Twelve-year-old Donovan's summer with his aunt and uncle on Puget Sound becomes a test of his own convictions when he suspects his uncle's involvement in a local racist group.
While her mother undergoes radical cancer treatment, eleven-year-old Ella stays with her father's mother in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she learns about grammar and family history, and helps investigate the theft of an extremely rare book from her grandmother's library.
Tells the fictional story of Hannah, a teenager who learns to cope with cancer; and includes information about the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease.
Describes the history, signs, symptoms, types, and treatments of cancer and discusses scientific research on the disease. Also includes a glossary and further reading list.
A series of poems describes how seventh-grader Kay Garber faces her grandmother's battle with breast cancer while living with her mother and great-grandmother and dealing with everyday junior high school concerns.
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.
Discusses the history, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and different kinds of cancer, as well as the possible impact of research on the future.
When Luke, the high school's star football player, can't shake the flu, his girlfriend Julie persuades him to see a doctor and they learn that his illness is serious.
A seventeen-year-old orphan with Hodgkin's disease becomes very involved with her new hospital roommate, a nine-year-old girl who insists that the man who killed her father is trying to kill her.
