Few things affect a family's everyday life like the presence of an illness like cancer. Whether it's a grandparent, another family member, a teacher or neighbor or friend, children especially experience confusion, fear and misunderstanding. This book will help kids cope with the presen...
Scholomance (more or less a machine for traumatizing children until they’ve survived hell). But after that, things move a bit faster. And they snowball wildly out of control, as El finds out what’s been going on outside the Scholomance while she and all the other kids were locked in ...
The three kids, Lynn, Katie, and Sammy, manage to have fun and dream of better times ahead despite their difficult conditions until Lynn comes down with a fatal illness. The book manages to portray life for post-WWII Japanese Americans in an insightful and realistic way. [middle grade, ...
It’s a love story about two teenagers who meet at a support group for kids with cancer. I don’t want to ruin it for you ( and I do encourage adults to read it, it’s not typical YA) but it captures the essence of cancer not being fair. It also captures the feelings parents m...
"I thought, 'It's hard enough for an adult to have cancer,' but when you think about a kid having cancer — and it just broke my heart." So the petite teenager with a big heart put out word on social media that she was collecting books for sick children. "I was expecting ...
故填:The goal was to collect books for kids being treated for cancer in local hospitals.(4)细节理解题。根据第二段"Bhatnagar started by posting on social media.(Bhatnagar开始在社交媒体上发帖。)"可知,Bhatnagar从在社交媒体上发帖开始来收集书。故填:Bhatnagar started by posting ...
Zac and Miaby A.J. Betts shares the story of two teens who meet in the pediatric cancer ward of a hospital. Both have very different personalities and perspectives on their illness, which means they each have something to offer the other. ...
For years, Reid’s parents would remember their lost son on the anniversary of his death by publishing a memorial notice in the newspaper. On the first anniversary of his death, in 1945, they wrote: “We think of you often as we sit alone, hoping and praying that yet you will come ...
Here’s a book for young adult and adult kids whose parents are getting a divorce. Driving Teenage Road Hogs by Michael Schein. This is an interesting little book that is written for teens about many issues related to the mechanics and challenges of driving. It is good enough for most te...
I’m glad we did, and I strongly recommend it to all parents of preteen kids (in part because changing norms is a collective action problem and we need your help). For a taste of the book’s content, check out Haidt’s popular blog post on the topic (or his other related ones). ...