It was just an ordinary morning in an ordinary teen's life -- that is, ordinary in a my-mom-annoys-me, snarky, Bic-pen artist kind of life. Suddenly, swollen glands aren't mono or any other social disease her mother suspects. Izzy has cancer, and from that moment on, life is a fast-forward needle-and-puke fest. And after a point, it's not just the cancer that's bumming her. There are the other Side Effects that Izzy hadn't counted on.What does it take to survive?
I'd put off reading this novel because I have a work-in-progress of my own on the topic, but one of the truths about cancer - and survival - is that every story is different. This is the book for every kid who looked for a kind of funny 'coping' book about cancer, and this is one for the side of the heroes who survive.
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