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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

The Lemonade Club

Polacco, P. (2007). The Lemonade Club. New York, New York: Philomel.

Brief Annotation: Best friends Traci and Marilyn love being in Mrs. Wichelman's class together and love being best friends. Traci through the year begins to notice something is very wrong with her friend Marilyn. She is all skinny and is tired all the time. They find out she has leukemia and has to go through intense chemotherapy. To the best friend's surprise the whole class gets in on making her feel better and showing their support for her disease.

Genre: Fiction

Grade Level: K-5

Readers who will like this: People who can relate to having an illness or someone close to them that has one too. Anyone one looking for an uplifting book.

Response/Rating: 4: Again with her books making me want to cry! Her stories are truly touching and I can't get enough of them!

Question: Does anyone know what cancer is or anyone who has cancer? How does that make you feel?
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