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Author
Lexile measure
1060L
Language
English
Description
"Johnny Gunther was only seventeen years old when he died of a brain tumor. During the months of his illness, everyone near him was unforgettably impressed by his level-headed courage, his wit and quiet friendliness, and, above all, his unfaltering patience through times of despair. This deeply moving book is a father's memoir of a brave, intelligent, and spirited boy." -- Page [4] cover.
Author
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Inspired by the true story. Maddie is a normal twelve-year-old, but when a CT scan reveals she has a brain tumor, it will take all her imagination, courage, and support from her friends and family to meet this new challenge"--
3) Stargazing
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
GN 510L
Physical Desc
208 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Moon is everything Christine isn't. She's confident, impulsive, artistic . . . and though they both grew up in the same Chinese-American suburb, Moon is somehow unlike anyone Christine has ever known. When Moon's family moves in next door to Christine's, Moon goes from unlikely friend to best friend--maybe even the perfect friend. The girls share their favorite music videos, paint their toenails when Christine's strict parents aren't around, and...
Author
Publisher
Spiegel and Grau
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
180 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In 2016, Rob Delaney's one-year-old son, Henry, was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The family had moved from Los Angeles to London with their two young boys when Rob's wife was pregnant with Henry, their third. The move was an adventure that would bind them even more tightly together as they navigated the novelty of London, the culture clashes, and the funhouse experience of Rob's fame--thanks to his role as co-creator and co-star of the hit series...
Author
Publisher
Lowell House
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
1 online resource (ix, 421 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"The human brain is composed of trillions of cells--each assigned to a task that enables people to reason, feel, and remember. The Brain Disorders Sourcebook is an easy-to-understand guide to the structure and function of the brain, how problems occur, and what treatments are available." "Dr. Cicala explains how a stroke can result when blood flow is interrupted, either by hemorrhaging or an aneurysm, how prompt treatment can minimize the effects,...
13) Never change
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Myra Lipinsky, a 51-year old visiting nurse, has been content to be a self-appointed spinster--until a man she adored in high school is struck by an incurable illness and returns to New England to spend what time he has left.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
326 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
The Paralympic ski racer, YouTube star, and motivational speaker documents his coming of age as an amputee cancer survivor and his efforts to investigate past dates gone wrong to discover why he was still single.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A world-class oncologist delivers a devastating and deeply personal examination of cancer, offering a searing account of how both medicine and society (mis)treats cancer, how people can do better, and why they must.
17) Oblivion
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
337 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Nick Petrov was a world-famous private investigator -- until a brain trauma destroyed part of his memory and changed who he is forever.
Now a killer is on the loose, looming up from a past that Nick can no longer remember.
Author
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
800L
Physical Desc
298 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Convinced that if she looks like a monster on the outside (a blood tumor covers half of her face), she must be a monster on the inside as well, Sophie tries to find a cure before her mother finds out the truth. --
19) We bought a zoo
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A memoir by Benjamin Mee, tells the true account of how the author and his family used their life savings to buy a dilapidated zoo, replete with 200 exotic animals facing destruction, in the English countryside. Mee, along with his children, had to balance caring for his wife, who was dying of brain cancer, with dealing with escaped tigers, raising endangered animals, working with an eclectic skeleton crew and readying the zoo for a reopening.
20) Brain tumors
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents general information about brain tumors, including what they are, the different types of brain tumors, how they are diagnosed, how they are treated, and the types of rehabilitation done by people who have suffered from them.
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