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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old cancer survivor Norah struggles to fit in at middle school after two years of treatment, but she finds her voice with the help of new friend Griffin, who shares her love of mythology.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Amidst the anticipation of Mr. B and Aunt Penny's wedding, the Vanderbeekers' lives take an unexpected turn as Laney receives a dire diagnosis, leading them to the hospital where, despite their own challenges, they form a bond with a critically ill new friend in need of their support.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eleven-year-old Sam McQueen, who has leukemia, writes a book during the last three months of his life, in which he tells about what he would like to accomplish, how he feels, and things that have happened to him.
5) Bluish
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Dreenie feels both intrigued and frightened when she thinks about the girl nicknamed Bluish, whose leukemia is making her pale and causing her to use a wheelchair.
6) Zink
Author
Publisher
Dell Publishing
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
With the help of a trio of zebras from the Serengeti, sixth-grader Becky faces her battle with leukemia, her family's fears for her, her competition with a hypocritical classmate, and the possibility that she might die.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Anderson is the star pitcher on his Little League team of eleven-and-twelve-year-olds, and his team is in the running for the Little League World Series, but this summer he is finding it hard to concentrate on baseball because his sister has been diagnosed with leukemia, and as the summer progresses she seems to be getting worse.
8) Sadako
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.
Author
Publisher
Editorial Everest
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Hospitalized with the dreaded atom bomb disease, leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy.
Author
Publisher
Dell Laurel-Leaf Books
Pub. Date
2001, ©1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
日本語
Description
Ten years after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Sadako Sasaki died as a result of the Atomic Bomb disease. Sadako's determination to fold one thousand paper cranes, symbolizing her hope for peace, and her courageous struggle with her illness inspired her classmates. After her death, they started a national campaign to build the Children's Peace Statue in memory of Sadako and the many other children who were victims of the bombing of Hiroshima....