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1) Nowhere hair

Author

Glader, Sue

Pub. Date

[2014]

Description

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Having hunted for her mother's hair, a young girl learns the truth about cancer while experiencing life (with hats, scarves, baldness and love) during chemotherapy.

2) A monster calls

Author

Ness, Patrick

Series

Candlewick on BrillianceAudio

Formats

Book, CD, Playaway

Description

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Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.

3) The wizard's dilemma

Author

Duane, Diane

Series

Young wizards volume 5

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

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Teenage wizard Nita travels to other universes to find a cure for her mother who has brain cancer.

4) Ask my mood ring how I feel

Author

López, Diana

Description

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Confused about all her emotions, Erica "Chia" Montenegro looks to her mood ring to figure out what she is feeling. She has not seen Blue for Peaceful in a long time, but she often sees Black for Stressful--especially since her mother's sickness keeps getting worse. Visiting a famous church, Erica makes a "promesa" to God to raise funds for research into her mother's condition, so long as God makes her mother better.

5) Sky memories

Author

Brisson, Pat

Pub. Date

[1999]

Description

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When ten-year-old Emily learns that her mother has cancer, the two of them begin a ritual that will help Emily remember her mother after she is dead.

6) Ida B: --and her plans to maximize fun, avoid disaster, and (possibly) save the world

Author

Hannigan, Katherine

Formats

Book, CD

Description

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In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours being home-schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her mother begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell part of the orchard and send her to public school.

7) Under the mesquite

Author

McCall, Guadalupe Garcia

Pub. Date

[2011]

Appears on list

Pura Belpre Award

Description

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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.

8) Mom has cancer!

Author

Moore-Mallinos, Jennifer

Pub. Date

2008

Description

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Sensitively written stories encourage preschool-age and early-grade children to explore their feelings, deal with problems that trouble them, and understand others who have problems of their own.

9) Hope was here

Author

Bauer, Joan

Description

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When sixteen-year-old Hope and the aunt who has raised her move from Brooklyn to Mulhoney, Wisconsin, to work as waitress and cook in the Welcome Stairways diner, they become involved with the diner owner's political campaign to oust the town's corrupt mayor.

10) Secret vampire

Author

Smith, L. J

Series

Night world volume 1
Brilliance Audio on compact disc

Pub. Date

p2009

Description

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Poppy thought the summer would last forever. Then she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Now Poppy's only hope for survival is James, her friend and secret love. A vampire in the Night World, James can make Poppy immortal. But first they both must risk everything to go against the laws of Night World.

11) Unstoppable

Author

Green, Tim

Pub. Date

[2012]

Description

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"If anyone understands the phrase 'tough luck,' it's Harrison. As a foster kid in a cruel home, he knows his dream of one day playing for the NFL is a long shot. Then Harrison's luck seems to change. He is brought into a new home with kind, loving parents--his new dad is even a football coach. Harrison's big build and his incredible determination quickly make him a star running back on the junior high school team. In no time, he's practically unstoppable....

12) Notes from the dog

Author

Paulsen, Gary

Formats

Book, CD

Description

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When Johanna shows up at the beginning of summer to house-sit next door to Finn, he has no idea of the profound effect she will have on his life by the time summer vacation is over.

13) Pink hair and other terrible ideas

Author

Pyros, Andrea

Pub. Date

[2019]

Description

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When seventh-grader Josephine's mother is diagnosed with breast cancer, she wants to keep it secret, even from her best friend Makayla, but her twin brother, Chance, has other ideas.

14) This appearing house

Author

Malinenko, Ally

Pub. Date

[2022]

Formats

Book, CD

Description

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"A strange house appears on Jac's street on the five-year anniversary of her cancer diagnosis, and when she gets trapped inside she will have to confront horrors from her past to find a way out"--

15) Love, Ish

Author

Rivers, Karen

Pub. Date

2017.

Description

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Twelve-year-old Mischa "Ish" Love's longtime dream has been to someday live on Mars, but when she collapses on the first day of seventh grade, Ish receives a diagnosis which threatens her future plans.

16) On Christmas Eve

Author

Martin, Ann M

Series

On Christmas Eve

Pub. Date

[2006]

Description

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Eight-year-old Tess is convinced that if she believes and stays aware of the magic around her, she will meet Santa Claus on Christmas Eve of 1958, when she will thank him for his gifts and ask him to use his magic to cure her best friend's father of cancer.

17) Wink

Author

Harrell, Rob

Description

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After being diagnosed with a rare eye cancer, twelve-year-old Ross discovers how music, art, and true friends can push him through treatment and survive middle school.

18) Toning the sweep

Author

Johnson, Angela

Series

Toning the Sweep

Pub. Date

1994, c1993

Appears on list

Coretta Scott King

Description

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On a visit to her grandmother Ola, who is dying of cancer in her house in the desert, fourteen-year-old Emmie hears many stories about the past and her family history and comes to a better understanding of relatives both dead and living.