Chemo Girl: Saving the World One Treatment at a Time [Paperback]

Christina Richmond (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1997

At the request of Dr. Schwenn, Chemotherapy, also known as Chemo Girl, comes to the aid of a young girl with a cancer called Rhabdomyosarcoma.

Product Details

• Paperback: 24 pages
• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Pub (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0763702684
• ISBN-13: 978-0763702687
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,239,696 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good, helpful, and smart, April 13, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Chemo Girl: Saving the World One Treatment at a Time (Paperback)

Chemo-Girl is exactly what it sounds like -- it's a story that aims to help children who have been diagnosed with cancer. For a 12 year old, it is extremely well imagined and structured: this book makes chemotherapy understandable to children and, in the process, a good deal less scary. It also helps those siblings and friends surrounding a chemo patient understand the therapy without intimidating or frightening language. I would seriously recommend this book to parents and friends of children with cancer being treated with chemotherapy and the great patients themsleves . . . Anything that helps, folks, anything taht helps.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book that is inspirational to Humankind., July 28, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Chemo Girl: Saving the World One Treatment at a Time (Paperback)

Chemo Girl is an inspirational book for children and adults. The postive outlook that Christina Portrays through her character, Chemo Girl, gives children hope when dealing with cancer. It helps to allay the fears, of death, that the word cancer implies. It shows that the physician and the medication, are tools to help deal with this life-threatening disease. The lanquage allows children to understand the medical terminology associated with cancer. Christina has captured a very difficult subject through her super-hero character, Chemo Girl, and showed that there is always hope.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST BOOK EVER, August 22, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Chemo Girl: Saving the World One Treatment at a Time (Paperback)

Christina was not only a best friend to me but an inspiration. This book makes me so proud of her and i'm glad that we have this from her to allow her to live on through it. The book is about a super hero named Chemo Girl which simplifies the idea's and terminology of what treatments are like when you have cancer for a child or even an adult to understand in an entertaining way. Chemo Girl provides hope for all the readers no matter what the situation. Chemo Girl is a great book written truly from the heart of Christina (who also did all the drawings!) I think that everyone that reads should read and be touched by this book as much as I have !! Christina you saw your dream come true , now watch down on me and your mom as we make sure everyone else see's it too !!!!