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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours being home-schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her mother begins treatment for breast cancer, and her parents must sell part of the orchard and send her to public school.
3) Love, Ish
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Mischa "Ish" Love's longtime dream has been to someday live on Mars, but when she collapses on the first day of seventh grade, Ish receives a diagnosis which threatens her future plans.
4) Promises
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young girl experiences a range of emotions when her mother undergoes treatment for cancer.
6) Nowhere hair
Author
Publisher
Thousand Words Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Having hunted for her mother's hair, a young girl learns the truth about cancer while experiencing life (with hats, scarves, baldness and love) during chemotherapy.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Despite the loving intentions of her mother and boyfriend, sixteen-year-old Astrid wants to make the decisions about her life and death when her cancer returns, including exploring the possibility of cryopreservation.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020].
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
After being diagnosed with a rare eye cancer, twelve-year-old Ross discovers how music, art, and true friends can help him survive both treatment and middle school.
10) Almost paradise
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
When twelve-year-old Ruby's mother goes to jail, Ruby finds her Aunt Eleanor, an ornery nun with some dark secrets, who Ruby hopes will help free her mother.
11) Runt
Author
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Although he tries to make a home with his older sister and her boyfriend after his mother's death, twelve-year-old Runt feels like an outsider until a young cancer patient and his family show him how life can become more meaningful.
12) Solving for m
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Shortly after starting fifth grade, Mika learns that her mother has cancer and uses her math notebook to explore the new changes in her life.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A mother who has cancer gently informs her child of what the effects will be, and reminds her little one of all the special times they have shared, and will continue to share, even while she undergoes treatment.
15) Yolk
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Struggling with emotional problems and an eating disorder, Jayne, a Korean American college student living in New York City, is estranged from her accomplished older sister June, until June gets cancer.
17) Say good-bye
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2012, c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"Yum-Yum, an adorable shih tzu, is one of Zoe's favorite clients. When Zoe and Yum-Yum visit a cancer ward, Zoe is blown away by how much joy he spreads. But then Yum-Yum is diagnosed with cancer himself. Can Zoe help the little dog pull through?"--p. [4] of cover.
18) The last monster
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Thirteen-year-old cancer survivor Sofia has been chosen as the next Guardian of a book called The Bestiary, an ancient text. Drawn into violent and unpredictable mysteries, Sofia learns that these misunderstood monsters from the book are in danger and she is the only one who can save them."--publisher.
19) Making happy
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Leila's mother gets sick, lots of things change for her family, but one important thing stays the same--they still have each other, and they know how to find joy and laughter when they need it most. The poetic, uplifting story and hopeful ending are based on the author's own experience battling cancer as the parent of young children"--
20) Mom goes to war
Author
Publisher
Cuento de Luz
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An unspeakable illness: cancer. A mother who wants to explain to her children what is happening, and how their lives will change over the coming months... A queen who begins a lengthy war with many battles, together with an army of allies who will fight unconditionally by her side. Mom Goes to War is a tale that takes children and adults on a fascinating, adventure-filled journey through the human body. It is a story full of positive energy, which...
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