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Tag: Illness
Book Review: Ruptured by Joanne Rossmassler Fritz
A really powerful read full of heart and (after many other emotions) hope. Don't miss this one.
Book Review: One in a Million by Claire Lordon
Readers who have struggled with their own health will be grateful to see another teen go through this and feel less alone. A really moving look at resilience in the face of so much exhaustion and uncertainty.
Book Review: What’s Coming to Me by Francesca Padilla
You know what I liked best about this book? I didn't know where it was going. I wasn't sure what decisions the characters would make or if things would work out. At points, I wasn't even sure what "work out" meant for these characters.
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Book Review: Ahmed Aziz’s Epic Year by Nina Hamza
Ahmed's story about courage, identity, and trying on personalities shows that while it may be okay to fake it till you make it, the real best thing is getting to just be who you are.
Book Review: Our Year of Maybe by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Readers who like really complex relationships will love this book about best friends Sophie and Peter and what happens after Sophie donates a kidney to Peter. Life never really goes as planned, does it?
When Books Are The Things That Save You, a guest post by Cindy Baldwin
When I was thirteen, my parents drove me to the University of North Carolina pediatric hospital and checked me in. I had a PICC line—a peripherally inserted central catheter—put in my left arm and a host of super-strength antibiotics pumped through it. We didn’t know when I’d be coming home. And, hardest of all for […]
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Book Review: Flight Season by Marie Marquardt
Publisher’s description From Marie Marquardt, the author of Dream Things True and The Radius of Us, comes a story of two teenagers learning what to hold on to, what to let go of, and that sometimes love gets in the way of our plans. Back when they were still strangers, TJ Carvalho witnessed the only moment in Vivi […]
Take 5: Teens, illness, and hospitals
Did you know that under the Teen Issues link up there on the menu bar, you can find lots of great posts and book lists organized by issue? Everything from addiction to violence is covered. If you don’t see a topic covered that you think is of interest, please leave a comment, tweet us (Amanda MacGregor @CiteSomething or Karen Jensen @TLT16), […]
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