Chemo Girl is the fictional tale of a superhero created by Christina Richmond, who was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare type of muscle cancer, when she was in the seventh grade. She was only 12 years old. During her many hospitalizations, she developed the concept of Chemo Girl to help her cope with the chemotherapy treatments. She wrote Chemo Girl, not only to help herself, but to help other children in similar situations. She saw Chemo Girl as an educational tool for children and adults, both healthy and ill. The idea was to teach a positive, non-threatening side of chemotherapy and to realize there’s always hope.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Format: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
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Format: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.
By M. Hamilton
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Written for a little older child, but when you are trying to normalize Chemo in their life anything is worth a try and this one gets their attention.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome informative inspirational book for kids with cancer!
I was looking for a book to help explain my 4 yo daughter's leukemia to her. After finding lots of really BAD books, we ran into Chemo Girl. Read more
Published on November 14, 2007 by Karen Sue
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A Child's perspective of Cancer
Chemo Girl is a fun story written by a girl who is undergoing treatment for cancer. She weaves terms into characters and events in the story to create an understanding of Chemo... Read more
Published on November 1, 2007 by C. Boyd
5.0 out of 5 stars
An Amazing Story From an Amazing Person
I didn't know Christina Richmond well when she was alive. I saw her occasionally at 1 thing or another, and she was always a great person. Read more
Published on April 15, 1999
5.0 out of 5 stars
THE BEST BOOK EVER
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. Read more
Published on August 22, 1998
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