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Illness is distressing for anybody, but it's especially disturbing for children. This book escorts the sick child through the strange, scary, and often lonely world of illness and hospitalization. Empathizing with the confusing feelings and questions sick children often have, it offers comfort and understanding. The little elves that populate its pages present creative ways for sick kids to have fun, stay connected with family and friends, and help...
3) Swamp lion
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1091 Pictures
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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All sense of morality is thrown out of the window in this neo-western crime drama, as parents Jim and Bee do whatever it takes to save their cancer sick son, even if it means drug trafficking across the US/Mexican border.
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Publisher Annotation: Clover and Danny are the kind of best friends who make each other even better. They?re so important to each other that Clover believes they?re symbiotic: her favorite science word, which describes two beings who can?t function without the other. But when Danny comes down with a mysterious illness that won?t go away, the doctors can?t figure out what?s wrong with him. So Clover decides to take matters into her own hands by making...
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New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult tells the story of a girl who decides to sue her parents for the rights to her own body in this riveting story that tackles a controversial subject with grace and explores what it means to be a good person.
Jodi Picoult is widely acclaimed for her keen insights into the hearts and minds of real people. Now she tells the emotionally powerful story of a family torn apart by conflicting...
Jodi Picoult is widely acclaimed for her keen insights into the hearts and minds of real people. Now she tells the emotionally powerful story of a family torn apart by conflicting...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 71
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Hallmark Hall Of Fame Productions
Pub. Date
©2010
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English
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Vanessa Marks returns to her hometown library to read to children the book that she wrote, "November Christmas." The book is about her serious illness as a child and how her family and community teamed up to move Halloween to August and Christmas to November to help her.
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Red Chair Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Miryam's body doesn't fight off germs like it should. While doctors figure out how to make her better, Miryam needs to stay home for online classes. The trouble is: Miryam struggles to focus on her teacher and schoolwork when learning online. She likes in-person learning at school much better! Plus, she misses her friends! When Miryam's dad hears about the Helper Hounds, everything changes. Brisket the Helper Hound knows all about learning to focus...
18) Powwow day
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Dreamscape Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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River is recovering from illness and can't dance at the powwow this year. She's been feeling isolated, and not dancing makes her feel even worse, but her community is willing to support her and help her heal both her physical body and her hurt feelings.
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While a scientist struggles with medical ethics, his family tackles troubles of their own in this novel by the author of The Cost of Good Intentions.
A wise and richly symphonic first novel, Long for This World is a thoroughly contemporary family drama that hinges on a riveting medical dilemma. Dr. Henry Moss is a dedicated geneticist who stumbles upon a possible cure for a disease that causes rapid aging and early death in children. Although his...
20) Un traductor
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Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2018]
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Español
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Malin, a Russian literature professor, is sent to translate between Cuban doctors and children sent from the USSR for medical treatment. Torn from the abstract world of academia and forced into the relentlessly real world of medicine, Malin becomes increasingly depressed. When he meets a child who tells him a story, Malin connects with the kids and finds his way through. Just as he adapts to his new job, the Berlin Wall falls and Cuba enters the deepest...
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