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Author
Publisher
BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xviii, 558 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Science writer Bijal P. Trivedi gives a comprehensive look at cystic fibrosis, from its late 1930s discovery to the recent development of breakthrough treatments for 90% of patients, and the way treatments for the previously fatal disease are opening the door for curing other life-threatening conditions"--
Author
Publisher
Running Press Kids
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
256 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Caleb is shorter, frailer, and more protected than most kids his age. That's because he has cystic fibrosis, a diagnosis meaning lungs that fill with mucus and a shortened lifespan. Caleb tries not to let his disorder define him, but it can be hard with an overprotective mom and a perfect big brother. Then Caleb meets Kit--a vibrant, independent, and free girl--and his world changes instantly. Kit reads Caleb's palm and tells him...
7) Just breathe
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
From the critically acclaimed author of Say What You Will and A Step Toward Falling comes a deeply emotional new novel, perfect for fans of Five Feet Apart and The Fault in Our Stars. David Scheinman is the popular president of his senior class, battling cystic fibrosis. Jamie Turner is a quiet sophomore, struggling with depression. The pair soon realizes that they're able to be more themselves with each other than they can be with anyone else, and...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
181 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Although encouraged to apply to colleges, Brianna Pelletier, a mathematically-gifted high school senior with cystic fibrosis, dwells on her mortality and the unfairness of life.
10) Five feet apart
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 116 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Life as a teenager is hard. Life gets even harder when you're a teenager suffering from a life-threatening illness. Compound illness, adolescence, and the fact that you're spending most of your time in the hospital; life can get very lonely. The only person who could possibly understand may be a teenager living a similar life. When two critically ill teens met at a hospital, only time will tell if they will become friends or even fall in love?
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Dr. Kate Blunt will do anything for her son, Jasper -- who has cystic fibrosis -- except get him a dog. The daily medical routine that keeps Jasper alive is complicated enough, even though her decision runs contrary to her work as the veterinarian in charge of a Cape Cod animal shelter. Then, a scarred, mistreated wreck of a dog turns up. Whistler is too old and too ugly for anyone to adopt. But the dog forms an instantaneous bond with Jasper. He...
12) Wish
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
193 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
While trying to help her eleven-year-old brother who suffers from cystic fibrosis get his greatest wish, fifteen-year-old Bee discovers that she has some special wishes of her own.
13) Spirited threads, a fabric artist's passion for life: the art & writings of Patricia Roberts Cline
Author
Publisher
Sibyl Publications
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Liveright Pub
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When she was just seventeen, independent and ambitious Elizabeth Scarboro fell in love with irreverent and irresistible Stephen. She knew he had cystic fibrosis, that he was expected to live only until the age of thirty or so, and that soon she'd have a choice to make. She could set out to travel, date, and lead the adventurous life she'd imagined, or she could be with Stephen, who came with an urgency of his own. In choosing him, Scarboro embraced...
16) Breath
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language
English
Formats
Description
Elaborates on the tale of "The Pied Piper, " told from the point of view of a boy who is too ill to keep up when a piper spirits away the healthy children of a plague-ridden town after being cheated out of full payment for ridding Hameln of rats.
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 350 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When their only child was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF) at the age of two, O'Hara and her husband were told that Caitlin could live a long life or be dead in a matter of months. Thirty-one years later, Caitlin lost her battle with this devastating disease following an excruciating two-year wait on the transplant list and a last-minute race to locate a pair of healthy lungs. Left in an existential crisis, O'Hara began to notice signs-- poignant,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jake Entwhistle is smart and handsome, but he lives with the shadow of his deceased girlfriend, who died on 9/11. Janet is a bright, witty aide to the governor of Massachusetts who suffers from cystic fibrosis, an illness that makes her, as she puts it, "not exactly a good long-term investment." After meeting by accident late one night, they begin a love affair filled with humor, startling intimacy, and a deep abiding connection.--From book jacket....
19) Give me one wish
Author
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
1988.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 350 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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