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Baby-sitters Club volume 3
Language
English
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Stacey, a member of the Baby-sitters Club, learns to cope with her diabetes and her overprotective parents.
2) Patina
Author
Series
Track volume 2
Language
English
Description
"A newbie to the track team, Patina "Patty" Jones must learn to rely on her family and teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons"--
Patina, "Patty" Jones is the fastest girl on the Defenders track team. A newbie to the track team, Patty must learn to rely on her family and teammates as she tries to outrun her problems. She runs to show the kids that taunt her at her fancy new school that she's going to be someone some day. She runs for...
3) 96 miles
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Language
English
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During a massive blackout in rural Nevada, two brothers struggle to survive without their self-reliance-obsessed dad and without enough water cross the desert for help.
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Maddie is nervous about returning to school after receiving her diagnosis of type 1 diabetes, but with her family and friends supporting her, she discovers that life is still sweet. Includes author's note and list of resources.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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When they are selected to read speeches at their elementary school graduation, an unlikely friendship develops between two sixth-graders, one popular and one a misfit, who are facing family problems and health issues.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
For the youngest in a long line of witches, demons used to be no big deal. A spell and a quick prick of the finger, and a witch like Ber could summon a demon to do anything she needed--clean a mess, send a message, you name it. But that was before Ber was diagnosed with diabetes. Now each time she tests her blood sugar, accidental demons are slipping into the human dimension...and causing absolute chaos. Good thing Ber and her older sister, Maeve,...
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
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Sonia y sus amigos siembran un jardín, y cada uno contribuye a su manera.
Sonia and her friends plant a garden, and each one contributes in his or her own special way, in a book that celebrates the many differences among humans--
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Language
English
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Eleven-year-old Miranium's summer is going down hill fast: her best friend, Thomas, has moved away, her know-it-all nemesis, Tamika, has moved too near for comfort, her parents are stressed since her father has lost his job, she has just blown up the microwave with an ill advised experiment (destroying her own cellphone in the process), and worst of all her beloved cat, Sir Fig Newton, has developed diabetes; there is no money for his medical care,...
13) Alex's challenge
Author
Series
Camp confidential volume 4
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Language
English
Description
During the last weeks of summer camp, eleven-year-old Alex Kim has trouble hiding a secret from the other girls in bunk 3C while also trying to meet the high standards she sets for herself in sports, relationships, and other activities.
14) Last dance
Author
Publisher
Darby Creek Pub
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
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 dance again?
18) Patina
Author
Series
Language
Español
Description
La continuación de Fantasma, finalista al Premio Nacional del Libro. Fantasma. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Cuatro jóvenes de familias completamente diferentes, con personalidades que se vuelven explosivas al chocar. Pero son también cuatro jóvenes de secundaria que fueron escogidos para un equipo de élite de atletismo… un equipo que los podría ayudar a clasificarse para las Olimpiadas Juveniles. Todos tienen mucho que perder, pero también tienen...
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Kate, seeking distraction from her recent diabetes diagnosis, begins dating Aidan, a young veteran who lost an arm in Afghanistan, and the two soon realize that they might mean more to each other than they first thought.
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