Filter By Subjects
Atomic bomb Physiological effect Juvenile literature Hiroshima-shi (Japan) History Bombardment, 1945 Juvenile literature Leukemia Leukemia Fiction Leukemia in children Leukemia in children Juvenile literature Leukemia Patients Fiction Sasaki, Sadako 1943-1955 Juvenile literature Sisters Sisters FictionFilter By Subjects
Atomic bomb Physiological effect Juvenile literature Hiroshima-shi (Japan) History Bombardment, 1945 Juvenile literature Leukemia Leukemia Fiction Leukemia in children Leukemia in children Juvenile literature Leukemia Patients Fiction Sasaki, Sadako 1943-1955 Juvenile literature Sisters Sisters FictionBrown, Robert K.
Summary: This memoir is funny and angry and hopeful and sad and realistic. A coming-of-age story with cancer, set mostly in Seattle of the early nineties, it does not pretend that the path to lasting health comes easily or that a sunny disposition is all you need for everything to work out. It is about much more than just beating cancer: tackling adversity through patience and perseverance, stumbling...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 3/3 Press 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BROWN, ROBERT K. BRODevlin, Calla
Summary: "The three Babcock sisters must travel to a Mexican clinic across the border so their mother, ill with leukemia, can receive alternative treatments. The sisters' world is about to shatter under the weight of an incomprehensible betrayal. . . an illness far more insidious than cancer that poisons their home"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2016
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction Devlin 2016Novak, Ali
Summary: When her triplet sister Cara is diagnosed with leukemia, eighteen-year-old Stella puts her deams on hold to move home and be with her family, but when she starts spending time with the lead singer of Cara's favorite band, will Stella resent him for taking her attention away from her sister--or will he help Stella find the courage to live her own life?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Fire 2015
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: Y FICTION NOVPioli, Catherine
Summary: "A narrative, in graphic novel format, of the author's life and experiences as a leukemia patient"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Graphic Mundi 2022
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Coerr, Eleanor.
Summary: Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1977
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SASSummary: The Postables discover an antique vase with a letter inside and decide to track down its origin; the Postables take a road trip to track down a boy who might have been kidnapped; the Postables discover a letter with clues about a young woman's missing mother while preparing for Norman and Rita's wedding; the Postables help a boy with leukemia to reunite with his lost friend.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Hallmark Channel 2022
Copies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SIGKeene, Nancy
Summary: Approximately 4,500 children and teens are diagnosed with leukemia in the United States and Canada each year. The illness and its treatment can have a devastating effect on family, friends, classmates, and the larger community. This newly updated edition of Childhood Leukemia contains the information and support parents need during this difficult time, including: New treatments such as...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Childhood Cancer Guides 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92 KEENehanda, Walela
Summary: "When Walela is diagnosed at twenty-three with advanced stage blood cancer, they're suddenly thrust into the unsympathetic world of tubes and pills, doctors who don't use their correct pronouns, and hordes of "well-meaning" but patronizing people offering unsolicited advice as they navigate rocky personal relationships and share their story online. But this experience also deepens their...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kokila 2024
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in New YA Materials, Call number: YA 921 NEHPicoult, Jodi
Summary: All her life, 13-year old Anna has helped her sister fight leukemia. Anna has provided platelets, bone marrow, and even stem cells to ensure Kate's survival. But when their parents ask her to donate a kidney, Anna has had enough. She enlists the aid of a lawyer and announces her intention to sue for control of her own body.--
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2004
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC PICWendel, Tim
Summary: "When Eric Wendel was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 1966, the survival rate was 10 percent. Today, it is 90 percent. Even as politicians call for a "Cancer Moonshot," this accomplishment remains a pinnacle in cancer research. The author’s daughter, then a medical student at Georgetown Medical School, told her father about this amazing success story. Tim Wendel soon discovered...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92Mukherjee, Siddhartha.
Summary: A "biography" of cancer from its origins to the epic battle to cure, control, and conquer it. A combination of medical history, cutting-edge science, and narrative journalism that transforms the listener's understanding of cancer and much of the world around them. The author provides a glimpse into the future of cancer treatments and offers a bold new perspective on the way doctors,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2010
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.99 MUKCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 616.99 SIDCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 909 MUKCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Health Med MukherjeeCoerr, Eleanor.
Summary: Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin 2004
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SASHandler, Evan.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 1996
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.994 HANMukherjee, Siddhartha.
Summary: A stunning combination of medical history, cutting-edge science, and narrative journalism that transforms the listener's understanding of cancer and much of the world around them. Siddhartha Mukherjee provides a fascinating glimpse into the future of cancer treatments and offers a bold new perspective on the way doctors, scientists, philosophers, and lay people have observed and understood the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2010
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 616.99 Mukherjee 2010Yoshinaga, Fumi
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Digital Manga Pub. 2007
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Coerr, Eleanor.
Summary: Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1993
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SASPagano, Chuck
Summary: Follows the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, who was diagnosed with leukemia three weeks into the 2012 football season, as he continued to coach from his bedside and got back into the game with the help of his team and thousands of Colts fans.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.332 PAGWapner, Jessica
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Andrews, Jesse.
Summary: Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2012
Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: YA FIC ANDCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC ANDCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ANDCleave, Chris.
Summary: Cyclists Zoe and Kate are friends and athletic rivals for Olympic gold, while Kate and her husband Jack, also a world-class cyclist, must contend with the recurrence of their young daughter's leukemia.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2012
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC CLEDiCicco, Sue
Summary: "In this book, author Sue DiCicco and Sadako's older brother Masahiro tell her complete story in English for the first time--how Sadako's courage throughout her illness inspired family and friends, and how she became a symbol of all people, especially children, who suffer from the impact of war. Her life and her death carry a message: we must have a wholehearted desire for peace and be willing...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd. 2020
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SASCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT 921 Sasaki 2020Picoult, Jodi
Summary: "Anna is not sick, but she might as well be. By age thirteen, she has undergone countless surgeries, transfusions, and shots so that her older sister, Kate, can somehow fight the leukemia that has plagued her since childhood. The product of preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Anna was conceived as a bone marrow match for Kate -- a life and a role that she has never challenged...until now. Like...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Washington Square Press 2009
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PICCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC PICCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Stacks, Call number: P PICSummary: Sara and Brian live an idyllic life with their young son and daughter. Suddenly, their baby girl falls ill, and her only hope for survival rests in her parents' ability to find a compatible bone marrow donator. Their desperate decision to conceive another child raises both ethical and moral questions and begins to erode their relationship. Their actions ultimately set off a court case that...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2009