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Baby-sitters Club volume 82
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English
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Danielle, a leukemia victim, takes advantage of her parents, who allow her to do anything she wants.
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School Stories (teen)
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OBD Middle Grade Books - YOUTH
School Stories (teen)
Sweet Reads
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When his younger brother is diagnosed with leukemia, thirteen-year-old Steven tries to deal with his complicated emotions, his school life, and his desire to support his family.
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"Zoe thought that being cut from her ballet program was the worst thing that could happen, but when her best friend Olivia is diagnosed with a life-threatening disease, Zoe quickly learns that not being able to dance is the least of her problems"-- Provided by publisher.
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"The three Babcock sisters must travel to a Mexican clinic across the border so their mother, ill with leukemia, can receive alternative treatments. The sisters' world is about to shatter under the weight of an incomprehensible betrayal. . . an illness far more insidious than cancer that poisons their home"-- Provided by publisher.
The three Babcock sisters and their mother spend a lot of time at a Mexican clinic across the border from their San...
8) Scattergood
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"In 1941 rural Iowa, thirteen-year-old Peggy's quiet life is turned upside down by refugee arrivals, first love, and a heartbreaking diagnosis"-- Provided by publisher.
10) Halfway normal
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Twelve-year-old cancer survivor Norah struggles to fit in at middle school after two years of treatment, but she finds her voice with the help of new friend Griffin, who shares her love of mythology.
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Greg Gaines is the last master of high school espionage, able to disappear at will into any social environment. He has only one friend, Earl, and together they spend their time making movies, their own incomprehensible versions of Coppola and Herzog cult classics. Until Greg's mother forces him to rekindle his childhood friendship with Rachel. Rachel has been diagnosed with leukemia -- cue extreme adolescent awkwardness -- but a parental mandate has...
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Seventeen-year-old Livia Stowe travels from England to Princeton, New Jersey, to visit her brother who is studying there and to celebrate her recovery from a year-long struggle with leukemia, and while she is there she writes a blog about her experiences, which include falling in love.
13) Anderson's heat
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Anderson is the star pitcher on his Little League team of eleven-and-twelve-year-olds, and his team is in the running for the Little League World Series, but this summer he is finding it hard to concentrate on baseball because his sister has been diagnosed with leukemia, and as the summer progresses she seems to be getting worse.
15) Esto no es justo
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Books4pocket. Narrativa volume 297
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Español
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A Sam le encantan los hechos. Quiere saber sobre ovnis y películas de miedo y aeronaves y fantasmas y científicos. También quiere saber qué se siente al besar a una chica. Y como tiene leucemia quiere conocer todos los hechos sobre morir. Sam necesita las respuestas de las preguntas que nadie quiere contestar.
Eleven-year-old Sam McQueen, who has leukemia, writes a book during the last three months of his life, in which he tells about what...
16) Zink
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With the help of a trio of zebras from the Serengeti, sixth-grader Becky faces her battle with leukemia, her family's fears for her, her competition with a hypocritical classmate, and the possibility that she might die.
19) A wish come true
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English
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When Mark expresses his wish to catch bad guys, the wish fairies plan a day for him to work along with the local firemen and policemen.
20) Samson's tale
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English
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Daniel, a young boy, is diagnosed with leukemia, and his loyal and loving golden retriever, Samson, sticks by him through all the ups and downs.








