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A Story About Cancer With a Happy Ending

A Story About Cancer With a Happy Ending

by Marianne Ferrer (Author), India Desjardins (Illustrator)

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    Hardcover 2019

    $3.44
Synopsis

I think about everything I'll miss if they tell me I'm going to die... my mum, my dad, my sister, cookies, TV shows I'll never get to see the end of, walking outside when it's really nice, the smell of autumn, the starry sky on a full moon, my grandparents, my grandpa's lasagna, kissing Victor, Victor's eyes, Victor's voice, Victor's smell, Victor's hands... Victor.

A teenage girl heads towards the hospital waiting room where the doctors are going to tell her how much time she's got to live. As she walks, she thinks about her journey up to this point... the terrible decor in the hospital, wearing a headscarf, the horrible treatments, but also being with her friends, family, and her new boyfriend Victor. This is a story about cancer with a happy ending. It's about life, love, and especially, hope.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 96
 Publisher: Lincoln Children's Books
Published: 07 Feb 2019
ISBN 10: 178603218X
ISBN 13: 9781786032188
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years

Media Reviews

Visually dreamlike, textually grounded... -Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW

* Kirkus Reviews *

The first-person narration lends an introspective sense of calm to the dark circumstances, and the sensitivity with which Desjardins imagines the girl's emotions and familial relationships makes the journey personal. -Publishers Weekly

* Publishers Weekly *

...captures the experience of childhood cancer with quiet, empathetic prose...will inspire hope through its raw and honest vulnerability. -Foreword Reviews

* Foreword Reviews *

...a low-key but effective take on a deadly disease. -Booklist

* Booklist *
Author Bio

India Desjardins is a French-Canadian writer who lives in Quebec. Her eight-book series The Journal of Aurelie Laflamme has been adapted for the big screen and sold more than 2 million copies in the French language. Her picture book, Marguerite's Christmas, illustrated by Pascal Blanchet, won the prestigious Bologna Ragazzi Fiction Prize. She has also written two volumes of the comic La Celibataire.

Marianne Ferrer was born in Venezuela. She came to Canada in 1998 to pursue her artistic tendencies. There, she acquired several illustration techniques, eventually finding her distinctive deep, moody style. She currently works as a freelance illustrator in Montreal.