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Off the grid / by Choyce, Lesley,1951-author.(CARDINAL)518849;
Sixteen-year-old Cody was born and raised "off the grid" deep in the wilderness by idealistic parents. When his father becomes seriously ill, the family is forced to move into the city so he can get treatment. Attending high school for the first time, Cody is an oddity and has a hard time adjusting. He finds unlikely allies in DeMarco, an inner-city kid, and Ernest, a philosophical homeless man, and he begins a tentative friendship with Alexis. When he comes to DeMarco's defense in an altercation at school, Cody finds himself in trouble with the police. A second confrontation puts Cody in more trouble with the cops, and he is convinced he must escape to the family homestead or be arrested. But Cody is torn between fleeing the city or staying with his ailing father and facing whatever consequences come his way.HL540LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Novels.; Rural teenagers; Children of sick parents;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Kids' words : when a parent has cancer / by Case, Madelyn,Ph.D.,author.; Currey, Jeanne,RN,MN,CNS,author.; Hart, Lorraine,Ph.D.,author.; Kids Alive Colorado (Organization)(CARDINAL)833242;
When you learn a parent has cancer, its easy to feel alone, with no one capable of understanding your fears, worries, and anger. The children of the cancer support group Kids Alive! have been where you are now. Theyve felt the anger, the fear, and the guilt that cancer causes. In Kids Words When a Parent Has Cancer, they share their experiences with you.In these pages, youll find the answers you need to cope with a family members cancer diagnosis. The kids, ages six to seventeen, talk about when they discovered their parent had cancer and what life is like during treatment. They share their feelings and how they expressed their pain. Most important, their words can help you discover what you can do to help yourself--and your family--cope during and after cancer treatment. Illustrated with artwork from the Kids Alive! program, Kids Words When a Parent Has Cancer also offers advice to parents on what children need to know about cancer and how to handle any potential difficulties. The true voice of the book, however, belongs to the kids, who want other children to know that they understand what theyre going through and are not alone--others have been here before and want to help.
Subjects: Cancer; Children of sick parents;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Extraordinary kids / by Fuller, Cheri.(CARDINAL)768641; Jones, Louise Tucker.(CARDINAL)643335;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-302).
Subjects: Parents of children with disabilities.; Parents of children with disabilities; Children with disabilities.; Sick children.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Baby teeth / by Stage, Zoje,author.(CARDINAL)355765;
Afflicted with a chronic debilitating condition, Suzette Jensen knew having children would wreak havoc on her already fragile body. Nevertheless, she brought Hanna into the world, pleased and proud to start a family with her husband Alex. Estranged from her own mother, Suzette is determined to raise her beautiful daughter with the love, care, and support she was denied. But Hanna proves to be a difficult child. Now seven-years-old, she has yet to utter a word, despite being able to read and write. Defiant and anti-social, she refuses to behave in kindergarten classes, forcing Suzette to homeschool her. Resentful of her mother's rules and attentions, Hanna lashes out in anger, becoming more aggressive every day. The only time Hanna is truly happy is when she's with her father. To Alex, she's willful and precocious but otherwise the perfect little girl, doing what she's told. Suzette knows her clever and manipulative daughter doesn't love her. She can see the hatred and jealousy in her eyes. And as Hanna's subtle acts of cruelty threaten to tear her and Alex apart, Suzette fears her very life may be in grave danger.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Domestic fiction.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Mothers and daughters; Violence in children; Children of sick parents; Manipulative behavior; Crohn's disease;
Available copies: 44 / Total copies: 56
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Sorokto ŭi nunssŏptal / by Sŏ, Tong-ae,author.; Chang, Yu-ji,illustrator.author.;
Subjects: Leprosy; Children of sick parents;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Starry, starry heist / by Briner, K. H.(Karen Hilarye),1969-author.(CARDINAL)540955;
"Sixth-grader Max has it rough between tormentors at school and his sick--ever-worsening--mom at home. But then DZ, a strange, tuxedoed man with one shoe, appears to Max from the future and divulges that Max's mother's fate is somehow entwined with that of Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night. It's suddenly clear to Max that any problems he already had on his plate have just gotten bigger. DZ explains to Max that someone is after The Starry Night...and the thief is not bound by the usual laws of time and space."--Ages 8-12.Grades 4-6.
