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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.
2) Lightning
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English
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At forty, Alexandra Parker has a beautiful three-year-old daughter, a loving husband, and a successful legal career, when her world is shattered by the news she has breast cancer.
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English
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"The Middle Place is about calling home. Instinctively. Even when all the paperwork — a marriage license, a notarized deed, two birth certificates, and seven years of tax returns — clearly indicates you're an adult, but all the same, there you are, clutching the phone and thanking God that you're still somebody's daughter."
For Kelly Corrigan, family is everything.
At thirty-six, she had a marriage that worked, a couple of funny,...
For Kelly Corrigan, family is everything.
At thirty-six, she had a marriage that worked, a couple of funny,...
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Insiders guide to metastatic breast cancer.
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348 pages :
Language
English
Description
The author, herself a metastatic breast cancer patient, created this book to help patients and their loved ones cope with a complex and difficult disease. The Insider’s Guide to Metastatic Breast Cancer provides information about approved therapies in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia, as well as scientific studies, cutting edge research, clinical trials, and palliative care.The adage that “knowledge is power” is particularly compelling...
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English
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"Provides accessible science and health information for the love of your boobs, especially when they have cancer. Dana Brantley-Seiders spent twenty years working as a biomedical breast cancer researcher. Then, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She thought she knew breast cancer before it whacked her upside her left boob and left her bleeding on the curb of uncertainty. Turns out, she had a lot to learn. This book shares Brantley-Seiders' personal...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Eighteen-year-old Cayenne learns that her long-dead mother left her and her sister a series of video messages; that their aunt, who raised them, has the same gene mutation that caused their mother's cancer; and that she and her sister may also have it.
8) Seaview Inn
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Series
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English
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New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods proves home can be found where you least expect it. Hannah Matthews is undeniably tough--a single mom, a top-tier PR exec, a breast cancer survivor. She prides herself on being go-to Hannah, who can handle any crisis. But with her grandmother balking at going into a retirement home, her daughter unexpectedly pregnant and an old flame suddenly underfoot, Hannah is facing a few crises of her own. And being...
9) Pieces of me
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Publisher
Bonneville Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
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pages cm
Language
English
10) Garden of angels
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Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
272 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Darcy's life undergoes a drastic change when her mother is diagnosed with breast cancer in 1974 and is unable to help Darcy deal with the teenage struggles of starting high school, falling in love, and worrying about the Vietnam War.
11) The proposal
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Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
xiii, 321 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Author Theodora Russell realizes that the offer made to her for a book proposal is really meant for fellow writer Theodore Russell, but she is so intrigued with his topic, the link between breast cancer and first-pregnancy abortion, that she decides to do her own research--a choice that has her running for her life.
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English
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By printing the abstracts of technical studies, the author provides the evidence that melatonin helps prevent breast cancer and helps avoid resistance to chemotherapy drugs. Melatonin also helps keep cancer cells from changing to the type that can spread and develop metastases. You will learn how both maximizing natural melatonin and supplementing with melatonin pills may reduce your risk for breast cancer. You will learn how exposure of your eyes...
13) Ordinary Love
Publisher
Bleecker Street
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Joan and Tom have been married for many years. When Joan is unexpectedly diagnosed with breast cancer, the course of her treatment shines a light on their relationship as they are faced with the challenges that lie ahead and the prospect of what might happen if something were to happen to her.
14) Before I go
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English
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"A heartfelt novel in the bestselling tradition of P.S. I Love You about a young woman in Georgia with stage four breast cancer who undertakes a mission to find a "replacement wife" for her husband before she passes away" --
15) Survival lessons
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Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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One of America's most beloved writers shares her suggestions for finding beauty in the world even during the toughest times.
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English
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An absorbing and unsettling history of breast cancer told through the stories of women who have confronted it from ancient times to the present.
In 1967, an Italian surgeon touring Amsterdam's Rijks museum stopped in front of Rembrandt's Bathsheba at Her Bath and noticed an asymmetry to Bathsheba's left breast; it seemed distended, swollen near the armpit, discolored, and marked with a distinctive pitting. The physician learned that Rembrandt's model,...
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English
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This is the Origin-Story of the Ketogenic Diet - authored by Dr. Dominic D'Agostino and Travis Christofferson
For everybody who is interested how this way of eating came about and how it was used in the treatment of epillepsy in the early 20th century - and then, forgotten.
50% of the profits will be donated to Dr. Thomas Seyfrieds Cancer Research, so give this to yourself, your friends and anybody who is into living a long happy and healthy life!
P.S.:...
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One in eight women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in their lifetime. How does one handle hearing the words "You have breast cancer?"
Not All Warriors Carry Guns is a compelling story of one woman's battle to become her own warrior in life after facing a breast cancer diagnosis-not once, but twice. This is an intensely personal account based on author Melissa Kerwin O'Neil's two-time journey with breast cancer at a mere thirty years...
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English
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This is a book about my wife's nearly seven-year battle against stage 4 breast cancer. From my perspective as a husband and caregiver, the book attempts to describe how my wife responded to her cancer diagnosis and then fought against the disease with grace, courage, faith, and optimism. Included are explanations of my wife's medical treatment and the effects of that treatment on her body, mind, and spirit. My wife's fearless fight against a deadly...
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Dance as though no one is watching you
Love as though you have never been hurt
Sing as though no one can hear you
Live as though heaven is here on earth
- Anonymous
For millions of women, the words "You have breast cancer" are a harsh reality. For Black women, those words hit especially hard as the mortality rate for Black women is staggering. It's a battle Karen Eubanks Jackson knows all too well. A FOUR-time breast cancer survivor, Jackson has...
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