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The unwinding of the miracle

a memoir of life, death, and everything that comes after
2019
Looks at the life of Julie Yip-Williams who was born blind in Vietnam, and in 2013 she started a blog after she was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer.

The kaleidoscope sisters

2018
Tells the story of ". . . fifteen-year-old Quinn and her younger sister, Riley, who is dying from a degenerative heart defect . . . Riley is weeks away from her seventh birthday, and her decline is obvious. Years in and out of hospitals have left the family with no support system, but Quinn is determined to save her younger sister. In her quest, Quinn discovers a portal to another realm peppered with characters based in history, all of whom disappeared mysteriously. Aiding Quinn throughout her journey in the Other Realm is Meelie. Quinn learns that a new heart for Riley can be harvested in the Other Realm, but not without sacrifice"--Provided by publisher.

Fear of missing out

Despite the loving intentions of her mother and boyfriend, sixteen-year-old Astrid wants to make the decisions about her life and death when her cancer returns, including exploring the possibility of cryopreservation.
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Plank's law

2017
"Trevor, who has Huntington's disease, connects with an old man who helps him live his life more fully"--Provided by publisher.
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The bright hour

a memoir of living and dying
"Built on her wildly popular Modern Love column, 'When a Couch is More Than a Couch' (9/23/2016), a breathtaking memoir of living meaningfully with 'death in the room' by the 38 year old great-great-great granddaughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson, mother to two young boys, wife of 16 years, after her terminal cancer diagnosis".
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Don't die, my love

2013
When Luke, the high school's star football player, cannot shake the flu, his girlfriend Julie persuades him to see a doctor and they learn that his illness is serious.
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100 days

2017
Agnes doesn't know it, but she only has one hundred days left to live. When she was just a baby, she was diagnosed with Progeria, a rare disease that causes her body to age at roughly ten times the normal rate. Now nearly sixteen years old, Agnes has already exceeded her life expectancy. Moira has been Agnes s best friend and protector since they were in elementary school. Due to her disorder, Agnes is still physically small, but Moira is big. Too big for her own liking. So big that people call her names. With her goth makeup and all-black clothes, Moira acts like she doesn t care. But she does. Boone was friends with both girls in the past, but that was a long time ago before he did the thing that turned Agnes and Moira against him, before his dad died, before his mom got too sad to leave the house. An unexpected event brings Agnes and Moira back together with Boone, but when romantic feelings start to develop, the trio s friendship is put to the test.
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The memory book

2017
When a rare genetic disorder steals away her memories and then her health, teenaged Sammie records notes in a journal to her future self, documenting moments great and small.
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Looking for Alaska

Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash.
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Bajo la misma estrella

Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life.

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