| Eric Contributor(s): Lund, Doris (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060956372 ISBN-13: 9780060956370 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $18.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2000 Annotation: This is the bestselling story of Eric, a boy with leukemia who refused to give up living -- as told by the person who was with him through it all, his mother. ERIC was seventeen when he heard the doctor's verdict about the disease that wanted his life. At first he and his family could not believe it, Eric was the picture of everything a youth should be -- a champion athlete, a splendid human being, vibrant with energy and loved by all who knew him. The doctors could promise little. They would do as much as was medically possible. Eric had to do as much as was humanly possible. But if the odds were not good, they were good enough for Eric. Given the choice between life and death, Eric chose to live. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Self-help | Death, Grief, Bereavement - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Medical (incl. Patients) |
| Dewey: B |
| Lexile Measure: 810 |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 5.28" W x 8" (0.69 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 17812 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 15.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the bestselling story of Eric, a boy with leukemia who refused to give up living--as told by the person who was with him through it all, his mother. Eric was seventeen when he heard the doctor's verdict about the disease that wanted his life. At first he and his family could not believe it. Eric was the picture of everything a youth should be--a champion athlete, a splendid human being, vibrant with energy and loved by all who knew him. The doctors could promise little. They would do as much as was medically possible. Eric had to do as much as was humanly possible. But if the odds were not good, they were good enough for Eric. Given the choice between life and death, Eric chose to live. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lund, Doris: - Doris Lund was a writer for a variety of magazines, including Parents, Ladies Home Journal, and Good Housekeeping. She lives in Connecticut. |