cancer

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cancer

Lance Armstrong

a biography
2003
Chronicles the life of world champion cyclist Lance Armstrong, describing his start in the sport, his battle with cancer, his family life, and his Tour de France wins.

Breast cancer

questions & answers for young women
2001
Provides young women with the most recent information on breast cancer, including how it is detected, what women can do to decrease their chances of getting it, how to cope with a diagnosis of breast cancer, what to expect when undergoing cancer treatment, and other related topics.

The angels trilogy

2003
Presents a trio of novels which follows the story of Leah Lewis-Hall, a sixteen-year-old who is diagnosed with cancer while spending Christmas alone in the hospital, and who finds the support and friendship she needs from her Amish roommate Rebekah and Rebekah's big, loving family.

Cancer

1988
Examines the various forms of cancer, their possible causes, and treatments, and discusses who can get cancer and what is being done to prevent or cure it.

Thicker than water

2006
Coping with her mother's cancer makes seventeen-year-old Kia feel out of place everywhere until she is drawn into the goth-vampire club scene, where she finds acceptance and one gorgeous, popular guy who might offer escape.

Garden of angels

2005
Fourteen-year-old Darcy's life undergoes a drastic change when her mother is diagnosed with breast cancer in 1974 and is unable to help Darcy deal with the teenage struggles of starting high school, falling in love, and worrying about the Vietnam War.

A time for dancing

a novel
1997
Seventeen-year-old best friends Samantha and Juliana tell their stories in alternating chapters after Juliana is diagnosed with cancer.

For the love of Teddi

the story behind Camp Good Days and Special Times
1990
The story of twelve-year-old Teddi Mervis and her fight against cancer.

Both sides now

2000
Fifteen-year-old Liza tries to deal with the normal everyday crises of life in an Austin, Texas, high school, a process complicated by her mother's fight with breast cancer.

Until angels close my eyes

1998
Leah Lewis-Hall thinks her battle with cancer is over until her step-father reveals that he has been in remission but is now ill again. Meanwhile her Amish boyfriend decides to live among the English and find his banished brother.

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