Cancer

Product Description

Accelerated Reader is a program based on the fact that students become more motivated to read if they are tested on the content of the books they have read and are rewarded for correct answers. Students read each book, individually take the test on the computer, and receive gratification when they score well. Schools using the Accelerated Reader program have seen a significant increase in reading among their students.
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From School Library Journal

Grade 5-10-A brief and concise overview of the topic. The author briefly outlines the major systems of the body and then discusses how cancer develops. The bulk of the book deals with patient experiences, giving advice on doctor's visits, explaining tests and treatments, and offering ways of coping with the diagnosis. There is a section on known preventive measures that issues cautions about smoking and too much sun. The line drawings are crude and simple but sufficiently illustrate the text. An extensive index and a list of related organizations and Internet sites are included. This is more of a self-help book than Lisa Yount's Cancer (Lucent, 1999) and Steven I. Benowitz's Cancer (Enslow, 1999), although all three titles cover much of the same material.
Martha Gordon, formerly at South Salem Library, NY
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Gr. 6-12. Rather than delving right into the diagnosis, physical effects, and treatment of cancer, Cefrey's entry in the Coping series begins by providing helpful descriptions of the human body and simple diagrams identifying its systems. That background proves useful in clarifying later chapters about cancer cells and how they spread. Cefrey goes beyond medical facts to intersperse suggestions about dealing with the emotional trauma of a potentially fatal diagnosis and for supporting someone who is ill. The writing could have been more carefully edited, and the glossary fails to include some important terms mentioned in the text. But this is still worth noting for its helpful bulleted lists and its efforts to teach readers how to talk about a disease that often frightens people into silent withdrawal. Helpful lists of organizations, Web sites, and works cited are appended. Roger Leslie
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