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Xavier Roberts' life seems to be coming together. He's engaged to be married to an incredible woman, Summer Love, and he's recently signed a recording contract. When he gets a surprise cancer diagnosis, however, he puts all his plans on hold and calls off the wedding. Hurt and confused, Summer pours her energy into running her company, Spa Nevaeh, but it isn't long before she's ready to move on. Record company executive Ryan Kennedy notices Summer,...

"It wasn't just the bad breakup that turned Eleanor Mellett's life upside down. It was the cancer. And all the demons that came with it. One day she felt a bit of a bump when she was scratching her armpit at work. The next thing she knew, her breast was being dissected and removed by an inappropriately attractive doctor, and she was suddenly deluged with cupcakes, judgy support groups, and her mum knitting sweaters. Luckily, Eleanor discovers Talbingo,...

Through rhyming text, a mother explains to her child that she has breast cancer, which might mean such things as a loss of energy and hair but never a loss of love.

Throughout her high school years, as her mother battles cancer, Lupita takes on more responsibility for her house and seven younger siblings, while finding refuge in acting and writing poetry. Includes glossary of Spanish terms.

A young boy stricken with cancer has his dream come true when he gets to be a Yankee batboy for a day.

During the autumn of the year, thirteen-year-old Sarah learns her mother is dying of cancer.

When Marcus's mother has chemotherapy for her cancer and loses her hair, he tries to find new hair for her to make her well again.