Cancer
Why so many cancer stories? #every3minutes
Though the term “tween” didn’t exist at the time, that’s what I was when I first knew a young person who died from cancer. In fact, this was the first person I knew who had died at all. His name was Michael. He was younger than me, and was buried in the Ghostbusters costume he had […]
Book Review: Regine’s Book, a teen girl’s last words by Regine Stokke
“Waiting for death is dehumanizing. To feel your body just getting worse and worse. To have to wait for answers. For the only answer that matters: Will you live or will you die? Most teenagers spend their time worrying about how they’ve done on a test, but others – like me – wait to find […]
Shelf Talkers: The “C” Word in Teen Fiction
My Judy Blume fan. Because Judy Blume “gets it”. Several years ago my grandmother went to the ER and they opened her up and said they were sorry, but there was nothing they could do for her. She had cancer and, because she didn’t know it was there, it was so advanced that in just […]
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