What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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A Night Without Stars
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SOLVED. MG book about a girl in the hospital for heart surgery [s]
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These are the two I've read, children's fiction including heart surgery. Either of those match?Marilyn Singer - It Can't Hurt Forever
James Howe - Night without stars
Full title: A night without stars.That one's excellent. I forget if either book has Spanish, been a few years since I read them.
It's definitely A Night Without Stars by James Howe! Thank you!
Yay! Definitely worth a reread. The hardcover has the better cover, but if you want to save space there's a mass market paperback.
Alright, thanks for the tip!
The surgery happens near the beginning or mid-way through the book, so it's not some big deal but rather a natural part of the book. There's a nurse in the hospital who gets her settled in her first night at the hospital who's got a big personality and some kind of catch phrase the other kids call her by, but not in a negative way, I believe. Shortly after her surgery, the main character is in the activity room and wants to make an anatomically correct heart out of clay. There were Spanish phrases throughout the book, and a few kids were speaking Spanish in the activity room scene in particular.