-old self-appointed spy. Soon Georges has become his spy recruit. His first assignment? To track the mysterious Mr X, who lives in the flat upstairs. But as Safer becomes more demanding, Georges starts to wonder: what is a game and what is a lie? How far is too far to go for your only friend? Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. 'A joy to read' Independent 'Rebecca St...
'The Berenstain Bears take a trip to the hospital and discover that it's such a busy place! There are doctors, nurses, patients--and lots to learn about how to be healthy. Brother and Sister Bear see all the amazing things that happen in a hospital and make new friends along the way!"--Page [4] of cover.
In the summer of 1956 while her mother is in Florida searching for a job, fourteen-year-old April Garnet Rose, who has never met her father, stays with her terminally ill aunt in Virginia and accompanies her as she visits different churches, looking for God.