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This is a warm, uplifting novel about a 12-year-old girl who finds out she has a brain tumor. It's about facing trials with courage, treating others with compassion, and coming together to lift people up instead of tear them down. Based on the real-life experience of the authors' daughter, it's a tender story about family, friendship, and fighting for what's important. I loved it.
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A sweet story of a kind-hearted and imaginative preteen with a silly sense of humor. In the course of this story, Maddie navigates the usual -- popularity, the class play, crushes -- and then she's faced with something even more scary: a brain tumor. I loved how this book taught the principle of empathy (a good lesson for kids and adults alike) and modeled a kind, supportive family. This is not quite on the level of Wonder (I thought Wonder's biggest strength was from telling the story from diff
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Mar 31, 2017
Jillian (Peapod Historical Bookery)
marked it as lists
Jul 02, 2017
Maudaevee
marked it as to-read
Jul 26, 2017
Katt Hansen
marked it as to-read
