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Needles: A Memoir of Growing Up with Diabetes
Contributor(s): Dominick, Andie (Author)

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 ISBN: 0684856549     ISBN-13: 9780684856544
Publisher: Touchstone Books
OUR PRICE: $16.10  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2000
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Annotation: In this poignant tale of growing up "different, " Andie Dominick writes about the powerful bond between her and her sister--and the challenges, emotional and physical, she faced after her sister's tragic death.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Health & Fitness | Diseases - Diabetes
- Biography & Autobiography | Medical (incl. Patients)
Dewey: B
Lexile Measure: 780(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.53" H x 5.46" W x 8.5" L (0.66 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Topical - Death/Dying
- Topical - Family
Features: Price on Product
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 32530
Reading Level: 5.7   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 11.0
 
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Publisher Description:
A CLASSIC ACCOUNT OF A YOUNG LIFE IRREVERSIBLY ALTERED BY ILLNESS
I know about needles.
All her life, Andie Dominick adored her older sister, Denise. She wanted to look like her, talk like her, be her. Unfortunately, she got part of her wish when, at age nine, she was diagnosed with the same disease from which Denise had suffered since age two: juvenile diabetes. In this beautifully written, revelatory, and profoundly affecting memoir, Dominick recounts her transformation from a free-spirited kid who enjoyed giving shots to her stuffed animals with her sister's castaway needles to a life-long patient who must learn to inject herself twice a day. Emotionally charged, tragic, but in the end hopeful, Dominick tells how she found the courage to embrace love and hope in the face of fear, and to live with a disease that has taken so much from her.
Chosen in 1999 by the American Library Association as one of the best books for teenagers

Contributor Bio(s): Dominick, Andie: - Andie Dominick grew up in Des Moines, Iowa, and received her master's degree in English from Iowa State University. She won the 1995 Writer's Digest Award for Best Essay for a piece that appears in altered form in Needles. She lives in Des Moines with her husband and dogs.
 
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