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A Story about Cancer (with a Happy Ending)

India Desjardins

This story grew from an author’s meeting with a ten-year-old girl with leukemia in a Montreal hospital. The girl was tired of stories about children with cancer that ended sadly and asked for one with a happy ending, laughter, and romance. The book centers cancer alongside a young person’s thoughts about possible death and what she might miss, including her family, ordinary pleasures, and the world around her.

This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.

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Themes
Emotions · Family · Love · Medicine And Health
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Published
January 29, 2019
Pages
96
ISBN-13
9781786039774
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
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