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| 005 | 20230817165215.0 | ||
| 008 | 100122s2010 dcu c 000 1 eng | ||
| 010 | _a 2009053263 | ||
| 020 | _a9781433807374 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ||
| 020 | _a1433807378 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ||
| 020 | _a9781433807381 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ||
| 020 | _a1433807386 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ||
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| 100 | 1 |
_aDitmars, Maribeth R. _eauthor _9625 |
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_aThe bald-headed princess : _bcancer, chemo, and courage / _cby Maribeth R. Ditmars. |
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_aWashington, DC : _bMagination Press, _c2010. |
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_a96 pages ; _c23 cm |
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| 500 | _a"American Psychological Association." | ||
| 520 | _aWith her parents by her side and new friends to tell her bad jokes, eleven-year-old "soccer princess" Izzie Salida learns to cope with her leukemia diagnosis and treatment. This short novel is fast-paced and the deadpan humour makes it an enjoyable read, regardless of whether the reader is or knows someone going through cancer treatment. It explains aspects of cancer treatment but in an entertaining way, such as Izzie learns how the IV unit will help her body but then she and and her hospital room-mate use the IV poles as scooters and tear around the oncology ward on them. They decorate their poles and give them names. The other characters, such as the hospital staff, are more than just conveyors of cancer-related information; they are individuals with quirks and personalities. Elements of the cancer experience are handled sensitively and compellingly. Izzie is vain about her hair and dreads losing it, but finds a way to prank her cousin with the hanks of hair. She occasionally worries about school and friendships, about the future beyond school and motherhood, but these are brief episodes and on the whole this book is an upbeat and entertaining read with a happy ending. Short novel, no illustrations. | ||
| 521 | 1 | _aChild 8 - 13 years | |
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_aCancer _vJuvenile fiction _9549 _xChildren |
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_aChemotherapy _vFiction. _9452 |
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_aHospitals _vJuvenile fiction _9363 |
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_aMedical care _vJuvenile fiction _9298 |
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_aFamily life _vJuvenile fiction _9372 |
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| 653 | _aChild with cancer | ||
| 653 | _aHair loss: child | ||
| 653 | _aHospital experience | ||
| 653 | _aTreatment | ||
| 653 | _aExplaining cancer / understanding cancer | ||
| 653 | _aLeukaemia | ||
| 653 | _aChemotherapy | ||
| 653 | _aFriendship | ||
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