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Autobiography of a face / by Grealy, Lucy.(CARDINAL)383121;
Describes the author's childhood recovery from a potentially terminal illness during which one third of her jaw was surgically removed, and chronicles her personal triumph over a prejudiced society.1110LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Grealy, Lucy.; Ewing's sarcoma; Disfigured persons; Ewing's sarcoma; Disfigured persons;
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 16
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Autobiography of a face by Grealy, Lucy.(CARDINAL)383121;
Luck -- Petting zoo -- The Tao of laugh-in -- Fear itself -- Life on earth -- Door number two -- Masks -- Truth and beauty -- World of unknowing -- The habits of self-consciousness -- Cool -- Mirrors.At age nine, Lucy Grealy was diagnosed with a potentially terminal cancer. When she returned to school with a third of her jaw removed, she faced the cruel taunts of classmates. In this strikingly candid memoir, Grealy tells her story of great suffering and remarkable strength without sentimentality and with considerable wit. Vividly portraying the pain of peer rejection and the guilty pleasures of wanting to be special, Grealy captures with unique insight what it is like as a child and young adult to be torn between two warring impulses: to feel that more than anything else we want to be loved for who we are, while wishing desperately and secretly to be perfect. "I spent five years of my life being treated for cancer, but since then I've spent fifteen years being treated for nothing other than looking different from everyone else. It was the pain from that, from feeling ugly, that I always viewed as the great tragedy of my life. The fact that I had cancer seemed minor in comparison."1110LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Grealy, Lucy.; Disfigured persons; Ewing's sarcoma;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Just don't fall : how I grew up, conquered illness, and made it down the mountain / by Sundquist, Josh.(CARDINAL)497306;
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Sundquist, Josh; Ewing's sarcoma; Tumors in children;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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What it takes : fighting for my life and my love of the game / by Herzlich, Mark.(CARDINAL)407008; Tresniowski, Alex.(CARDINAL)340778;
" In 2011, Mark Herzlich became a starting linebacker for a New York Giants team that would win the Super Bowl-just two years after he had been told that he would never play football again. Now Herzlich tells his triumphant story for the first time. As a child, Herzlich found an inspiring and grounding force in football, eventually turning his passion into a first-team All-American spot at Boston College. But after being named the conference's top defensive player his junior season, the budding star was sidelined by a persistent, debilitating pain in his left leg. After months of tests, Herzlich received a shocking diagnosis: He had Ewing's sarcoma, a rare bone cancer. Doctors put his odds of survival as low as fifteen percent-and no one thought he would be able to run, much less play, again. Then Herzlich learned of a radical alternative treatment that would give him the best chance to regain his strength and maybe even play football again. He had a choice to make, one that would allow him the chance to return to the game he loved, but it came at the risk of his life. Herzlich relied on family, friends, faith, and deep wells of determination to help him through treatment, and his drastic plan worked. Not only could he run, but he was stronger than ever physically, and mentally ready to battle his way to a spot on an NFL roster. When he was passed over by all 32 teams in the draft, he dug deeper and continued his training, winning a spot in the Giants' training camp, and eventually, on the team. Mark Herzlich fought a battle against cancer, against statistics, and some days against himself. Told with candor and raw emotion, this is a story for anyone who has ever fought to beat the odds, for anyone who has ever been told that what they are about to attempt is next to impossible. Herzlich's story embodies powerful lessons about what can be achieved through persistence and belief, and he serves as living proof that overcoming the impossible is only the beginning. With a foreword by New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Herzlich, Mark.; Football players; Ewing's sarcoma;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Just don't fall : a hilariously true story of childhood cancer and Olympic greatness / by Sundquist, Josh,author.(CARDINAL)497306;
"When he was ten years old Josh Sundquist had his leg amputated to treat bone cancer. But this is not a sad story; on the contrary, this memoir is a story of resilience, heart, and most importantly: humor. Young Josh had a lot of adapting to do after he lost his leg. He had to learn how to walk again. He had to accept that he wouldn't be able to try out for the travel soccer team. He knew his life would never be the same again. But when he sees a poster in the hospital elevator advertising skiing classes, he realized all might not be lost. Equal parts heartbreaking and hilarious, Just Don't Fall is Josh's story of surviving cancer with 50/50 odds, learning to be a professional skiier, and making his way to being a bestselling writer and motivational speaker. Inspirational and moving, Josh's story is one that can be appreciated by readers of all ages" --Ages 8-12Grades 4-6870LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Sundquist, Josh; Cancer; Ewing's sarcoma; Cancer in children;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 9
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Just don't fall : a hilariously true story of childhood, cancer, amputation, romantic yearning, truth, and Olympic greatness / by Sundquist, Josh.(CARDINAL)497306;
Josh Sundquist was an energetic and inquisitive nine-year-old when he was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, a virulent cancer that eventually claimed his left leg. His extraordinary journey takes him from his small southern town--with his father, an aspiring pastor questioning his faith, and his mother, a rigidly conservative homeschool teacher--through a dizzying array of hospitals, on to high school, and then to the mountains, where Josh learns to ski. On the slopes, Josh's world bursts wide open and he finds within him the drive to become a champion skier, despite his disability. While he navigates the dramas of high school and an unstable home life, Josh keeps his eyes on the prize--the 2006 Paralympics in Turin, Italy. Just Don't Fall isn't just the story of a boy becoming a man, but of a champion realizing his greatest aspiration. --Publisher's description.
Subjects: Biographies.; Sundquist, Josh; Tumors in children; Ewing's sarcoma;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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We should hang out sometime : embarrassingly, a true story / by Sundquist, Josh.(CARDINAL)497306;
830LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Sundquist, Josh.; Ewing's sarcoma; Motivational speakers; Skiers with disabilities; Tumors in children;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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We should hang out sometime : embarrassingly, a true story / by Sundquist, Josh,author.(CARDINAL)497306;
The Paralympic ski racer, YouTube star, and motivational speaker documents his coming of age as an amputee cancer survivor and his efforts to investigate past dates gone wrong to discover why he was still single.830LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Young adult literature.; Autobiographies.; Sundquist, Josh.; Ewing's sarcoma; Motivational speakers; Skiers with disabilities; Tumors in children; Tumors;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Fireflies [large print] / by Morrell, David,1943-author.(CARDINAL)341429;
The best-selling author describes his teenage son's valiant but unsuccessful battle against bone cancer and relates the mystical and miraculous events that led the author to an understanding of the undying quality of the human spirit.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Large print books.; Morrell, David; Authors, Canadian; Children; Ewing's sarcoma; Fathers and sons; Fathers and sons; Children.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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We should hang out sometime : embarrassingly, a true story / by Sundquist, Josh.(CARDINAL)497306;
Includes bibliographical references."Why was [Paralympic ski racer and cancer survivor] Josh still single? To find out, he tracked down the girls he had tried to date and asked them straight up: what went wrong? The results of Josh's semiscientific, wholly hilarious investigation are captured here: disastrous Putt-Putt date involving a backward prosthetic foot, to his introduction to CFD (Close Fast Dancing), to a misguided 'grand gesture' at a Miss America pageant, this story is about looking for love--or at least a girlfriend--in all the wrong places"--Amazon.com.830LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Sundquist, Josh; Tumors in children; Ewing's sarcoma; Skiers with disabilities; Motivational speakers; Tumors in children; Ewing's sarcoma; Skiers with disabilities; Motivational speakers;
Available copies: 17 / Total copies: 19
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