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Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Stella is a vibrant, fun-loving seventeen-year-old. Unlike most teenagers, Stella has to spend much of her time living at a hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. When Stella meets Will, a charming and rebellious fellow patient, she feels a powerful connection, but restrictions dictate that she and Will maintain a safe distance between them. As their feelings grow, Stella and Will face a life-changing question: How does love feel when even a single...
2) Daybreak
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Few writers can move and captivate readers as Belva Plain can. In Daybreak, perhaps her best and boldest work yet, she creates a living, breathing portrait of two families joined by a devastating childhood illness, yet divided by the politics of hatred and by the sons they love."--BOOK JACKET. "In a doctor's office, a man and a woman sit stunned as the doctor speaks: Blood tests show without a shadow of a doubt that the son they love so dearly, and...
Author
Publisher
BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
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
Language
English
Description
Can you love someone you can never touch? Stella and Will both suffer from cystic fibrosis. Being together means they could pass an infection. Stella is waiting for a lung transplant; Will is on a clinical drug trial. The only way to stay alive is to stay apart. Staying six feet apart doesn't feel like safety, it feels like punishment. Would five feet apart really be so dangerous if it stops their hearts from breaking too? -- adapted from jacket
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"L'Inconnue is a young woman lost in turbulent Paris at the turn of the nineteenth century. Amund is a Norwegian toymaker and father to two young children in the 1950s. Anouk is a contemporary Canadian suffering from cystic fibrosis, a medical condition that leaves her constantly fighting for air, swimming through the boundary between life and death as she awaits a lung transplant that could save her life. The way their stories intersect takes us...
10) Caleb and Kit
Author
Publisher
Running Press Kids
Pub. Date
2017.
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. Twelve-year-old Caleb is shorter, frailer, and more protected than most kids his age. That's because he has cystic fibrosis, a diagnosis...
11) Cystic fibrosis
Author
Series
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Provides comprehensive information on the causes, treatment, and history of cystic fibrosis"--Provided by publisher.
17) Cystic fibrosis
Author
Series
Publisher
Cavendish Square
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Discusses the history, symptoms, and genetic causes of the disease, and examines current scientific research aimed at treating it. --Publisher" --
18) Just breathe
Author
Language
English
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...
19) Cystic fibrosis
Author
Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Discusses cystic fibrosis, an inherited disorder of the lungs and digestive system.
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....