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Up and running : the inspiring true story of a boy's struggle to survive and triumph / by Patinkin, Mark.(CARDINAL)181657;
Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Biographies.; Bateson, Andrew; Meningitis in children;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Child Zero / by Holm, Chris,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-342)."From molecular biologist turned Anthony Award-winning author of The Killing Kind comes a fact-based thriller about our species' next great existential threat--perfect for fans of Michael Crichton. It began four years ago with a worldwide uptick of bacterial infections: meningitis in Frankfurt, cholera in Johannesburg, tuberculosis in New Delhi. Although the outbreaks spread aggressively and proved impervious to our drugs of last resort, public health officials initially dismissed them as unrelated. They were wrong. Antibiotic resistance soon roiled across the globe. Diseases long thought beaten came surging back. The death toll skyrocketed. Then New York City was ravaged by the most heinous act of bioterror the world had ever seen, perpetrated by a new brand of extremist bent on pushing humanity to extinction. Detective Jacob Gibson, who lost his wife in the 8/17 attack, is home caring for his sick daughter when his partner summons him to a sprawling shantytown in Central Park, the apparent site of a mass murder. Jake is startled to discover that, despite a life of abject squalor, the victims died in perfect health--and his only hope of finding answers is a twelve-year-old boy on the run from some very dangerous men."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Dystopian fiction.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Bioterrorism; Mass murder; Murder; Runaway children; Terrorism; Police; Police.;
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 14
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Ten days / by Gilsdorf, Janet R.(CARDINAL)478607;
After six years of marriage, Anna and Jake Campbell have settled into a routine of daily responsibility that takes a toll due to raising three-year-old Chris and baby Eddie plus Jake's schedule as an orthopedic surgeon. But one day Eddie becomes ill, terribly ill. The child teeters on between life and death and Anna spends hours alone in the ICU, accompanied only by her guilt, and anger. When a diagnosis comes, grief gives way to recrimination and accusations. Anna ignores her son Chris while Jake is drawn into temptation. Can the couple overcome the temporary hardships of their life together?
Subjects: Fiction.; Children; Married people; Meningitis, Spinal; Orthopedists; Children.; Married people.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The vaccine guide : risks and benefits for children and adults / by Neustaedter, Randall,1949-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Vaccination; Immunization of children; Vaccines;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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The unpassing / by Lin, Chia-Chia,1981-author.(CARDINAL)784313;
In Chia-Chia Lin's debut novel, The Unpassing, we meet a Taiwanese immigrant family of six struggling to make ends meet on the outskirts of Anchorage, Alaska. The father, hardworking but beaten down, is employed as a plumber and repairman, while the mother, a loving, strong-willed, and unpredictably emotional matriarch, holds the house together. When ten-year-old Gavin contracts meningitis at school, he falls into a deep, nearly fatal coma. He wakes up a week later to learn that his little sister Ruby was infected, too. She did not survive. Routine takes over for the grieving family: the siblings care for each other as they befriend a neighboring family and explore the woods; distance grows between the parents as they deal with their loss separately. But things spiral when the father, increasingly guilt ridden after Ruby's death, is sued for not properly installing a septic tank, which results in grave harm to a little boy. In the ensuing chaos, what really happened to Ruby finally emerges. With flowing prose that evokes the terrifying beauty of the Alaskan wilderness, Lin explores the fallout after the loss of a child and the way in which a family is forced to grieve in a place that doesn't yet feel like home. Emotionally raw and subtly suspenseful, The Unpassing is a deeply felt family saga that dismisses the American dream for a harsher, but ultimately more profound, reality.
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Taiwanese Americans; Immigrants; Children; Grief; Children.;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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The headache sourcebook : the complete guide to managing tension, migraine, cluster, and other recurrent headaches in adults, adolescents, and children / by Paulino, Joel.(CARDINAL)661202; Griffith, Ceabert J.(CARDINAL)661203;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-255) and index.
