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Life with a superhero

raising Michael who has Down syndrome
2013

We bought a zoo

2008
The author related his experiences buying and moving into a rundown zoo in the English countryside and trying to rebuild it with his family while taking care of his dying wife and two children.

My parent has cancer and it really sucks

real-life advice from real-life teens
2013
Advice from over one hundred teens and experts on how to deal with a parent having cancer.

What happened to Lani Garver

2002
Sixteen-year-old Claire is unable to face her fears about a recurrence of her leukemia, her eating disorder, her need to fit in with the popular crowd on Hackett Island, and her mother's alcoholism until the enigmatic Lani Garver helps her get control of her life at the risk of his own.

Sum it up

1,098 victories, a couple of irrelevant losses, and a life in perspective
2013
Autobiography of Pat Summitt, covering her childhood in Tennessee, building and coaching the Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team, and health struggles, especially early onset Alzheimer's disease.

(Sic)

a memoir
2011
Joshua Cody, a brilliant young composer, describes his battle with an aggressive cancer, while also celebrating art, language, and music.

Don't kill the birthday girl

tales from an allergic life
2011
Author Sandra Beasley shares her struggle with severe food and environmental allergies and discusses scientific, cultural, and sociological aspects of allergies.

The dog lived (and so will I)

a memoir
2012
A memoir of the author, who found that after helping her dog battle cancer, she had been preparing herself for the same diagnosis.

Take control of Asperger's syndrome

the official strategy guide for teens with Asperger's syndrome and nonverbal learning disorder
2010
Offers teens with Asperger's syndrome practical strategies to help them deal with the impact their condition has on their schoolwork and social lives and learn to overcome their weaknesses.

January first

a child's descent into madness and her father's struggle to save her
2012
Michael Schofield describes his fight to save his daughter, January, from an extremely severe case of mental illness in the face of overwhelming adversity.

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