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Author
Publisher
Neal Porter/Roaring Brook
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, always made time to visit his good friends: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl. But one day--'Ah-choo!'--he woke with the sniffles and the sneezes. Though he didn't make it into the zoo that day, he did receive some unexpected guests."--Dust jacket.
Author
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Little Alien is sick it is out of this world bad-- with two scratchy throats, five hurting ears, and three runny noses! Mama and Daddy alien use an arsenal of lunar decongestants and meteor showers to make him feel a little better. Can the family's eight-legged dog's clever tricks finally coax a smile from Little Alien?
7) Dr. White
Author
Publisher
North-South Books
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Every day, a small white dog goes to the hospital to visit sick children and help them recover.
8) Cloud babies
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Returning to school after being in the hospital for a while, six-year-old Erin, whose favorite game is spotting animals in the clouds, finds things much different until she comes to see that by sharing her experience, she can find happiness again in just being herself.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Rooster's throat is too sore for him to crow, the other farm animals help both him and Farmer Ted. Rooster has a sore throat and can't cock-a-doodle-doo. Farmer Ted is sleeping, and there's no one to gather the eggs, milk the cows, sheer the sheep, and feed the pigs. Rooster needs help-and fast. Working together, Rooster and the other animals come up with some madcap but effective ways to wake Farmer Ted and complete the day's chores. But can...
Author
Publisher
Washington Square Press
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Conceived to provide a bone marrow match for her leukemia-stricken sister, teenage Kate begins to question her moral obligations in light of countless medical procedures and decides to fight for the right to make decisions about her own body. New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult tells the emotionally riveting story of a family torn apart by conflicting needs and a passionate love that triumphs over human weakness. Anna is not sick, but she...
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours being home-schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her mother begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell part of the orchard and send her to public school.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When a fourteen-year-old baseball player catches mononucleosis, he discovers that keeping a journal and experimenting with poetry not only helps fill the time, it also helps him deal with life, love, and loss.
15) Baby teeth
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Afflicted with a chronic debilitating condition, Suzette Jensen knew having children would wreak havoc on her already fragile body. Nevertheless, she brought Hanna into the world, pleased and proud to start a family with her husband Alex. Estranged from her own mother, Suzette is determined to raise her beautiful daughter with the love, care, and support she was denied. But Hanna proves to be a difficult child. Now seven-years-old, she has yet to...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When her little sister, Akeer, becomes sick when they are returning home from the water hole, Nya must carry her and the water back to their village, one step at a time.
17) Snowflake, AZ
Author
Publisher
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Ash finds her stepbrother, Bly, in Snowflake, Arizona, where an odd assortment of neighbors--and soon, Ash--are sick from modern life, paralleling the planet's decline.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
George isn't feeling well and has orders from the doctor to rest, but he finds a way to get well quickly when he realizes he has to postpone his play date with his friend Sam.
19) The bug flu
Author
Publisher
Callaway
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Dragon learns a lesson when he pretends to be sick.
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