Thirteen-year-old Anna, conceived specifically to provide blood and bone marrow for her sister Kate who was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia at the age of two, decides to sue her parents for control of her body when her mother wants her to donate a kidney to Kate.
Interviews and case studies focus on young people coping with serious illnesses of a chronic or fatal nature, either in themselves of a family member, and examine the effects on the entire family.
Janine finds herself in the midst of a mother's worst nightmare when her eight-year-old daughter Sophie, a child who suffers from kidney disease, disappears in the woods of West Virginia while on a scouting trip.
In this book, young readers will learn about therapy cats, dogs, and rabbits, and the special traits required of non-human caregivers and the places where these animals work.
