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"A nonfiction picture book about Claude the albino alligator at the California Academy of Sciences"-- Provided by publisher.

In graphic novel form, Raina Telgemeier relates her struggles with stress and anxiety as a child.

The memoir of a young doctor and former college athlete who became a champion for people suffering from a form of Castleman disease, an extremely deadly and rare condition that acts like a cross between cancer and an autoimmune disease--all while battling his own. Fajgenbaum's approach to crowdsourcing collaborative scientific inquiry is now used to advance rare disease research.

"[The author] unlocks the . . . mysteries of the human brain by examining nine . . . cases [of rare brain disorders]"--Dust jacket.

ZJ's friends Ollie, Darry and Daniel help him cope when his father, a beloved professional football player, suffers severe headaches and memory loss that spell the end of his career.

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.

"[The author] unlocks the . . . mysteries of the human brain by examining nine . . . cases [of rare brain disorders]"--Dust jacket.

The medical director of the Complex Adolescent Problem Program at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, answers questions from teens with chronic illnesses or disabilities about family relationships, medical issues, dating, school and work, sexuality, recreation, alcohol, medications, and other topics.

Investigates what the author calls a growing crisis in marine and ocean ecosystems, namely being the outbreak of infectious diseases among species that could potentially cause mass die-offs from the ocean floor up to the surface as well as in lives of species on land. Discusses how sewage dumping, drifting plastic, global warming, and unregulated aquaculture are contributing to these deadly marine infections.

While hiking on the Continental Divide of Costa Rica, a young boy with a heart condition falls into a magical otherworld full of fantastical creatures.