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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"Science writer Bijal P. Trivedi gives a comprehensive look at cystic fibrosis, from its late 1930s discovery to the recent development of breakthrough treatments for 90% of patients, and the way treatments for the previously fatal disease are opening the door for curing other life-threatening conditions"--
3) Just Breathe
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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From the critically acclaimed author of Say What You Will and A Step Toward Falling comes a deeply emotional new novel, perfect for fans of Five Feet Apart and The Fault in Our Stars. David Scheinman is the popular president of his senior class, battling cystic fibrosis. Jamie Turner is a quiet sophomore, struggling with depression. The pair soon realizes that they're able to be more themselves with each other than they can be with anyone else, and...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Twins Jamie and Ned do everything together, from watching their favorite show, Star Trek, to riding their bikes, to beachcombing after a storm. But Ned is sick with cystic fibrosis, and he may someday leave Jamie behind. One day the boys find a strange animal on the beach: smooth flesh on one end, scales at the other, and short arms and legs with long webbed fingers and toes. Could it be a merman, like in the old stories Granddad tells? Together,...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Stella Grant is every bit a seventeen-year-old. She's attached to her laptop and loves her best friends. But unlike most teenagers, she spends much of her time living in a hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, boundaries and self-control, all of which is put to the test when she meets an impossibly charming fellow patient named Will Newman.
8) Wish
Author
Series
Journey trilogy (Joseph Monninger) volume 2
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
While trying to help her eleven-year-old brother who suffers from cystic fibrosis get his greatest wish, fifteen-year-old Bee discovers that she has some special wishes of her own.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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"Caleb is shorter, frailer, and more protected than most twelve year olds. That's because he was born with cystic fibrosis, a disease that kills his lungs with mucus and shortens his lifespan. The rules and routines that manage his disorder control too much of Caleb, not that his prying mom or perfect older brother seem to care. Then Caleb meets Kit. Instantly, his world changes. Kit says they are destined to be friends; she read so on his palm. She...
10) Charisma
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Tacoma, Washington, high school junior Aislyn's extreme shyness has crippled her socially and cost her a college scholarship, so she jumps at the chance to try an illegal gene therapy, but although she's finally able to date her long-term crush Jack, the therapy becomes a contagious disease that can be fatal.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Kate Blunt will do anything for her son, Jasper, who has cystic fibrosis... except get him a dog. The daily medical routine that keeps Jasper alive is complicated enough, though her decision runs contrary to her work as the veterinarian in charge of a Cape Cod animal shelter. Then a scarred, mistreated wreck of a dog turns up. Whistler is too old, too ugly for anyone to adopt. But the dog forms an instantaneous bond with Jasper. He never makes...
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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In a run-down New Orleans suburb, an overprotected, bored teenager with cystic fibrosis becomes involved in a dangerous game when a mysterious group called the Society invites her to complete a few dares for the chance of winning big money to help pay for her costly medication and future college expenses.
13) Fantasmas
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
Español
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Dia de los Muertos - Children
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Tween Advisory Club: Favorite Books
Hispanic Heritage Month - More Spanish & Bilingual Kids Titles
Tween Advisory Club: Favorite Books
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"Hay algo inusual en este pueblo... Catrina y su familia se estï¿an mudando a la costa norte de California porque su hermana menor, Maya, está enferma. Cat no quiere ir a Bahï¿ia de la Luna y dejar a sus amigas, pero Maya tiene fibrosis quística y el aire salado y frío que sopla desde la bahía le sentará bien. Cuando las chicas salen a conocer el vecindario, alguien les revela un secreto: en Bahía de la Luna hay fantasmas. Maya se empeña...
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