sick children

"Seventeen-year-old Ivan Isaenko is a life-long resident of the Mazyr Hospital for Gravely Ill Children in Belarus. Born severely deformed, yet mentally keen with a frighteningly sharp wit, strong intellect, and a voracious appetite for books, Ivan is forced to interact with the world through the vivid prism of his mind. For the most part, every day is exactly the same for Ivan. That is until the seventeen-year-old Polina arrives at the hospital. At first, Ivan resents Polina. She steals his books. She challenges his routine. The nurses like her. But eventually, he is drawn to her and the two forge a romance that is tenuous and beautiful and everything they never dared dream of. And now Ivan wants something, whereas before he survived by being utterly detached from things and people: Ivan wants Polina to live"--Dust jacket.

Thirteen-year-old Anna, conceived specifically to provide blood and bone marrow for her sister Kate who was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia at the age of two, decides to sue her parents for control of her body when her mother wants her to donate a kidney to Kate.

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

Introduces foundations and charities that help children that are sick around the world.

An annotated version of Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's story about an orphan girl who moves to the British countryside.

Contains a fictional story in which a young girl describes how she was affected by her sister's sickness; and includes information and guided counseling facts and exercises aimed at helping readers cope with a similar situation.