cancer

A historical assessment of cancer addresses both the courageous battles against the complex disease and the misperceptions and hubris that have compromised modern understandings, covering such topics as ancient-world surgeries and the developments of present-day treatments.

Throughout her high school years, as her mother battles cancer, Lupita takes on more responsibility for her house and seven younger siblings, while finding refuge in acting and writing poetry. Includes glossary of Spanish terms.

Although Jeff and Tad, encouraged by a new friend, Lindsey, make a deal to help one another overcome aftereffects of their cancer treatments in preparation for eighth-grade graduation, Jeff still craves advice from his older brother Stephen, who is studying drums in Africa.

As seventeen-year-old Sam desperately tries to help her best friend and neighbor Jesse through aggressive treatments for a rare and usually fatal form of cancer, they find themselves falling deeply in love.

During one of her daily visits across town to visit her dying grandfather, fifteen-year-old Rosie discovers a dance studio that helps her find a way to bring her family members together.

Sixteen-year-old Gray Fallon's easy life as a popular teen with cool parents changes when his younger sister Maggie is diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and his investigations prove that chemicals were the cause of it.

Eighth-grader Brett McCarthy--once good student and best-friend-to-Diane, now suspended and friendless--faces school and family troubles as she grapples with her redefined life.

Frederick Langlois, a seventeen-year-old with terminal bone cancer, maintains his faith despite his anger as he wanders the ward with his fellow adolescents, his therapist, and a leukemia patient who shares his imagination and invincible spirit.

Reporter Marcia "Carley" DeCarlo uncovers a dangerous conspiracy when she sets out to investigate the disappearance of Nicholas Spencer, the head of the medical research company Gen-stone, who reportedly looted the company and fled shortly after receiving word that the anticancer vaccine developed by Gen-stone was being denied FDA approval.