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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
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Dawn is almost 16, she's been in remission for over a year after her bone marrow transplant. All she wants it to have a normal life, as though the cancer hadn't happened. But, she can't; the experiences she's gone through, and the friends she's lost are a part of who she is. And that person is someone who can help others.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Description
Fourteen-year-old Deanne is not cut out to be the socialite her mother wants her to be. Instead she becomes a VolunTeen at the children's hospital where her father works, eventually working on the oncology floor, helping kids with cancer deal with their illness. But when one of her patients dies, can she continue?
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
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Description
When a compatible donor is found, track-star Katie O'Roark undergoes transplant surgery to receive a new heart. And although she feels fortunate to have gotten this anonymous gift of life, Katie wonders if she will ever be strong enough--physically and emotionally--to become a winner again. You don't know me, but I know about you. I can't make you live longer, I can't stop you from hurting. But I can give you one wish, as someone did for me. Katie...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Melissa Austin has always worked hard to make things go her way, and now she's determined to have the best junior year ever. Everything appears to look promising as usual...until she receives the devastating news that she has cancer. Despite denying the doctor's diagnosis at first, Melissa quickly realizes that her illness is growing worse and so she agrees to start treatment. At the hospital, she finds unexpected friendship...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting to engage reluctant readers! Feisty, thirteen-year-old Megan McCaffery is proud to be a tomboy, and she just can't relate to the southern belles in her hometown of Charleston, South Carolina. Her older sister, Audrey, is driving her crazy with constant talk about her upcoming wedding. When a popular girl at school takes an interest in Megan's best friend, John-Paul,...
Author
Series
Dawn Rochelle novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Formats
Description
At thirteen Dawn Rochelle is diagnosed with leukemia. She thought that thirteen is supposed to be a great age--dances, cheerleading, boys--she never thought it would also include cancer. She's facing the toughest fight of her life--a fight she has to win.
Author
Series
Dawn Rochelle novels volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dawn Rochelle's leukemia is in remission and she has agreed to work as a camp counselor for younger kids with cancer. Being at the camp brings back painful memories of attending this same camp wih her best friend, Sandy, who has died.
12) I want to live
Author
Series
Dawn Rochelle novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Formats
Description
One year after her leukemia goes into remission, fourteen-year-old Dawn Rochelle's life is threatened again, forcing her to confront for a second time all the fears associated with illness and painful treatment.
Author
Pub. Date
1997.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
April Lancaster, recovering from the death of her fiance, is reluctant to tell her new love Brandon about her medical problems, but when the brain tumor that has been dormant for so long begins to grow, she realizes she must put Brandon's feelings to the test.
Author
Pub. Date
1993.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
Desi thinks it's totally unfair that inncocent baby Alicia was born HIV positive. Now the eight-month-old Alicia lives at Childcare because she was given away by her sick teenage mother. Desi can relate to feeling unloved. Can Desi cope with the harsh realities and still believe in love?
Author
Pub. Date
[1989]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
As Melissa dies of leukemia, her best friend, Jory Delany, draws closer to Melissa's family while they struggle to cope with her imminent death and to replace anger with hope and inspiration.
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