Catalog Search Results
Showing Results for Entire Collection local
Author
Formats
Description
"My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I'm allergic to the world. I don't leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla. But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He's tall, lean and wearing all black -- black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking...
Author
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"Written by leading mental health professionals, this warm and accessible parenting book for children with chronic illnesses offers clear, practical guidance for all aspects of the journey. For all its joys, parenting is a complex job, and when your child has a chronic illness, the stress can feel overwhelming. When your child is diagnosed, you begin a parenting journey filled with strong emotions, difficult choices, confusing words, and interactions...
Author
Edition
First US edition.
Formats
Description
Lily is chronically ill, but while her parents are welcoming a new baby she sneaks home from her grandmother's house and, aided by animal friends, combats the demons who have moved in.
Lily is used to hospitals--she's spent more time in them than out of them thanks to her recent health issues. But when her mother goes into labor, her parents drop her off at her grandmother's house and rush to the hospital without her. Lily doesn't want the new baby...
Author
Publisher
Post Hill Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"Leah was first thrust under the reality television microscope when her teen pregnancy was documented on MTV's groundbreaking series, 16 and Pregnant. Since then, fans of Teen Mom 2 have watched her life play out on the small screen--from her struggle to rise to the challenges of motherhood, through her harrowing journey to find a diagnosis for one of her twin girls with a rare form of muscular dystrophy, and the collapse of two marriages. She has...
Author
Publisher
FaithWords
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Description
Jill Kelly, wife of Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly, reflects on her son Hunter's genetic disease, which took his life at the age of eight, and how his illness and the times she shared with him affected her life, marriage, family, and faith.
9) Johnny
Publisher
Pure Flix Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
When Dr. Drew Carter tragically lost his 10-year-old son in a car accident while his wife Julia was driving, he didn't expect to lose his whole family as well. Since the accident, Julia is emotionally absent from Drew and their daughter Kayla. When Dr. Miller refers Johnny, a foster child with leukemia, to Drew, the wheels start to turn as he sees a chance to heal his family. Johnny doesn't know what he is in for, but is convinced he's there for a...
Author
Series
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
2013
Description
"Rebecca is spending time in the country with her father, and Ernest of course, when things begin to change. Rebecca befriends a boy who is her age, and she sees her sister leave to return to the city on her own. Will Ernest & Rebecca's friendship survive?" -- from publisher's web site.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request
.png)