Re: [LM_NET] Looking for fiction books about disease...

[Barbara Karp <basyak10@HOTMAIL.COM>]

I recommend The Graduation of Jake Moon by Barbara Park, in which the main 
character watches his loving grandfather become increasingly affected by Alzeimer's 
Disease.

Basya Karp, Librarian
Shulamith High School and Shulamith School For Girls
basyak10@hotmail.com

> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:19:44 -0400
> From: Dave_Snyder@FCASD.EDU
> Subject: Looking for fiction books about disease...
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> 
> Our sixth grade teachers would like to offer to their students various
> fiction books dealing with disease.  I have some, but would love
> suggestions.  In particular, the book must be appropriate for a 6th grade
> audience and actually treat the disease as a topic/focal point, not just
> mentioned that it was there.  It can be any type of fiction as long as the
> disease is discussed clearly and, basically, as though it were a character
> itself.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your assistance expertise!
> 
> David Snyder
> Librarian
> Dorseyville Middle School Library
> Fox Chapel Area School District
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