Lurlene McDaniel
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
Contains two novels by Lurlene McDaniel, including "Somewhere Between Life and Death" in which Erin and her family must somehow find a way to let go when her sister Amy is involved in a terrible accident; and "Time to Let Go" in which Erin, plagued by headaches since the death of her sister a year earlier, cannot figure out why the pain gets so much worse when David Devlin is around.
22) Time to let go
Author
Pub. Date
1991, c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Description
One year after her sister's tragic death, Amy completes her grieving process with the help of her psychotherapist and David Devlin, a young man who prescribes laughter as the best medicine.
Author
Series
Dawn Rochelle novels volume 1
Pub. Date
1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Appears on list
Description
Diagnosed with leukemia at the age of thirteen, Dawn starts her chemotherapy. She becomes best friends with her roommate, Sandy, and both go into remission. But when Sandy gets sick again, Dawn wonders what the future holds, both for Sandy and for her.
26) Hit and run
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Events surrounding the hit and run accident of a popular high school student are told from the viewpoints of those involved, including the victim.
27) Last Dance
Author
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Rachel Deering, an otherwise normal 13-year-old aspiring ballerina from Miami, suddenly finds herself in the hospital, diagnosed with diabetes. Now she needs to learn how to manage her disease, and to cope with being different from all her friends. Will she ever dancd again? Rachel Deering loves-and lives-to dance. She dreams of someday becoming a professional dancer. When she is invited to try out at the regional auditions for New York City Ballet...
30) Briana's gift
Author
Pub. Date
19uu
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Description
When a pregnant seventeen-year-old girl is hospitalized and in a coma, her younger sister faces several difficult choices while dealing with loss, love, and life at Christmas time.
34) Heart to Heart
Author
Pub. Date
c 2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Relates the complicated friendship of a teenaged girl, her best friend, her best friend's boyfriend, and a young heart transplant recipient.
35) Red heart tattoo
Author
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Tells the story of a school bombing, portraying the relationships and events leading up to the incident as well as its repercussions.
36) Breathless
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Description
A high school diving champion's diagnosis of bone cancer affects not only his life, but those of his best friend, his sister, and his girlfriend.
Author
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
With the support of her two best friends, sixteen-year-old Kathleen tries to balance her summer volunteer work at the hospital with her responsibilities caring for her mother, who has multiple sclerosis, and her attraction to a handsome boy. It's the summer after sophomore year and Raina has convinced her best friends since the sixth grade, Kathleen and Holly, to spend their summer as "pink angels" in Parker-Sloan General Hospital's summer volunteer...
Pub. Date
2002
Description
Sixteen year-old Melissa Austin has always worked hard to get what she wants. As the school year begins, her work is paying off; her grades are up and shes landed a coveted spot on the Brain Bowl team. She and her best friend, Jory Delaney, are determined to have the best junior year ever. Then Melissa receives devastating news about her health. At first she refuses to accept the doctors diagnosis, but as her illness gets worse she cannot deny the...