Popular Paperbacks: What Ails You?
Anderson, Laurie Halse. FEVER 1793.
When Yellow Fever
consumes Philadelphia, Matilda struggles to survive. (Juv Fic
Anderson)
Armstrong, Lance. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BIKE: MY JOURNEY BACK
TO LIFE.
Lance Armstrong is
going to kick cancer’s butt! (YA 796.62 Armstrong)
Benson, Ann. THE PLAGUE TALES.
When the Black Death
breaks out in the modern London, the past holds the cure. (Fic
Benson)
Bull, Emma. FINDER: A NOVEL OF THE BORDERLANDS.
Is it a drug? Is it
a disease? Can Orient find out the truth before it’s too
late? (Fic SF Bull)
Cook, Karin. WHAT GIRLS LEARN.
Breast cancer will
change their lives forever, but love will pull them through. (Fic
Cook)
Ehrenhaft, Daniel. THE LAST DOG ON EARTH.
A good dog is the
best friend a person could have, right? Not anymore.
Golden, Christopher. THROAT CULTURE.
Everyone on campus
is getting sick. Don’t eat the crab cakes! (YA Fic M Golden)
Gottleib, Lori. STICK FIGURE: A DIARY OF MY FORMER SELF.
Lori believes you
can never be too rich or too thin. (616.8526 G715s)
Gregory, Julia. SICKENED: THE MEMOIR OF A MUNCHAUSEN BY
PROXY CHILDHOOD.
Julie is always at
the doctor, but it’s her mom who really needs one. (616.85822
G862s)
Haddon, Mark. THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME.
Autistic math genius
Christopher Boone must solve the mystery of his neighbor's murdered
poodle. (YA Fic Haddon)
Harrar, George. NOT AS CRAZY AS I SEEM.
Devon has obsessive
compulsive disorder. Devon has obsessive compulsive disorder.
Devon has obsessive compulsive disorder. Devon has obsessive compulsive
disorder. (YA Fic Harrar)
Hart, Tony. MICROTERRORS: THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO BACTERIAL,
VIRAL AND FUNGAL INFECTIONS.
Worried about catching
something? Wait ‘til you read this! (j616.9 Hart)
Hautman, Pete. HOLE IN THE SKY.
Ceej and his family
battle a mutant flu virus and a cult of violent survivors. (Juv
Fic SF Hautman)
Hautman, Pete. SWEETBLOOD.
Where the first vampires
diabetics? (YA Fic Hautman)
Hesser, Terry Spencer. KISSING DOORKNOBS.
Tara just can’t
stop. (YA Fic Hesser)
Hooper, Mary. AT THE SIGN OF THE SUGARED PLUM.
Candy, herbs, dried
flowers - can anything protect Hannah from the Black Death as
it worms its way through the streets of London? (YA Fic Hooper)
King, Stephen. THE STAND.
A flu like no other
has arrived. (Fic King)
Mass, Wendy. A MANGO-SHAPED SPACE.
Mia is stunned to
learn her friends don’t see words and numbers in color. (Juv
Fic Mass)
McDaniel, Lurlene. SIX MONTHS TO LIVE.
Dawn leaves her teddy bear collection, cheerleading, and her friends
behind in order to beat cancer. (YA Fic McDaniel)
Napoli, Donna Jo. BREATH.
Salz has always been
the sick one, until a strange disease breaks out in his medieval
village and it’s up to him to save the day. (YA Fic Napoli)
Picoult, Jodi. MY SISTER'S KEEPER.
What if you were born
just to save your sister’s life? (Fic Picoult)
Preston, Richard. THE HOT ZONE.
Ebola. There is no
cure. Ninety percent of its victims die. Welcome to the Hot Zone.
(614.57 P926h)
Sparks, Beatrice. IT HAPPENED TO NANCY.
In this retro view
of AIDS, Nancy is a happy-go-lucky teen until one horrible night
ruins her life. (YA Fic Sparks)
Vaughn, Brian K. Y THE LAST MAN: UNMANNED.
Yorick discovers that
being the last man left in a world full of women is not exactly
a dream come true.
Werlin, Nancy. DOUBLE HELIX.
Eli needs to escape
his own genes. (YA Fic M Werlin)
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