Subjects: Headache;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Finding Zoe : a deaf woman's story of identity, love, and adoption / by Rarus, Brandi.(CARDINAL)407538; Harris, Gail(Writer on parenting),1956-(CARDINAL)620966;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Four-month old Zoe was gradually losing her hearing. Her adoptive parents loved her-yet agonized- feeling they couldn't handle raising a deaf child. Would Zoe go back into the welfare system and spend her childhood hoping to find parents willing to adopt her? Or would Zoe be the long-sought answer to a mother's prayers? Brandi Rarus was just 6 when spinal meningitis took away her hearing. Because she spoke well and easily adjusted to lip reading, she was mainstreamed at school and socialized primarily in the hearing community. Brandi was a popular and happy teen, but communication-and being fully part of every conversation-was an ongoing struggle. In college, Brandi embraced Deaf Culture along with the joys of complete and effortless communication with her peers. For the first time, being deaf wasn't a handicap; it was a passport to a new and exciting world. Brandi went on to become Miss Deaf America in 1988 and served as a spokesperson for her community. It was during her tenure as Miss Deaf America that Brandi met Tim, a leader of the Gallaudet uprising in support of selecting the school's first deaf president. The two went on to marry and had three hearing boys-the first non-deaf children born in Tim's family in 125 years. Brandi was incredibly grateful to have her happy and healthy family, but she couldn't shake the feeling that something was missing from her life. She had always dreamed she would have a daughter. Little did she know that just across the state line, Zoe was waiting for her. Set against the backdrop of Deaf America, Finding Zoe is an uplifting story of hope, adoption, and everyday miracles. "--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Rarus, Zoe.; Rarus, Brandi.; Deaf women; Deaf children; Deafness; Adoption;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Vaccines / by Engdahl, Sylvia.(CARDINAL)487827;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-211) and index.defense --
Subjects: Vaccination; Vaccines; Vaccination of children;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Broken horses / by Carlile, Brandi,author.(CARDINAL)357144;
"Brandi Carlile was born into a musically gifted, impoverished family on the outskirts of Seattle and grew up in a constant state of change, moving from house to house, trailer to trailer, fourteen times in as many years. Though imperfect in every way, her dysfunctional childhood was as beautiful as it was strange, and as nurturing as it was difficult. At the age of five, Brandi contracted bacterial meningitis, which almost took her life, leaving an indelible mark on her formative years and altering her journey into young adulthood. As an openly gay teenager, Brandi grappled with the tension between her sexuality and her faith when her pastor publicly refused to baptize her on the day of the ceremony. Shockingly, her small town rallied around Brandi in support and set her on a path to salvation where the rest of the misfits and rejects find it: through twisted, joyful, weird, and wonderful music. In Broken Horses, Brandi Carlile takes readers through the events of her life that shaped her very raw art-from her start at a local singing competition where she performed Elton John's "Honky Cat" in a bedazzled white polyester suit, to her first break opening for Dave Matthews Band, to many sleepless tours over fifteen years and six studio albums, all while raising two children with her wife, Catherine Shepherd. This hard-won success led her to collaborations with personal heroes like Elton John, Dolly Parton, Mavis Staples, Pearl Jam, Tanya Tucker, and Joni Mitchell, as well as her peers in the supergroup The Highwomen, and ultimately to the Grammy stage, where she converted millions of viewers into instant fans. Evocative and piercingly honest, Broken Horses is at once an examination of faith through the eyes of a person rejected by the church's basic tenets and a meditation on the moments and lyrics that have shaped the life of a creative mind, a brilliant artist, and a genuine empath on a mission to give back"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Carlile, Brandi.; Singers;
Available copies: 37 / Total copies: 40
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The parents' concise guide to childhood vaccinations : practical medical and natural ways to protect your child / by Feder, Lauren.(CARDINAL)475320;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 122-126) and index.
Subjects: Immunization of children; Vaccination of children; Vaccination of children; Vaccines;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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