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48 pp.
| Arcturus |
September, 2010 |
LibraryISBN 978-1-84837-690-8$32.80
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YAReal Life Heroes series.
Vignettes present a variety of young people either afflicted with or touched in other ways by cancer or HIV/AIDS. Marred by occasional typos and somewhat distracting Briticisms, each brief profile is otherwise effective and interesting. Captioned stock photographs detract from the real-life stories. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Real Life Heroes titles: Surviving Cancer and Surviving HIV/AIDS.