My Parent Has Cancer and It Really Sucks
$42.73
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
5 March 2013
Summary
A book specifically for the family member most forgotten when cancer strikes a parent: teens
Let’s face it, cancer sucks. This book provides real-life advice from real-life teens designed to help teens live with a parent who is fighting cancer.
One million American teenagers live with a parent who is fighting cancer. It’s a hard blow for those already navigating high school, preparing for college, and becoming increasingly independent.
Author Maya Silver was 15 when he…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781402273070 |
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| ISBN-10: | 140227307X |
| Author: | Maya Silver, Marc Silver |
| Publisher: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Imprint: | Sourcebooks Fire |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 5 March 2013 |
| Weight: | 330g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 138mm x 210mm |
| Audience Age: | 12-17 |
Critics Review
“This is a must read for parents, kids, teachers and medical staff who know anyone with cancer.
“Every household with children should have access to this book. It answers more questions than I would have ever considered myself and it puts a perspective on the importance of how this disease changes everyone’s life. … It also reminds us that if we always consider each other and respect each other and work together, we can get through anything that life brings our way – including cancer.” - Let Life Happen
“My Parent Has Cancer And It Really Sucks honestly and openly tackles the questions, fears and emotions that many teenagers face after learning a parent has cancer. It offers sound and practical advice on how to keep communicating, handle stress, face friends, seek support, carry on as normally as possible at school and figure out cancer lingo, to name a few.” - Nancy’s Point” - Nancy’s Point
“For teens dealing with a parent’s cancer and who might feel as though no one understands what they’re going through … This is the book for librarians to recommend to students in this situation.” - Library Media Connection
“This accessible book has topics ranging from what to do when you first learn the news, to how to manage stress and friendships, to coping with a parent’s dire prognosis. … This is the book for librarians to recommend to students in this situation.” - Library Media Connection
“Drawing on their own experiences, the Silvers offer advice for finding solace in people who have been there and who have found ways to cope. … [They] speak with an honesty that teens will identify and find comfort in.” - Booklist
“Chock-full of information and advice … the many voices offer a variety of perspectives.” - Kirkus Reviews
“A comprehensive how-to-get-through-it guide that includes insight from dozens of medical professionals and 100 teens.” - Staten Island Advance
“A first of its kind guide written especially for teenagers who have a parent fighting cancer.” - Examiner.com
Maya Silver
Marc Silver is the author of Breast Cancer Husband. He is currently deputy editor for text at National Geographic magazine and lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
Maya Silver lives in Crested Butte, CO, where she works at the Office for Resource Efficiency. She won the Diane Vreuls Fiction Prize at Oberlin College in 2008 and has contributed to U.S. News & World Report and Washington Post Express.
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