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"Amid a starkly beautiful but uncanny landscape in New Mexico, a married couple from Cambridge, MA takes residency at a distinguished academic institute. When the husband is stricken with a mysterious illness, misdiagnosed at first, their lives are uprooted and husband and wife each embarks upon a nightmare journey. At thirty-seven, Michaela faces the terrifying prospect of widowhood - and the loss of Gerard, whose identity has greatly shaped her...
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Bad Kitty ; 9
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Roaring Brook Press
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English
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Feeling under the weather, sick Kitty, who just wants to jump around, eat everything in sight and boss around the slobbering puppies, is taken to the vet where comical chaos ensues!
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A son returns home to look after his mother, abandoned by his stepfather. The novel follows him as he handles the chores, gets drunk and has a romance on the side. The mother, in a wheel chair and incontinent, extracts a promise that he will kill her if she gets worse. In the background hovers the stepfather, unable to decide whether to return. The setting is a wealthy suburb in Connecticut. By the author of The Ice Storm.
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Judy Moody ; 5
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English
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Judy is excited about becoming a doctor, especially when Class 3T starts a new unit on the human body, but she learns more about being a patient when she catches tonsillitis from her little brother, Stink.
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Other Press
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"A striking first novel about the power of a father's love for his son and the heart-wrenching choices we have to make in the face of death. Yanis's world is Pierre, the son he raised as a single parent. For nearly twenty years, Yanis spent his nights as a cabdriver with Pierre always at his side, so as not to miss a moment in each other's company. Yanis and Pierre also share a love of diving - in pursuit of that magical moment when they lose themselves...
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"In her new novel, Danielle Steel tells a riveting story of the dark side of motherhood. Zoe Morgan's childhood was marked by her younger sister's tragic illness, watching as her parents dedicated themselves completely to her final days and then divorced. As a young woman driven by these painful memories, Zoe sets the bar high for herself, studying hard and pursuing a career in the nonprofit world, where her deep compassion for disadvantaged children...
15) Rick is sick
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Harcourt
Pub. Date
2004.
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English
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Jack, the rabbit, tries to make his friend Rick, a sick bear, feel better.
18) The winter day
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HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[1991]
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English
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One winter day the rabbit children build the biggest snow rabbitin the world, making it tall enough to be seen by their brotherwho is inside with a bad cold.
19) Carousel
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Knopf
Pub. Date
1988.
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English
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While she is sick in bed, a little girl dreams of riding on herfavorite merry-go-round.
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