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Author
Series
Alex Delaware novels volume 14
Language
English
Description
Someone has murdered euthanasia champion Dr. Eldon Mate--a self-styled Dr. Death responsible for scores of assisted suicides. In a burst of bloody irony, the killer chooses to dispatch the doctor in the back of Mate's own suicide van, hooking him up to the killing apparatus dubbed "the Humanitron"--and adding some butchering touches of his own.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of Penny Culligan, a 29-year-old diabetic from Chicago who used her insulin to kill a boyfriend after he was mauled by a bear and begged to be put out his misery. As she cycles to Alaska several years later to revisit the scene, the novel describes the way Penny is coping with the memory of that mercy killing. By the author of Out of the Blue.
3) Mercy
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Dr. Julie Devereux is an outspoken advocate for the right to die - until a motorcycle accident leaves her fiancé, Sam Talbot, a quadriplegic. He begs to die, but Julie sees hope in a life together. With the help of an organization that opposes physician-assisted suicide, Julie has Sam coming around to her point of view when he suddenly dies from an unexpected heart attack. An autopsy reveals that Sam died of an unusual heart defect, one seen only...
5) Lethal mercy
Author
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
Dr. Jake Hampton is suffering from traumatic amnesia when his wife, Sarah, dies suddenly. Jake is accused of assisting in his wife's death, and now there is a stalker following him.
6) Stone water
Author
Pub. Date
2003.
Lexile measure
800L
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Grant confronts the difficult decision of whether or not to cooperate with his grandfather's wish that he not be placed on life-support systems.
Author
Series
The dance sequence volume 05
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
Alternates between two stories--contemporarily, seventeen-year-old Jacob visits a daunting Amsterdam at the request of his English grandmother--and historically, nineteen-year-old Geertrui relates her experience of British soldiers's attempts to liberate Holland from its German occupation.
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Grace, having turned her back on religion when her father left, now finds herself praying for help with her home and love life, and especially with whether she should help a beloved elderly friend die with dignity.
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