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If You Like The Fault in Our Stars...
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Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, these romantic novels feature teens living with disease and disability, courageous enough to love despite overwhelming odds.
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The memory book
by Lara Avery
Resolving to graduate at the top of her class and leave her small town in spite of a rare genetic disorder that will eventually steal her memories and health, Sammie writes a journal to her future self so that she will recall her feelings of friendship, love and laughter. By the author of A Million Miles Away.
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Gemini : a novel
by Sonya Mukherjee
Conjoined twins Clara and Hailey struggle through a crossroad as their high school graduation approaches and they embrace different dreams, in a first novel told from alternating perspectives.
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The square root of summer
by Harriet Reuter Hapgood
When the fabric of the universe surrounding her sleepy seaside town begins to fray, 17-year-old Gottie is sent through wormholes to her past, causing her to reshape the experiences of attending her grandfather's funeral, falling in love and saying goodbye to a friend. A first novel.
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Summerlost : a novel
by Allyson Braithwaite Condie
At the beginning of the first summer since the devastating accident that killed her father and younger brother, Cedar and her surviving family members settle into a different home, where a new friendship and job introduce her to a local mystery involving the death of a young Hollywood actress. By the best-selling author of the Matched series.
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The art of not breathing
by Sarah Alexander
Unable to recall the fateful day at the beach when her twin brother died five years earlier, 16-year-old Elsie meets a cute and mysterious boy in her favorite boathouse hangout and is introduced to the world of freediving while finding the answers she seeks.
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Love and other unknown variables
by Shannon Lee Alexander
Anticipating an impressive future after being accepted into MIT, scientific genius Charlie helps his girlfriend, Charlotte, orchestrate a prank that risks his future only to discover that the prank was part of his girlfriend's effort to hide her cancer diagnosis.
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The last leaves falling
by Sarah Benwell
A 17-year-old with a rapidly progressing form of ALS finds friendship and acceptance in online relationships and makes the decision to die on his own terms as he gradually loses the use of his hands. A first novel.
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Zac & Mia
by A. J. Betts
The last person Zac expects in the room next door is a girl like Mia, angry and feisty with questionable taste in music. In the real world, he wouldn't--couldn't--be friends with her. In hospital different rules apply, and what begins as a knock on the wall leads to a note--then a friendship neither of them sees coming
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Everything, everything
by Nicola Yoon
A girl confined to her house by rare and profound allergies falls hopelessly in love with her new neighbor, in a story told through vignettes, diary entries, texts, charts, lists and illustrations.
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Anthem for Jackson Dawes
by Celia Bryce
When Megan, age 13, arrives for her first cancer treatment, she is frustrated to be in the pediatric unit where the only other teen is Jackson Dawes, who is as cute and charming as he is rebellious and annoying, and who helps when her friends are frightened away by her illness.
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The brilliant light of amber sunrise
by Matthew Crow
Determined to forge an independent life away from his dysfunctional family, Francis is diagnosed with leukemia and falls in love with fellow patient Amber, an outspoken girl who helps him navigate a shared world of treatments, doctors and parents.
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Magonia
by Maria Dahvana Headley
Aza Ray's life has been defined by a unique lung disease and her evolving friendship with Jason, but just before her 16th birthday, she is swept up into the sky-bound world of Magonia and discovers her true identity.
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Say what you will
by Cammie McGovern
A girl confined to a wheelchair by cerebral palsy and a boy stymied by an obsessive-compulsive disorder are assigned to spend time together in what becomes a blossoming friendship that neither expected. A first young adult novel by the author of The Art of Seeing.
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Side effects may vary
by Julie Murphy
Confronting a grim prognosis after being diagnosed with leukemia, 16-year-old Alice creates a take-no-prisoners bucket list that triggers irreparable consequences, a situation that is further shaped by Alice's unexpected remission.
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The summer I found you
by Jolene B. Perry
Reeling after being dumped and diagnosed with Type-1 diabetes, Kate pursues a platonic relationship with young veteran Aidan, who lost an arm during his tour of Afghanistan, throughout a summer during which the pair realizes that they feel more than friendship for each other.
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Invincible
by Amy Lynn Reed
Miraculously surviving what was supposed to be a terminal cancer diagnosis, Evie feels suffocated by her family's and boyfriend's doting attentions before falling for a troublemaking boy who makes her feel truly alive.
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Extraordinary means
by Robyn Schneider
Two teens living in a sanatorium for kids with an incurable strain of tuberculosis rebel against their strict quarantine rules and fall in love on the brink of a miraculous cure.
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The unlikely hero of room 13B
by Teresa Toten
Struggling with his parents' divorce, his stepsibling and the challenges of OCD, teen Adam Spencer Ross despairs of ever falling in love before being unexpectedly drawn to a girl who makes him question his capacity for a normal relationship.
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What you left behind
by Jessica Verdi
When his girlfriend dies from cancer after giving birth to their child, guilt-stricken high school senior Rhyden struggles to manage single-parent responsibilities while hiding his past from a new romantic interest.
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