Twelve-year-old Astrid has come to Ghana with her family in 1979 so that her father can help oversee Ghana's first democratic election. Astrid and her brother, Gordo, were told it would be a great family adventure, but they soon find out that everything about Ghana is difficult--the heat, the food,
So Much to Live For
โ Scribed by Lurlene McDaniel
- Publisher
- Lerner Publishing Group
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 98 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Fifteen-year-old Dawn Rochelle has survived cancer not once, but twice. No one knows the battle better than she does. That's why Dawn agrees to be a camp couselor for young kids with cancer--the same camp she and her best friend Sandy had attended. Now Sandy is gone. Can Dawn handle the memories? How can she help the kids if she is still hurting so much?
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