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1) Unstoppable
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"If anyone understands the phrase 'tough luck, ' it's Harrison. As a foster kid in a cruel home, he knows his dream of one day playing for the NFL is a long shot. Then Harrison's luck seems to change. He is brought into a new home with kind, loving parents--his new dad is even a football coach. Harrison's big build and his incredible determination quickly make him a star running back on the junior high school team. In no time, he's practically unstoppable....
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Thirteen-year-old tomboy, Megan McCaffery is just beginning to enjoy growing up when her mother is diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor. Suddenly, her life is turned upside down, her hurt and anger coming between Megan and everyone she cares about, until she realizes what her real priorities are.
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Although Jeff and Tad, encouraged by a new friend, Lindsey, make a deal to help one another overcome aftereffects of their cancer treatments in preparation for eighth-grade graduation, Jeff still craves advice from his older brother Stephen, who is studying drums in Africa.
4) Defiance
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Farrar Straus Giroux
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English
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While vacationing in the country, eleven-year-old Toby, a cancer patient, learns some important lessons about living and dying from an elderly poet and her cow.
5) Run for it
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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
c2002
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Theo, overweight and out of shape, finds that with his friend's support he just might be able to run in the race to raise money to help cancer patients like his aunt.