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Diabetes Booklist

Fiction

• 24 Hours
  Author: Iles, Greg
  Publisher: Putnam $ 23.95 ISBN: 0399146245 Date: 2000
  PW
  The bestselling author of Mortal Fear and The Quiet Game crafts the story of a psychopathic kidnapper who has perfected the unbeatable crime - man who has never been caught and whose victims have never talked to the police. But this man has never met the likes of Will and Karen Jennings.
  Suggested Reading: Psycho Killers | Serial Killers | Playing With Time
  Updated 7/26/00
• At Home in Covington
  Author: Medlicott, Joan
  Publisher: Atria $ 25 ISBN: 0743470397 Date: 2004
  From nationally bestselling author Medlicott comes the fifth book in her immensely popular Covington series. Sadness gives way to new joys as three women learn about life, love, and the importance of their lasting friendship.
  Updated 10.24.05
• Skyward
  Author: Monroe, Mary Alice
  Publisher: Mira $ 6.99 ISBN: 1551667002 Date: 2003
  Monroe delivers this story of healing and new beginnings, set in the mystical South Carolina Lowcountry. Single father Harris Henderson finds himself torn between the troubled wife who left him and their young daughter and the woman who has awakened his feelings.
  Updated 10.24.05

For Youth

• Between a Rock and a Hard Place
  Author: Carter, Alden R.
  Publisher: Scholastic $ 14.95 ISBN: 0590486845 Date: 1995
  Booklist
  A wilderness trek becomes a life-and-death situation in this riveting tale by the award-winning author of Up Country and Dogwolf. When their canoe tips, two boys--one of whom is diabetic--lose all their supplies and must depend on sheer wits and courage to survive.
  Grades: 5-9 Category: Fiction | Action & Adventure
• Sweetblood
  Author: Hautman, Pete
  Publisher: Simon & Schuster $ 16.95 ISBN: 0689850484 Date: 2003
  Booklist PW
  When Lucy suggests in a term paper that the symptoms of untreated diabetes might look a lot like vampirism, she gets in a world of trouble--her teacher thinks she's disturbed and her parents are worried. Then Lucy meets a man who claims to be a real vampire.
  Grades: 7-12 Category: Fiction

Nonfiction

• The Joslin Guide to Diabetes: A Program for Managing Your Treatment
  Author: Beaser, Richard S.
  Publisher: Fireside $ 16.95 ISBN: 0743257847 Date: 2005
  LJ
  From the world-famed Joslin Diabetes Center, here is the definitive guide to diabetes self-care--an indispensable resource for everybody with the disease. The center, affiliated with Harvard Medical School, is considered the preeminent diabetes research facility in the nation.
  Updated 10.24.05
• Sweet Invisible Boyd: Reflection on a Life With Diabetes
  Author: Roney, Lisa
  Publisher: Holt $ 23.95 ISBN: 0805056254 Date: 1999
  PW
  Roney, who was diagnosed with diabetes in 1972, delivers a candid, wise, and humorous account of living with the disease, including its effects on food, exercise, career, family, self esteem and sexual choices.
  Updated 10.24.05