What is a girl with cancer to do? Will her friends still want to hang out with her? Can she play soccer? And what about school? How will she manage homework from home and the hospital? Can she please get back to a normal life? A life with hair and without chemo?
Discover with Isabel that having cancer doesn’t have to change who she is—a budding teenager and an awesome soccer princess. Her strength and courage, and fabulous sense of humor, helps carry her through it all.
From the Note to Readers:
The idea for The Bald-Headed Princess and our heroine Isabel came from my experiences as the mother of a little boy named Christopher who had leukemia. During the four years of his cancer treatments, Chris taught me a lot. I learned about fear, the boredom of the hospital, hope, and the importance of family, not to mention all about the yucky parts of cancer treatment. I learned about incredible bravery and unstoppable humor on the part of my son and all of the young cancer patients that I met....If you are a young cancer patient reading this book, I wish that this story lifts your spirits and brings you hope. If you are reading this book because you know a kid with cancer, don’t be afraid to talk and play and laugh or even cry with her. That’s what friends are for.
Kids will love this hilarious fairy tale adventure packed with clever twists, familiar characters and page-turning fun.
The second book in a fabulous new magical, middle-grade series filled with adventure, wonder and wildness,
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Maribeth Ditmars lives in Sarasota, Florida, and is an elementary school teacher. Her son, Christopher, died of leukemia in 2001. Since then, Maribeth, together with her family--Bob, Jarrod, and Erin--speaks in memory of Christopher and fundraises for cancer treatment and to support affected families everywhere. She is the author of The Bald-Headed Princess.
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