A teenager in the 1970s, Gwen is stuck in a tuberculosis sanatorium with only her journal and the odd cigarette to keep her sane. Her twisted sense of humour helps her deal with invasive medical procedures, oversensitive friends, and...
Tuberculosis
- Author:Hull, MaureenSummary:
- Author:Macdonald, Betty BardSummary:
Thanks to vaccines, tuberculosis is rare in North America today and, thanks to antibiotics, relatively treatable. This wasn't the case in 1938, when Betty MacDonald was diagnosed. It was more common and often deadly. The only hope...
- Author:Conrad, JosephSummary:
The tale of a mortally ill man on a homeward bound ship and the effect he has on his ship mates.
- Author:Brooks, MarthaSummary:
Finalist for the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People and the IODE Violet Downey Book Award, and an American Library Association Notable Children's Book and a Kirkus Reviews Best Book. It's 1941, and Canada is...