sick

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The barn

2014
Ben and his sister must take over the family farm when their father mysteriously falls ill in the spring of 1855.

A month of Sundays

2013
In the summer of 1956, while her mother is in Florida searching for a job, fourteen-year-old April Garnet Rose, who has never met her father, stays with her terminally ill aunt in Virginia and accompanies her as she visits different churches, looking for God.

Living with an illness in the family

2016
"Addresses the practical changes that result when a family member falls ill and guides readers through the emotional process of dealing with the illness of a loved one"--Amazon.com.

The secret horses of Briar Hill

2016
"A girl living in a children's hospital during WWII discovers that a winged horse has entered her world and needs her help"--Provided by publisher.

McGraw's Emporium

1995
A boy searches for a gift for a sick friend at the unique store, McGraw's Emporium, but finally settles on a free kitten.

Aerie

a Magonia novel
2016
"Tells the story of one girl who must make an impossible choice between two families, two homes-and two versions of herself. Aza Ray is back on earth. Her boyfriend, Jason, is overjoyed. Her family is healed. She's living a normal life, or as normal as it can be if you've spent the past year dying, waking up on a sky ship, and discovering that your song can change the world. As in, not normal. Part of Aza still yearns for the clouds, no matter how much she loves the people on the ground. When Jason's paranoia over Aza's safety causes him to make a terrible mistake, Aza finds herself a fugitive in Magonia, tasked with opposing her radical, bloodthirsty, recently escaped mother, Zal Quel, and her singing partner, Dai. She must travel to the edge of the world in search of a legendary weapon, the Flock, in a journey through fire and identity that will transform her forever"--Provided by publisher.

A Christmas carol

2013
A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.

Circus Mirandus

2016
"When he realizes that his grandfather's stories of an enchanted circus are true, Micah Tuttle sets out to find the mysterious Circus Mirandus--and to use its magic to save his grandfather's life"--Provided by publisher.

Down at the doctor's

the sick book
1987
Poetry and prose about being sick, visiting the doctor, "playing" doctor, and speculating about the doctor's being sick.
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I hate to be sick!

2004
A young boy with a cold misses his friends and does not like the medicine he has to take, but feels better after his father brings some soup and a book they can share.

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