Subjects: Time-travel fiction.; Novels.; Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890.; Children of sick parents; Preteens; Time travel; Art thefts;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Motorhome prophecies : a journey of healing and forgiveness / by Sheffield, Carrie,author.(CARDINAL)885530;
Includes bibliographical references."Carrie Sheffield grew up fifth of eight children with a violent, mentally ill, street-musician father who believed he was a modern-day Mormon prophet destined to become U.S. president someday. She and her seven siblings were often forced to live as vagabonds, remaining on the move across the country. They frequently subsisted in sheds, tents, and, most notably, motorhomes. They often lived a dysfunctional drifter existence, camping out in their motorhome in Walmart parking lots. Carrie attended 17 public schools and homeschool, all while performing classical music on the streets and passing out fire-and-brimstone religious pamphlets-at times while child custody workers loomed. Carrie's father was eventually excommunicated from the official LDS Church, and she was the first of her siblings to escape the toxic brainwashing of his fundamentalist creed. Declared legally estranged from her parents, Carrie struggled with her mental health during college and for most of her adult life. But she eventually seized control of her life, transcended her troubled past, and overcame her toxic inner voice (and a near death experience)-thanks to the power of forgiveness, cultivated through her conversion to Christianity. She evolved from a scared and abused motorhome-dwelling girl to a Harvard-educated professional with a passion for empowering others to reject the cycles of poverty, depression, and self-hatred. Motorhome Prophecies is the story of Carrie's unbelievable, yet in many ways, very American journey. It resonates with those trapped in difficult situations and awes all who are enchanted by the depths and resilience of the human spirit"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Sheffield, Carrie.; Sheffield, Carrie; Latter Day Saint fundamentalism; Poor; Children of sick parents; Adult children of dysfunctional families; Journalists; Ex-church members; Anglican converts;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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The dark side [sound recording] : a novel / by Steel, Danielle,author.(CARDINAL)341853; Braun, Michael(Actor),narrator.; Recorded Books, Inc.,producer.(CARDINAL)340508;
Narrated by Michael Braun.Zoe Morgan's childhood was marked by her younger sister's tragic illness, watching as her parents dedicated themselves completely to her final days and then divorced. As a young woman driven by these painful memories, Zoe sets the bar high for herself, studying hard and pursuing a career in the nonprofit world, where her deep compassion for disadvantaged children finds a focus. When Zoe falls in love and has her own child, she is determined to be a perfect mother as well. But before long, old scars long dormant begin to pull Zoe to the edge of an abyss too terrifying to contemplate. As Zoe is haunted by the ghosts of the past, her story will become a race against time and a tale of psychological suspense that no reader will soon forget.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Divorced parents; Families; Long-term care of the sick; Parent and child; Motherhood; Divorce; Chronically ill children;
Available copies: 27 / Total copies: 29
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Fathers and fugitives / by Naudé, S. J.,1970-author.(CARDINAL)600244;
A debut literary page-turner from a new South African voice about fatherhood and family, loyalty and betrayal, inheritance and belonging. Daniel is a worldly and urbane journalist living in London. His relationships appear to be sexually fulfilling but sentimentally meager. A young gay man with no relationships outside of sexual ones, he can seem at once callow and, at times, cold to the point of cruel with his lovers. Emotionally distant from his elderly, senile father, Daniel nonetheless returns to South Africa to care for him during his final months. Following his father's death, Daniel learns of an unusual clause in the old man's will: he will only inherit his half of his father's considerable estate once he has spent time with Theon, a cousin whom he hasn't seen since they were boys, who lives on the old family farm in the Free State. Once there, Daniel discovers that the young son of the woman Theon lives with is seriously ill. With the conditions bearing on Daniel's inheritance shifting in real time, Theon and Daniel travel with the boy to Japan for an experimental cure and a voyage that will change their lives forever. S.J. Naudé's masterful novel is many things at once: a literary page-turner full of vivid, unexpected characters and surprising twists; a loving and at times shockingly raw portrayal of its protagonist's complex psyche; and a devastatingly subtle look into South Africa's fraught recent history.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Inheritance and succession; Voyages and travels; Cousins; Medicine, Experimental; Sick children; Fathers and sons; Adult children of aging parents; Families; Journalists; Gay men; Gay men.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Childhood medical guide / by Time-Life Books.(CARDINAL)137698;
Bibliography: page 152.
Subjects: Children; Pediatric emergencies.; Sick children; Children.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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