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Tag: Illness

November 10, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

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.

October 18, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor

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.

August 8, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

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

June 22, 2021 by Amanda MacGregor

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

January 22, 2019 by Amanda MacGregor

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

July 3, 2018 by Amanda MacGregor

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

February 20, 2018 by Amanda MacGregor

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

April 2, 2015 by Amanda MacGregor

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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