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"A resource about how to talk to a child about a parent's cancer diagnosis"-- P. 4 of cover.

Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan is called to Acadia when the body of a young girl is found, and as she investigates the case, Temperance uncovers a startling link between the victim and her childhood friend, Evangeline, who disappeared more than twenty years earlier.

Myra Lipinsky, a fifty-one-year-old visiting nurse who never married and has resigned herself to a solitary life with her dog, crosses paths with the man she admired from afar in high school when he becomes one of her patients--one with a terminal illness.

A brief biography of Ted Kennedy, Jr., with emphasis on how he came to terms with the loss of a leg to cancer and his subsequent work with the disabled. Includes advice on setting and reaching goals.

Follows the career of bicycling champion Lance Armstrong from his earliest races through the 2000 season, and discusses his amazing comeback to the sport after his battle with cancer.

A biography of the author's son, who died at seventeen after a fourteen-month illness caused by a brain tumor.

Ava Johnson, the owner of a successful hair salon in Atlanta, moves back to her hometown of Idlewild, Michigan when she tests positive for HIV.

The well-known author of historical novels for young people describes her childhood and youth and her struggles with the devastating effects of rheumatoid arthritis.

Shelley Bruce, who appeared on Broadway as "Annie," tells of her victory over leukemia.