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Can you love someone you can never touch? Stella and Will both suffer from cystic fibrosis. Being together means they could pass an infection. Stella is waiting for a lung transplant; Will is on a clinical drug trial. The only way to stay alive is to stay apart. Staying six feet apart doesn't feel like safety, it feels like punishment. Would five feet apart really be so dangerous if it stops their hearts from breaking too? -- adapted from jacket
4) Just breathe
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English
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"From the critically acclaimed author of Say What You Will and A Step Toward Falling comes a deeply emotional new novel, perfect for fans of Five Feet Apart and The Fault in Our Stars. David Scheinman is the popular president of his senior class, battling cystic fibrosis. Jamie Turner is a quiet sophomore, struggling with depression. The pair soon realizes that they're able to be more themselves with each other than they can be with anyone else, and...
6) Fantasmas
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Español
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"Hay algo inusual en este pueblo... Catrina y su familia se están mudando a la costa norte de California porque su hermana menor, Maya, está enferma. Cat no quiere ir a Bahía de la Luna y dejar a sus amigas, pero Maya tiene fibrosis quística y el aire salado y frío que sopla desde la bahía le sentará bien. Cuando las chicas salen a conocer el vecindario, alguien les revela un secreto: en Bahía de la Luna hay fantasmas. Maya se empeña en...
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Publisher
Globo
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Portuguese
Description
"Stella Grant gosta de estar no controle. Ela parece ser uma adolescente típica, mas em sua rotina há listas de tarefas e inúmeros remédios que ela deve tomar para controlar a fibrose cística, uma doença crônica que impede que seus pulmões funcionem como deveriam. Suas prioridades são manter seus pais felizes e conseguir um transplante - e uma coisa não existe sem a outra. Mas para ganhar pulmões novos, Stella precisa seguir seu tratamento...
8) Breath
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Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Elaborates on the tale of "The Pied Piper," told from the point of view of a boy who is too ill to keep up when a piper spirits away the healthy children of a plague-ridden town after being cheated out of full payment for ridding Hamelin of rats.
Author
Publisher
Running Press Kids
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Caleb is shorter, frailer, and more protected than most kids his age. That's because he has cystic fibrosis, a diagnosis meaning lungs that fill with mucus and a shortened lifespan. Caleb tries not to let his disorder define him, but it can be hard with an overprotective mom and a perfect big brother. Twelve-year-old Caleb is shorter, frailer, and more protected than most kids his age. That's because he has cystic fibrosis, a diagnosis...
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Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Amelie Day loves to bake, so she is thrilled to be invited to compete in the Best Teen Baker of the Year contest, and she is determined not to let her steadily worsening cystic fibrosis get in the way, even if it means lying to her parents, and catching a train to New York on her own--but when her friend is hit by a van trying to follow her, she is devastated.
11) Teeth
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Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Rudy's life is flipped upside-down when his family moves to a remote, magical island in a last attempt to save his sick younger brother, Dylan. While Dylan recovers, Rudy sinks deeper and deeper into his loneliness"--
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Publisher
Nube de Tinta
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
"Stella y Will tienen la misma enfermedad pulmonar, en el mismo hospital. Cuando se enamoran, recuperan la alegría de vivir, per hay una problema: por el peligro de contagio, no pueden acercarse a menos de cinco pies sin arriesgar sus vidas." --
13) Charisma
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Publisher
Dial Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Tacoma, Washington, high school junior Aislyn's extreme shyness has crippled her socially and cost her a college scholarship, so she jumps at the chance to try an illegal gene therapy, but although she is finally able to date her long-term crush, Jack, the therapy becomes a contagious disease that can be fatal.
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